Historical Marker
Hamburg / Edwin B. Winans
Historical marker location:
Hamburg Township, Michigan
( Marker is at the intersection of Hamburg Road and Strawberry Lake Road, on the right when traveling north on Hamburg Road.)
Marker installed: 1986
The Upper Peninsula of Michigan was once a major center for copper mining. The Keweenaw Peninsula was home to the largest concentration of copper mines in the world in the mid-19th century, and copper was an important natural resource for the state's economy.