First United Methodist Church

Historical marker location:

57 W 10th St, Holland, Michigan

( Marker is on West 10th Street, 0.1 miles east of Pine Avenue (Business U.S. 31), on the left when traveling east.)

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.