Historical Marker
Khardomah Lodge / Susan Hill Yerkes
Historical marker location:
1365 Lake Avenue, Grand Haven, Michigan
( Marker is on Lake Avenue, ΒΌ mile east of Harbor Drive, on the right when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 2000
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.