Dexter Depot / Track Pans

Historical marker location:

3487 Broad Street, Dexter, Michigan

( Marker is at the intersection of Broad Street and 3rd Street, on the left when traveling north on Broad Street.)

Marker installed: 1987

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.