Historical Marker
Henry Ford House
Historical marker location:
140 Edison St, Detroit, Michigan
( Marker is on Edison Street near 2nd Avenue, on the right when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 1989
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.