You could easily pass by Calumet, Michigan, on US highway 41 without much notice. You'd see the red, iron-ore tinted sandstone buildings that look as though they must have been built at significant expense a hundred or so years ago. They are still standing, owing more to the timeless nature of their materials than to any sort of lavish maintenance and upkeep. Industry and commerce, as such, hardly exists here anymore, and there is little to indicate that almost a century ago Calumet was the site of one of the most tragic chapters in the history of the organized labor movement in the United States.
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