Cross Country Trip, (Day 6), Atlantic Mine, Houghton & Hancock

I wanted to drive by my grandmother's homes in Atlantic Mine a very small community just south of Houghton.
Many of these towns were created to house the local copper miners.  Both Winona and Atlantic Mine are two of those.  The entire region of the Keweenaw Peninsula is rich in copper that created many mines from White Pine to Copper Harbor.
I was born in Hancock across the Portage Canal from Houghton.  The first house I lived in was my grandmother's farm house nearby the little town of Atlantic Mine.
My goal was to find that house if I could recall the exact location... it had been decades since I had been there.
I drove over to that area looking for it and eventually discovered Harma road, named after her second husband's family.  I recorded a video of this search and discovery.
The farm itself was off Becker road in this location.
Later, my grandmother moved from the farm into Atlantic Mine so I wanted to find that house as well and eventually did after getting somewhat disoriented as the small town had many changes to the grown trees and new houses but I eventually did and also made a video of that discovery noting the obvious difference there now was with the current occupants.

I decided to cross the Portage Canal and drive into Hancock to see what might have changed.  It had been about ten years since I was last there and recorded a video of my travels up and down the steep hill on that side of the canal.

On the way up the hill to see my aunt I decided to stop and take a photo of the Old Barn that my dad had turned into a video tape rental business in the 80's after his retirement.  He did a lot of upgrades to the building with a new roof and other improvements.
It eventually was sold and used for a couple of other businesses.

I had planned to visit my aunt Eva while I was in town.  She had lived in Winona most of her life and had moved to an assisted living apartment some years ago in Houghton.  I finally was able to call her and  had a nice visit with her and her step sister Peggy.

Aunt Eva and Peggy

Since my trip from Ashland Wisconsin to the Lake of the Clouds and then to Houghton and Hancock had taken up a good part of the day I needed to get started down the road if I was going to keep to my schedule of crossing the Mackinaw Bridge and making a video of that crossing.  I felt that it could very well be the last time that I would be to the U.P. again, at least to cross the bridge.

I made it to Gaylord to stay for the night and head out early in the morning to drive through Detroit and Ohio.