Chronicles the history of Copper Country company towns in the Keweenaw Peninsula of Northern Michigan during the boom years of 1890 to 1918, and examines how these companies created incentives for living in these towns by developing infrastructure in the form of affordable housing, schools, healthcare facilities, and churches. Discusses how the architecture of a company town revealed the corporate paternalism that existed between company managers and workers, and describes how the mining past is represented and valued in the buildings the community chooses to preserve. Includes black-and-white photographs and maps.