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Hancock is a 19th-century mining boomtown in the heart of Michigan s Copper Country. Situated on the northern shore of Portage Lake, it grew into a regional center of shipping and commerce. Hancock s early residents were predominantly emigrants from Prussia, Ireland, and England (largely Cornwall) who came to work in area mines. Germans and French Canadians were also part of the diverse ethnic mix, and they were later joined by Finns, Scandinavians, and Italians. The harsh winter climate and geographic isolation, with limited means of transportation for roughly half the year, required a hardy...

Hancock is a 19th-century mining boomtown in the heart of Michigans Copper Country. Situated on the northern shore of Portage Lake, it grew into a regional center of shipping and commerce. Hancocks early residents were predominantly emigrants from Prussia, Ireland, and England (largely Cornwall) who came to work in area mines. Germans and French Canadians were also part of the diverse ethnic mix, and they were later joined by Finns, Scandinavians, and Italians. The harsh winter climate and geographic isolation, with limited means of transportation for roughly half the year, required a hardy...