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REPUBLIC
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Republic Open Pit Iron Mine. Look down into a vast open pit of an inactive mine. Interpretive panels detail Republic's mining history from the 1870s into the open-pit era ...
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Pascoe House. An unaltered 1880s house is a museum with changing exhibits, an illustrated timeline of Republic, Witch Lake, and Black River history, and recreated rooms from 1900 ...
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Witbeck Rapids and Paddling the Michigamme. A pretty, easy to reach stretch of whitewater, a large and complex reservoir with wilderness shores and many sand beaches, and varied paddling and good fishing without much pressure ...
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Republic Township Hall exhibit. Photos and text about the area's Finnish homesteaders, famously resourceful and hardy ...
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Woodworks Unlimited/Quiet Sports Outfitters. Partly an informal hardware store & workshop museum, partly a showroom for striking rustic furniture, partly a kayak and canoe dealer that also offers paddling safety lessons and guided trips on the Michigamme River system ...
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Antiques of Republic. Lots of homey and serviceable furniture, cookware, waffle irons and other small applicances, and dishes, largely from the 1930s through the 1950s in the former Arola Bottling Works ...
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Antiques of Republic
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Harry Myron and his son Mike have worked away to fix up the former Arola Bottling Works (the "pop shop") and move their stock of antiques and vintage household items into the pop shop and the vacant bank building next to it. Pieces have been acquired locally at sales and auctions, so they include lots of homey and serviceable furniture, cookware, waffle irons and other small applicances, and dishes, largely from the 1930s through the 1950s.
The bottling company began in a garage, moved into the sauna, and then here into this former livery stable. Eventually it became a 7 Up franchisee. Harry, who grew up in Kingsford, moved to Republic in 1960 and appreciates the town and the beauty of its surroundings. He's happy to stay here in retirement, except for getting away to Mexico in winter. Interested customers who come to shop may also be regaled with stories about the old characters who lived in the area. Why were those work boots nailed to the telephone pole anyway?
126 W. Kloman. Home phone: (906) 376-8884. Open from June 1 through probably mid-October, Tues-Fri 11-4 and by appointment. Wheelchair-accessible.
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