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The first classes are held at what will become Michigan Tech
September 15, 2021 @ 12:00 am
The first classes were held at the Michigan Mining School in Houghton, on this day in 1886. The first post-secondary institution in the Upper Peninsula, the school was created to train mining engineers on how to operate the local copper mines. It is now known as Michigan Technological University.