![]() NPS Photo A Keweenaw romance began when Danish immigrants Sophia Peterson and Hans Larson met and married in Calumet in about 1873. By 1880 the young couple lived with their two children on Seventh Street in the village of Red Jacket. Hans was an express (delivery) man operating his own company; a young man named Richard Mody lived upstairs and worked as a teamster for Hans. ![]() Keweenaw NHP Archives Foster--C&H--Lib Card--#295 (488)--Parade 7th Street--1910 Their marriage was cut tragically short on August 18, 1885 by Sophia's unexpected death. Hans waited nearly five years before marrying Catherine Peterson in 1890. The couple had one child, and lived for a time at the corner of Seventh and Elm Streets in Red Jacket, near the Italian Hall. ![]() Daily Mining Gazette. 1900. NPS edit. |
Last updated: January 24, 2018