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A small town, a lasting community
"Founded in 1885 on the strength of red sandstone, Jacobsville's story is still being written by the people who remember it."
Jacobsville was platted by John Henry Jacobs as a quarrying and fishing village on Lake Superior's Portage River. For decades, its sandstone shaped buildings across the Copper Country and beyond. Today, our Heritage Center gathers the photographs, records, and memories of that community — and gives the community a place to keep them alive for the next generation.
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