Clarence J. Monette

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Clarence J. Monette (January 13, 1935, Lake Linden - October 30, 2012, Calumet) was a prolific author and historian from Michigan's Copper Country, writing extensively on Copper Country history. He published more than sixty books and has written numerous outdoor survival guides. [1]

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Biography

Clarence J. Monette was born on January 13, 1935, to a Peter and Isabelle (née Laverdiere) Monette in the village of Lake Linden, Houghton County, Michigan. Monette graduated from the Lake Linden-Hubbell High School in the year of 1953. [1]

Monette is known to have served in the United States Army as a trained medical specialist and operating room and food specialist. He subsequently attended Suomi College in Hancock for a semester prior to transferring to the Michigan Technological University (MTU). He was an ROTC instructor at MTU from 1966 until his retirement in the year of 1988. Monette also conducted administrative and personnel work for the ROTC program. Throughout his lifetime, Monette wrote more than sixty Copper Country history books and a fair amount of outdoor survival guides. [1]

Monette was an active member of quite a few groups inclusive of Post 90 of the American Legion, the Houghton County Historical Society, the Lake Linden Sportsman's Association, the Quincy Mine Hoist Association, the Keweenaw County Historical Society, the Copper Range Historical Society and the Isle Royale Natural History Association. Monette also served on the MTU Faculty Association. He was active with the Boy Scouts and served as a Scout Master for a number of years. In addition to the aforesaid, Monette was also a previous member of the Elks and the Lake LL-H Lions. [1]

Selected works

Books

The following are all books in Monette's series, titled "A Local History Series".

  1. Cor-Ago, A Lake Linden Medicine Company
  2. A Copper Country Logger's Tale
  3. Gregoryville - The History of a Hamlet Located Across from Lake Linden, Michigan
  4. White City - The History of an Early Copper Country Recreation Area
  5. Some Copper Country Names and Places
  6. The History of Lake Linden, Michigan
  7. The History of Jacobsville and its Sandstone Quarries
  8. The History of Copper Harbor, Michigan
  9. The History of Eagle Harbor Michigan
  10. Lake Linden's Yesterday - A Pictorial History - Volume I
  11. The History of Eagle River, Michigan
  12. Joseph Bosch and the Bosch Brewing Company
  13. Copper Falls - Just a Memory
  14. The Calumet Theater
  15. Early Days in Mohawk, Michigan
  16. Lake Linden's Yesterday - A Pictorial History - Volume II
  17. The Keweenaw Waterway
  18. A Brief History of Ahmeek, Michigan
  19. All About Mandan, Michigan
  20. Hancock, Michigan Remembered, Volume I
  21. The Settling of Copper City, Michigan
  22. Lake Linden's Yesterday - A Pictorial History - Volume III
  23. Painsdale, Michigan - Old and New
  24. Some of the Best from C&H News and Views, Volume I
  25. Hancock, Michigan Remembered - Churches of Hancock, Volume II
  26. Ojibway, Michigan, A Forgotten Village
  27. Laurium, Michigan's Early Days
  28. Delaware, Michigan, its History
  29. Lake Linden's Living History - 1985
  30. Some of the Best From C&H News and Views, Volume II
  31. The Gay, Michigan Story
  32. Early Red Jacket and Calumet in Pictures, Volume I
  33. Lake Linden's Disastrous Fire of 1887
  34. Phoenix, Michigan's History
  35. Freda, Michigan, End of the Road
  36. Houghton in Pictures
  37. The Copper Range Railroad
  38. Lac La Belle
  39. Trimountain and its Copper Mines
  40. Early Red Jacket and Calumet in Pictures, Volume II
  41. Upper Peninsula's Wolverine
  42. Redridge and its Steel Dam
  43. The Mineral Range Railroad
  44. Winona and the King Philip Locations
  45. Atlantic Mine - Photographs from the Harold H. Heikkinen Collection
  46. Some of the Best From C&H News and Views, Volume III
  47. Allouez, New Allouez and Bumbletown
  48. Some Fatal Accidents in the Atlantic, Baltic, Champion, Trimountain and Winona Copper Mines
  49. Early South Range, Michigan, Volume I
  50. Central Mine - A Ghost Town
  51. Baltic, Michigan
  52. Keweenaw Central Railroad and the Crestview Resort
  53. Clifton & the Cliff Mine
  54. Dollar Bay, Michigan
  55. Houghton County's Streetcars and Electric Park
  56. Camp Sidnaw - A World War II German Prisoner of War Camp

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Clarence J. Monette - MiningGazette.com | News, Sports, Jobs - Houghton, Michigan - The Daily Mining Gazette". www.mininggazette.com. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
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