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The Italians primarily came to the area in
two waves. The first group was recruited to
build charcoal ovens for the mines in the
Ward Mountain area. This process was
used to smelt the ore like the coal burning
blast furnaces of today. These
Swiss-Italians came with the knowledge of
how this was done in their own country.
Today this is depicted on a mural and the
Charcoal Oven site is a State Park. The
second group came at the turn of the
century. Recruited to work on the railroad as
track gangs, they started building the rails at
Cobre and worked south to Ely. The track
building is also portrayed in a mural
adjourning the Charcoal Oven builders
mural downtown.
Brenda and All Moeller, with help from Judy
Norcross, painstakingly turned this house
into a wonderful representation of the
Italians and similar to the Italian house in
which Brenda grew up. The house features
wonderful authentic foods from Italy, as well
as Italian Mural prints.
two waves. The first group was recruited to
build charcoal ovens for the mines in the
Ward Mountain area. This process was
used to smelt the ore like the coal burning
blast furnaces of today. These
Swiss-Italians came with the knowledge of
how this was done in their own country.
Today this is depicted on a mural and the
Charcoal Oven site is a State Park. The
second group came at the turn of the
century. Recruited to work on the railroad as
track gangs, they started building the rails at
Cobre and worked south to Ely. The track
building is also portrayed in a mural
adjourning the Charcoal Oven builders
mural downtown.
Brenda and All Moeller, with help from Judy
Norcross, painstakingly turned this house
into a wonderful representation of the
Italians and similar to the Italian house in
which Brenda grew up. The house features
wonderful authentic foods from Italy, as well
as Italian Mural prints.