Lake Superior State College

Lake Superior State College is a Michigan historical marker in Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, dedicated 1976.

West Easterday Rd, Sault Ste. Marie

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In 1946 the state of Michigan assumed control of New Fort Brady, and presented it to the Michigan College of Mining and Technology, now Michigan Technological University. The Houghton-based school, forced to expand by the enrollment of returning veterans, adapted the old Army buildings to college classrooms, residence halls, and offices. Not until 1964, with the completion of Crawford Hall, did the campus have a building constructed for educational purposes. The school’s curriculum, which at first duplicated the main campus’s engineering program, was broadened. On January 1, 1970, the school became a separate and autonomous four-year institution called Lake Superior State College.

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Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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1874 · Colton's Michigan (1874) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1903 · 102. Consumption Michigan. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1903 · Michigan, Northern Peninsula. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1922 · Manitoba & North-west Ontario. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1927 · Sectional paved road map (Continues) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Sectional paved road map (Continues), 1927, covering the location of Lake Superior State College, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Sectional paved road map (Continues), 1927, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Lake Superior State College

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