Copper Country Trail
Bammert Blacksmith Shop, MI

In an age when horse-drawn carriages were the principal means of land transportation, blacksmiths were important men, particularly to a booming mining community. Born in 1863, Amos Bammert first built his blacksmith shop near Cliff Mine during the 1880s. In 1906, the mine was moved to Phoenix, and Amos continued to work his trade there until his death in 1940.

The blacksmithing tools, including the forge, were left practically untouched when the business closed its doors, and in 1998 Amos Bammert's grandons donated the property to the Keweenaw County Historical Society. The society has restored the buildings' interior and exterior, and visitors will find the shop and equipment just as they would have been at the end of the nineteenth century.