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    Laurium (/ˈlɔːriəm/; LAW-ri-um or /ˈleɪriəm/ LAIR-i-um) is a village in Calumet Township, Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan, in the center...
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    Lavrio (redirect from Laurium)
    Lavrio, Lavrion or Laurium (Greek: Λαύριο; Ancient Greek: Λαύρειον (later Λαύριον); from Middle Ages until 1908: Εργαστήρια Ergastiria) is a town in southeastern...
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  • Olympiakos Laurium F.C. is a Greek football club, based in Laurium, Attica. The club was founded in 1926. They will play in Football League 2 for the...
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    George Gipp (category People from Laurium, Michigan)
    Rockne, All American, he was portrayed by Ronald Reagan. Born and raised in Laurium, Michigan, on the Keweenaw Peninsula in the Upper Peninsula, Gipp entered...
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    The mines of Laurion (or Lavrion) are ancient mines located in southern Attica between Thoricus and Cape Sounion, approximately 50 kilometers south of...
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    Thomas H. Hoatson House (now known as the Laurium Manor Inn) is a house located at 320 Tamarack Street in Laurium, Michigan. It was listed on the National...
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    The valuable silver used in Athenian coins was gathered from Athens's Laurium Mines in Attica, which were subject to large-scale use and exploitation...
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    City Oakland 4,088 4,075 +0.3% 4,236 1.5 3.9 2,716.7/sq mi (1,048.9/km2) Laurium Village Houghton 1,864 1,977 −5.7% 2,126 0.65 1.7 3,041.5/sq mi (1,174...
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  • The Public Schools of Calumet-Laurium-Keweenaw is located in Calumet, Michigan. The district is Michigan's northernmost K-12 school district. In 1867...
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  • and the junction with Swedetown Road. It is south of Calumet and west of Laurium and the intersection of US 41 and M-26. It is the site of the Swedetown...
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    which provided the bullion. Most well known were the silver mines of Laurium in Athenian countryside. The Athenian tetradrachm was stamped with the...
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    in Europe has a very long history. Examples include the silver mines of Laurium, which helped support the Greek city state of Athens. Although they had...
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    also known as the Calumet-Laurium Miners and the Calumet Wanderers, was a professional ice hockey team from Calumet and Laurium, Michigan. The team played...
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  • $30 million investment would be made in the Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital in Laurium, Michigan. Aspirus Divine Savior Hospital in Portage, Wisconsin Aspirus...
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    Albion Station is an unincorporated community, south of Calumet and west of Laurium. Blue Jacket is an unincorporated community in the township. The origin...
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  • Abdel Rahim started his career with Greek lower league side Olympiakos Laurium after playing for the youth academy of AEK (Athens), one of the most successful...
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    rise of Athens was partly made possible by the nearby silver mines at Laurium, from which they extracted about 30 tonnes a year from 600 to 300 BC. The...
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    In 483 BC, a vast new seam of silver was found in the Athenian mines at Laurium. Themistocles proposed that the silver should be used to build a new fleet...
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    are those of Oenoe, Decelea, Phyle and Aphidnae. To protect the mines at Laurium, on the coast, Athens was protected by the walls at Rhamnus, Thoricus,...
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    hosted boxing matches and was open for public skating. Built in 1904 in Laurium, Michigan, the Palestra was the first building in the world built specifically...
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    Seneca tribe. Until 1895 the name "Calumet" was used by the nearby town of Laurium, Michigan; present-day Calumet was not legally named so until 1929. Red...
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    "Gipper"—immortalized in the film Knute Rockne, All American—was born in Laurium. He was the first All-American player of the Notre Dame football program...
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    the principal fortresses of Attica. Its proximity to the silver mines of Laurium probably contributed to its prosperity, which passed into a proverb; but...
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    James Henry Quello (category People from Laurium, Michigan)
    in the Government Affairs law office of Wiley Rein. Quello hailed from Laurium, Michigan, in the Upper Peninsula (often called "U.P."), where his parents...
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    this period is often referred to as "Age of Pericles." Silver mined in Laurium in southeastern Attica contributed greatly to the prosperity of this Athenian...
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  • Hubbell Hurontown Jacobsville Kearsarge Lac La Belle Lake Linden Lake Medora Laurium Linwood Little Betsy Mandan Mason Mellonsville Mohawk Misery Bay Ojibway...
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    his father, which was invested in the silver mines around Attica's Mt. Laurium. Following the death of Pericles in 429 BC, he became the principal rival...
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  • Peninsula. It serves from grades 9 to 12 for the Public Schools of Calumet-Laurium-Keweenaw. The high school shares its building with Washington Middle School...
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    to Athens, it contains within its area the cities of Elefsina, Megara, Laurium, and Marathon, as well as a small part of the Peloponnese peninsula and...
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  • Aristophanes goes on: "Firstly, the owls of Laurium (i.e. the Athenian drachmas minted from the silver-mines of Laurium) which every judge desires above all...
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