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27-649: The Eagle Harbor Schoolhouse is a school located at the corner of Third and Center Streets in Eagle Harbor, Michigan , United States . It is significant as the location where Justus H. Rathbone was first inspired to write the ritual which was the basis of the Order of the Knights of Pythias . The schoolhouse was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1971 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. It

54-399: A body of water is protected and deep enough to allow anchorage. Many such harbors are rias . Natural harbors have long been of great strategic naval and economic importance, and many great cities of the world are located on them. Having a protected harbor reduces or eliminates the need for breakwaters as it will result in calmer waves inside the harbor. Some examples are: For harbors near

81-474: A fraternal order] presented itself to me one day while reading over the play at the school-house. It then occurred to me that there was an excellent foundation in the story of Damon and Pythius for a fraternal secret society. The high type of friendship therein portrayed seemed to me to be the basis upon which such a society could and should be established. During his time teaching in Eagle Harbor, Rathbone wrote

108-523: A gabled belfry frame sits on one end of the roof. Eagle Harbor, Michigan Eagle Harbor is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located on the north side of the Keweenaw Peninsula within Eagle Harbor Township , Keweenaw County in the U.S. State of Michigan . Its population was 69 as of the 2020 census . M-26 passes through this community. This hamlet

135-764: A half years as a copper miner, and then worked at the Copper Falls mine for eight years. During the fall of 1880, he moved to Eagle Harbor, and in June 1881 leased the Eagle Harbor Hotel, purchasing it during the same year. The area was first occupied by the Eagle Harbor Mining Company , who landed a party of men here during the summer of 1845, a man by the name of Sprague being its agent. On October 17, 1845, Franklin Hopkins arrived with thirteen men and resided within

162-411: A large bay some four miles in circumference. Additionally, the harbor is irregularly shaped about four-thousand-nine-hundred feet long and one-thousand-one-hundred feet in width. With a natural opening, its entrance is on the west side of a large rock that appears above the surface of the water about forty rods from the east cape of the harbor. There is a reef of sunken rocks off the mouth of the bay, but

189-752: A miner. He came to the United States in 1854, working in New Jersey for one year. In 1855, he moved to the Lake Superior region and worked for eight months at the Flint Steel mine , as well as in the Douglass Houghton , Toltec and Evergreen mines . After a brief four-year trip to England, Brazil and South America , he returned to the United States and located at the Central mine , where he worked for three and

216-432: A tavern out of logs, which later burned down on an unspecified date. The location in which the tavern sat is now the site of the present-day Lake Breeze Hotel. Taylor then erected yet another saloon and built additions to his building as more space was eventually required. This, too, also burned down. On January 17, 1852, the new wood-frame dining room and kitchen were saved from the devouring flames by strenuous efforts and

243-482: A tent. He arrived at Copper Harbor the night that Dr. Douglass Houghton drowned, and had to remain there for four days because of the memorable storm of October 13, 1845, which deprived the copper region of its most able and accomplished explorer and surveyor. Hopkins was one of the earliest pioneers of the Lake Superior region, and an early mining agent. He was born in Trenton, New York, on November 28, 1817. He moved to

270-512: Is also known as the Pythian Shrine and as the Rathbone School . The Eagle Harbor Schoolhouse was constructed in 1853 by local builders, and opened to serve the community's children that same year. It was the first schoolhouse built in the area. In about 1859 or 1860, Justus H. Rathbone began a stint as schoolmaster at the school. Rathbone had moved to the Keweenaw Peninsula in 1857 on

297-561: Is the Ancient Egyptian site at Wadi al-Jarf , on the Red Sea coast, which is at least 4500 years old (ca. 2600–2550 BCE, reign of King Khufu ). The largest artificially created harbor is Jebel Ali in Dubai . Other large and busy artificial harbors include: The Ancient Carthaginians constructed fortified, artificial harbors called cothons . A natural harbor is a landform where a section of

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324-460: The North and South poles , being ice-free is an important advantage, especially when it is year-round. Examples of these are: The world's southernmost harbor, located at Antarctica 's Winter Quarters Bay (77° 50′ South), is sometimes ice-free, depending on the summertime pack ice conditions. Although the world's busiest port is a contested title, in 2017 the world's busiest harbor by cargo tonnage

351-532: The 1920s, the Pythians purchased the schoolhouse and added a gable roof to the existing belfry. A bronze memorial to Rathbone was erected nearby in 1931, and the building currently functions as a Pythian shrine. In 1971, the historical importance of the site was recognized by its designation as a Michigan State Historic Site, and the following year it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1982,

378-504: The Copper Falls mine during the years of 1847, 1848 and 1850. In 1849 he moved to Eagle harbor, where he opened a blacksmith shop and maintained the hotel. He was known as a large real estate owner and had quite a few buildings. He was also Under Sheriff for Houghton County, and upon the organization of Michigan's new Keweenaw County , he was elected as Sheriff of that county, being an efficient peace officer. The community of Eagle Harbor

405-627: The Lower Peninsula of Michigan in 1845. He first worked at the North American mine and then at the Eagle Harbor mine , working as a mining carpenter, staying with that company for two years. He then went to the Lower, Peninsula, returning in 1848 when he was appointed carpenter to the Methodist Indian Mission at L'Anse . He completed the trip to L'Anse on foot and after fifteen months left

432-718: The Mission, as he did not particularly enjoy that position. Hopkins then went to the old Northwest mine , which was later known as the Conglomerate, and continued working at that mine for two years. He then served two years as the agent of the Isle Royale mine at Houghton , moving to take charge of the Pontiac mine for a short time. He then kept the Phoenix House at Eagle River. It was during this time that he lost his wife and one child on

459-573: The advice of his doctor, and taken a position as schoolmaster and part-time clerk at the Central Mine . He later moved on to schools at the Northwest Mine, Eagle River, and to this schoolhouse in Eagle Harbor. While teaching at Eagle Harbor, Rathbone and his friends formed a dramatic society and staged plays, including John Banim's Damon and Pythias . The themes of friendship in the play inspired Rathbone; according to him: The idea [of establishing

486-450: The favorable turn of the wind. The front of the hotel was soon re-erected by James Bawden and the business was again opened to the public. With a grand total of thirty-six rooms, the Eagle Harbor Hotel was the largest hotel in all of Keweenaw County. James Rasewarn purchased the Eagle Harbor Hotel in the year of 1881. He was born in Cornwall , England , on July 7, 1835, and was brought up by

513-402: The harbor may be entered from the north-west or north-east, between the reef and the capes , the opening being about one-thousand-five-hundred feet wide. Edward Taylor and a group of men came to Eagle Harbor prior to the winter of 1842 and 1843, spending the winter on the lake shore between Copper Harbor and Eagle River . In the year of 1844, Taylor returned to Eagle Harbor and constructed

540-428: The population of Eagle Harbor was 69 and its median household income was $ 76,406. Harbor Harbors may be natural or artificial. An artificial harbor can have deliberately constructed breakwaters , sea walls , or jetties or they can be constructed by dredging , which requires maintenance by further periodic dredging. An example of an artificial harbor is Long Beach Harbor , California , United States, which

567-528: The ritual which became the basis for the Order of the Knights of Pythias . Rathbone himself stayed in the Keweenaw only until 1861, when he learned of the death of his father. The Order of the Knights of Pythias was officially founded three years later in Washington, D. C. , and was dedicated to the principles of "friendship, charity, and benevolence." The schoolhouse continued to serve the community until 1892. In

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594-603: The schoolhouse was deeded to the Keweenaw County Historical Society. The Society furnished the interior as a period school, and included exhibits related to the Knights of Pythias. The building is open to the public during the summer and early fall. The Eagle Harbor Schoolhouse is a square building with gabled roof measuring 24 by 24 feet (7.3 m × 7.3 m). The structure is covered with clapboard siding pierced by sash windows covered with shutters. The shingled gable roof has cornice returns, and

621-435: The wrecked steamer PS Lady Elgin , on September 8, 1860. He became connected with the dock and warehouse business and thus became one of its most active citizens. During the community's earliest time, there was only one house in the area, and it was constructed of rough logs and covered with "shakes" which are thin strips split from logs. By 1846, Hiram Joy was tending to a log constructed boardinghouse in Eagle Harbor, which

648-584: Was an array of salt marshes and tidal flats too shallow for modern merchant ships before it was first dredged in the early 20th century. In contrast, a natural harbor is surrounded on several sides by land. Examples of natural harbors include Sydney Harbour , New South Wales, Australia, Halifax Harbour in Halifax, Nova Scotia , Canada and Trincomalee Harbour in Sri Lanka. Artificial harbors are frequently built for use as ports. The oldest artificial harbor known

675-406: Was especially popular with the sailors in days past, as it had a good steamboat landing and is about equally distant from Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan , and Duluth, Minnesota . It was the first stop for supplies for the many boats on Lake Superior . This community received its name from the beautiful harbor and the many eagles that were then in the region. It has an excellent sand beach on

702-428: Was listed as a newly organized census-designated place for the 2010 census , meaning it now has officially defined boundaries and population statistics for the first time. Eagle Harbor has a humid continental climate ( Dfb ). Summers are short but warm with cool nights. Winters are long, cold, and very snowy due to lake effect snow from Lake Superior . Precipitation is relatively uniform year round. As of 2020,

729-574: Was purchased by Charles Kuntz in 1849. At this time there were four buildings in the town. Charles Kuntz was the village blacksmith and was born in Germany , in the village of Wennenbergerhoff , on November 25, 1822. He emigrated to the United States in 1844, landing at New Orleans where he spent six months, moving up to the northern states where he became engaged as a blacksmith at the Northwest mine, remaining there for two years. He then did blacksmith work at

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