Champion’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 5 old photos of Champion. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗A post office called Champion has been in operation since 1869, taking its name from the nearby Champion Iron Mine Finnish-American accordionist Viola Turpeinen was born in Champion in 1909.
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Start Champion’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Champion’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo5 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewWhite Deer Lake Camp, Birch Cabin…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Champion
See all 2 →Champion, decade by decade
2000
unknown5 items
LOCDate?White Deer Lake Camp, Birch Cabin, Cyrus H. McCormick Exper…
LOCDate?White Deer Lake Camp, Beaver Cabin, Cyrus H. McCormick Expe…
LOCDate?White Deer Lake Camp, Library Cabin, Cyrus H. McCormick Exp…
LOCDate?White Deer Lake Camp, Chimney Cabin, Cyrus H. McCormick Exp…
LOCDate?White Deer Lake Camp, Living Room Cabin, Cyrus H. McCormick…
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as White Deer Lake Camp, Birch Cabin, Cyrus H. McCormick Experimental Forest and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1) and the Library of Congress (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.