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Founded back in 1857, this pleasant village grew to house the families of the over 400 miners who trudged daily to work in the copper mine on nearby Adventure Mountain. Most of the original homes have disappeared. Those that remain have been remodeled to such an extent that their original austerity is no longer apparent. Today the major occupation in and around Greenland is working in the surrounding forests. Caledonia Road on the west end of town leads to Ridge Road, a two-track which follows the ridge east to Mass City. The Ontonagon County Fairgrounds is in Greenland, too. The local branch of Lions International uses the fairgrounds for a stock car race track and for a winter park with an ice rink and toboggan run. The race track is one of the few clay tracks in the Upper Peninsula. It draws spectators from far away on alternate Fridays from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
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