Editing Houghton, Michigan (section)

=== Philatelic history ===
On October 28, 2002, the first day of issue ceremony was held in Houghton for the "[[snowman]] stamps" issued by the [[United States Postal Service]].<ref>{{cite web |title=United States Postal Service Press Release: 'Four Whimsical Snowmen Figurines Featured On U.S. Postage Stamps' |url=http://www.usps.com/news/2002/philatelic/sr02_080.htm |access-date=September 26, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313092456/http://www.usps.com/news/2002/philatelic/sr02_080.htm |archive-date=March 13, 2007}}</ref>

One of the 2006 United States Postal Service snowflake stamps ("photographed in Houghton by Caltech physicist [[Kenneth Libbrecht]] using a digital camera and special microscope") were unveiled in Houghton.<ref>{{cite news |last=Schneider |first=Dan |title=Houghton Puts Its Stamp on America |work=The Daily Mining Gazette |location=Houghton, MI |pages=1, 10 |date=February 12, 2007}}</ref>

A [[pictorial cancellation|pictorial postmark]] commemorating [[Michigan Technological University's Winter Carnival|Winter Carnival]] 2007, "Ancient Worlds Come to Play in Snowy Drifts of Modern Day", was applied at the Winter Carnival temporary station in Michigan Technological University's Memorial Union Building, February 10, 2007.
[[File:Houghton, Michigan panorama c1900.jpg|thumb|upright=3|center|Panorama of Houghton from Huron Street from 1900 to 1906. The [[Houghton County Courthouse]] is visible near the center of the photo.]]