Covington is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Baraga County in the U.S. state of Michigan.
Others found work in the booming logging industry, buoyed by an abundant supply of cordwood and pulpwood.
Art Institute staff drew up plans to enlarge and remodel the church, which added the sanctuary, sacristy, and sexton's room.
Along with crop and dairy farming, the lumber industry is still the largest source of income for residents today.
However, increasing costs and decreasing prices have led many farmers to leave for the mining operations in Michigamme and Negaunee.