By JO WITTLER
and BETH GRUBER
Marquette Regional
History Center
Special to the Journal
MARQUETTE — 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the first Guts Frisbee Tournament in Marquette. Guts Frisbee began with four brothers: Bob, John, Tim, and Peter Healy of Ann Arbor, who began ...
QUESTION: President Teddy Roosevelt famously sued Ishpeming newspaper publisher George Newett for libel. What had Newett accused Roosevelt of?
a. Killing deer out of season
b. Accepting a bribe from Ishpeming resident, Peter Jacobson, to be appointed postmaster.
c. Failing to secure the ...
MARQUETTE — Last week’s article told the history of the first large hospitals built in Marquett, St. Mary’s and St. Luke’s. Both were established in the 1890s. In the early 20th century, due to an increase in population and continued advancements in medicine, both hospitals expanded and ...