MARQUETTE — Locally produced stereographs provided an early view of the Lake Superior region. In the 1860s, wet plate collodion photography took off across the country: landscape and portrait photography became profitable business. Landscape photography produced a boom of stereograph cards. ...

QUESTION: Which is not a dam on the Dead River? a. Silver Lake b. Forestville c. Hoist d. McClure e. Greenwood ANSWER:E. The Greenwood is on the Escanaba River. The current dams on the Dead River are the Silver Lake, Hoist, McClure, Forestville and Tourist Park, while the ...

A few minutes before 10 o’clock on the morning of Jan. 2, 1878, residents of Marquette heard the sharp crack of an explosion somewhere off to the west. At the same time, workers at the Sands switch of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway heard an explosion and felt the ground tremble ...

QUESTION: A new county was established for the major settlements of Negaunee and Ishpeming in 1867 after unsuccessful attempts at moving the county government away from Marquette. Less than four months later it was dissolved. What was the name of the county? a. Washington b. Adams c. ...