Last week’s article discussed the history of farming at the Marquette Branch Prison. Two former prison employees, Dan Kolpack and Tom Ogle, helped to bring the story up to date. When Tom Ogle began working at the prison in 1975, the prison cannery was no longer in operation, but the ...
Who was the first European to land on soil that would eventually become Michigan? A) Father Jacques Marquette B) Etienne Brule C) Samuel de Champlain D) Louis Joliet Answer: B. Etienne Brule, 1621
MARQUETTE — Marquette Branch Prison once had factories that made everything from cigars to snow fences. But the biggest, and ultimately most important industry, was agriculture, with hundreds of inmates producing food not just for themselves but for other institutions throughout the state ...
QUESTION: Who was the first European to land on soil that would eventually become Michigan? A) Father Jacques Marquette B) Etienne Brule C) Samuel de Champlain D) Louis Joliet ANSWER: B. Etienne Brule, in 1621.
