MARQUETTE — In contrast to today’s highly regulated healthcare industry, 19th century Michigan had few regulations regarding medical care. Any person, however uneducated, could set themselves up as a doctor, treat patients, sign death certificates, testify as an expert witness in murder ...

QUESTION : Which of the following nicknames has not been used to lure visitors and tourists to the Upper Peninsula? a. Cape Cod of the Midwest b. Cloverland c. Land of Hiawatha d. Queen City ANSWER: A: Cape Cod of the Midwest

SANDS — Ninty-nine years ago, two conservation officers went missing south of Marquette. It took a month of searches by police and the guilty conscience of one man to reveal the fact that an ex-con named Roy Nunn killed the officers in cold blood. Richard “Roy” Nunn had been in a state ...

QUESTION: What did Marquette’s Merchants, Janzen, Brunswick and Windsor Hotels, have in common? a. All sustained fire damage b. All owned by German businessmen c. All located on Spring Street in Marquette d. All were built in 1891 ANSWER: C: All were located on Spring Street, ...