History quiz
QUESTION: Who served as a leader of the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company for six decades and named a village after his mother? a. Thomas Beacon b. Edward Palmer c. Clarence Ely d. William G. Mather ANSWER: D, William Gwinn Mather
Old Towne forest forensics
NEGAUNEE — Forest forensics is a term coined by Tom Wessels, a professor of terrestrial ecology at Antioch University New England, that describes the act of using clues on the landscape to intuit what past human activities may have occurred there. Through this lens, seemingly insignificant details paint a personal portrait of the land and its past. Our history is a moving, breathing thing that can be observed not just through physical artifacts or photos, but in the ways that nature shifts to make room for us. Nature wastes no time trying to hide our footprints. In less than a decade, ...
History quiz
QUESTION: Which Marquette photographer is credited as the “Father of wildlife photography?” a .B. F. Childs b. Ed Lemon c. Gustave Werner d. George Shiras III ANSWER: D:George Shiras III
Recalling John Mangum
MARQUETTE — The Village of Mangum was a small farming and lumbering settlement about ten miles southeast of Marquette on the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad. It had a population of 100 and a post office from 1902-1927. The town began when Joseph Dupras and his brothers ...