From cigars to snow fences; Manufacturing at Marquette Branch Prison
MARQUETTE — Earlier this year, publicity about prison inmates fighting the Los Angeles fires raised the question of jobs held by prisoners in Michigan, and specifically in Marquette. Michigan’s first state prison opened in Jackson in 1839. The location was chosen after extensive ...
History quiz
QUESTION: Bowling pins were manufactured in what Marquette County village in the early 1920s? a. Gwinn b. Michigamme c. Big Bay d. Palmer ANSWER: C, Big Bay
The Triangle
MARQUETTE — Take an old paper chart of Lake Superior, say, NOAA’s #14963, Grand Marais to Yellow Dog Point. Now, use a ruler and a pencil to draw a line from Garlic Point, on the western shore, east, out to Granite Island. Then draw another line southward toward Little Presque Isle. ...
