MARQUETTE — As the old Marquette General Hospital is dismantled, a history of how it was formed comes to mind. It began in the 1890’s, when two hospitals, St. Mary’s and St. Luke’s, were built in Marquette.  Early large city hospitals housed patients who could not afford to be ...

QUESTION: Peter White is often called the Father of Marquette, and for good reason. Which of these things did he NOT do. a. Design Park Cemetery b. Take a dogsled team to Green Bay to pick up the mail c. Arrange for the federal government to give Presque Isle to the city d. Donate the ...

MARQUETTE — Fifty years ago today, scores of bystanders witnessed the crash of a fighter jet into Marquette’s Lower Harbor. June 12, 1974, was also a Wednesday. At approximately 1:35 p.m., eyewitnesses saw a plane smoking downward out of the clouds, the parachutes of the pilot and co-pilot ...

MARQUETTE — Mrs. Bessie Moore lived in Marquette for many years at different points in her life. In the late 1940s, she was living here with her second husband and granddaughter. Although she was blind following an accident, she was employed at St. Luke’s Hospital where she made plaster ...