MARQUETTE — John Joseph Flanigan was born in Tipperary in 1845. His parents emigrated to Canada while he was a child but in 1865, he came to Marquette, initially working as a general laborer. In 1872 he married Maria Doyle, another Irish immigrant (also via Canada) who had been working as a ...

MARQUETTE — The Upper Peninsula of Michigan has a complex geology that has left the region with a wealth of mineral resources. The earliest miners were Native Americans of the ‘Old Copper Culture.’ Dating from 7500-1000 BCE, the archaeological sites associated with this period are ...

MARQUETTE — The United States declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917, entering World War I three years after it had begun in 1914. Within a month, Company M of the 33rd Michigan Militia arrived in Marquette to guard the Lake Superior and Ishpeming and the Duluth South Shore and Atlantic ...