QUESTION: Peter White once noted that the Ishpeming area could be called “The Great Divide.” What was he referring to? A. The rivalries between the Italian and Scandinavian immigrants. B. The geological divide where the Carp River flows into Lake Superior and the Escanaba into Lake Michigan C. The effort to create a separate county from Marquette for the iron mining areas. D. Lake Bancroft, which separated north and south Ishpeming from each other. ANSWER: B
In most elections, regardless of the number of candidates, the candidate with the most votes wins. This is true even if they received less than 50% of the vote. This is known as plurality voting. When there are more than two candidates this sometimes means the winner is someone that a ...
In mid-January 1855, a group of early residents gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Everett to form the Marquette Literary Association. They had meetings in various homes discussing books and questions of the day, as well as producing a paper known as the “Casket.” The group suspended ...
MARQUETTE — In December 1962, a syndicate from Milwaukee made a proposal: “Our objective is to create one of the largest composite recreation centers in the country.” But they continued “… if the entire center is to succeed it must do so on a grand scale designed to draw visitors ...
