Plaster bandages explored
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 ...
Keeping Marquette on the move — The Flanigan brothers
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 ...
Marquette geology
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 ...