Compiled from Marquette Regional History Center articles Following the Revolutionary War, the U.S. General Land Office was formed in 1812 to survey public lands. The newly created U.S. government, which needed funds, wanted to distribute the land to war veterans as a reward and to sell land to ...
HOUGHTON — U.S. News and World Report released its graduate school rankings on Tuesday. Michigan Technological University ranked number 89 among other prestigious graduate engineering programs across the United States, such as University of Michigan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ...
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of 12 weekly stories focusing on America’s 250th birthday, as told through the lens of our communities and the role many of the places we call home played in shaping the nation before, during and after the Revolutionary War. This week we begin in ...
MARQUETTE — - The Michigan Department of Transportation continues to adjust spring weight restriction areas in an annual move to protect roads. Effective 6 a.m. this morning, weight restrictions will be lifted on all state trunkline highways from the southern Michigan border north to and ...
ESCANABA — The Historic Preservation Commission for the city of Escanaba discussed the idea of beginning a historic sign program to be made available for properties of significance. Planning and Zoning Administrator Joseph Walker brought the concept before the commission, which is supposed ...