EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette.

30 years ago

MARQUETTE — The competition can be tough, but many runners who enter the Marquette Superior 10 race do it just for fun. That’s what Joan Rundman of Ishpeming said of the race which will be held in Marquette Saturday. “For some runners it’s serious, and they try to get their own personal best times. I’m in it for fun.” “We encourage people to enter,” Co-Race director, Steve Swanson said. “We want people who have never run before and also families…people who can set their own pace.” The Superior 10, co-sponsored by The Mining Journal and First National Bank & Trust Co., includes two races – a 5-K and a 10-K. Both races start at 9 a.m. at the Lakeview Area. The 10-K course takes runners around Presque Isle and back to Lakeview. The 5-K course brings runners around the Lake Superior shoreline, over to Ridge Street, and down Pine Street to the arena. “I love the course,” said Rundman, who won last year with a time of 42 minutes, 20 seconds. Last year the Superior 10 saw about 300 competitors face the challenge. Swanson expects the same number of entrants this year. The registration fee is set at $7 for early registration and $6 for Upper Peninsula Road Runner Club members.

60 years ago

MARQUETTE — Dedication ceremonies for new historical markers designating the two kilns on U.S. 41 south, and the Carp River Blast Furnace on S. Lake St., were held this week at the sites. Signs designating the two historical sites were installed recently by the beautification committee of the chamber of commerce, according to Mrs. W.L. Casler, chairman of the committee, and Elwood Mattson, past president of the chamber. The committee expressed gratitude to groups which assisted in the project, including Cliff’s Dow Chemical Co., the City of Marquette and Marquette State Prison. Both the kilns, which were used to make charcoal for use in the blast furnace, were operated here from 1847 until 1907.