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Superiorland Yesterdays

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

30 years ago

MUNISING — Officials at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore are hoping to find a long-lost Ojibwa burial ground at Sand Point. The Ojibwa camped in the area, four miles north east of downtown Munising, for hundreds of years, and used at least one traditional burial site. But apparently, no one knows where it is now. The only known clue is an 1886 photograph owned by Marquette County Historical Society showing spirit houses and a cross marker under a distinctive white pine. But no such tree has so far been located by park officials. “It might not even be on Sand Point anymore,” Interpretive Specialist Gregg Buff noted. The peninsula shifts and reforms with the currents: What is land today may be water tomorrow. So it is possible that the site may now be in Lake Superior. “We’re trying to see if anyone has recollections or photographs of the burial ground,” Bruff said. When Sand Point was originally constructed in the 1930’s, burial sites were reported. Archeologists have sampled the ground in several spots to find the site, so far unsuccessful. The burial ground may offer clues to the relationship between mainland Ojibwa and those living on Grand Island, Bruff said. But he stressed that the Lakeshore would not turn the site into an exhibit. If the old photo had been taken in sunny weather, it may have rendered more information.

60 years ago

ISHPEMING — Public works department employees worked over the weekend here repairing a broken water main on Hill St in the Cleveland Location. The main froze at the top of the hill during the winter and when the frost came out of the ground, water from the split pipe began leaking out. Home owners in the area were given intermittent service over the weekend as public works department men turned the water off and on while working to replace the damaged main.

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