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

30 years ago

RESEARCH VESSEL EDWIN LINK — The Edmund Fitzgerald has been Tom Farnquist’s passion since he heard the first radio reports of its fatal plunge to the bottom of Lake Superior. Nineteen years later he has come face to face with the legendary vessel which inspired him to establish the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society and the museum commemorating the voyages. “It’s always been a dream to get a look at it firsthand.” Farnquist said Monday after a two hour submarine tour of the Fitzgerald which sleeps under 530 feet of water..

60 years ago

IRONWOOD — Independence Day came a few days early for “Patrick Henry” this year. This was the name given to the injured bald eagle found and captured in the Ottawa National Forest near Kenton on May 7th. The eagle was given its liberty on June 30, near the place where it was captured, and is now back in its natural haunts along the East Branch of the Ontonagon River. The bird apparently had been shot. The wound rendered the bird flightless and it was discovered on the ground where it could not find food for several days. It was brought to Ironwood, where it was kept and cared for by G.W. Irvine, biologist for the Ottawa National Forest.