MARQUETTE — John X. Jamrich Hall will be alive with a musical voyage through the lineage of Lake Superior history on Oct. 24, with a historian born in Sands Township narrating the history through his dive to the Edmund Fitzgerald and over a dozen interviews he has conducted during 30 years of investigation into the sinking.

Ric Mixter was born at K.I. Sawyer in 1964, broadcasted professionally as a DJ at Q-107 FM beginning in 1981 and began a reporting career at WLUC soon after. His reporting not only told the history of the Upper Peninsula, but he became part of that history when his stories became news.

In 1994, he took a submersible to the Edmund Fitzgerald in 1994, his team discovering the first of the 29 missing men aboard. In 1993 he flew aboard the most decorated bomber in Desert Storm, parking it at a scrapyard in Arizona. In 1995 he filmed a series on the base where he was born, flying the final B-52H to its new assignment in Minot, North Dakota. That aircraft is still flying today.

This October, Mixter returns to his hometown to share the story that put him in newspapers internationally, the dive to the Edmund Fitzgerald. Musician Dan Hall provides the soundtrack, featuring new songs based on the legend of the ship. Mixter shares insight and rare footage of the construction, record-breaking career and tragic loss of the ship. His documentary on the subject will air in November on WNMU-13, PBS, featuring interviews from the builders, sailors and every investigation to the wreck. This includes Cousteau, the most famous explorer to send a sub to the wreck.

For more information, email Dan Truckey at Beaumier Heritage Center dtruckey@nmu.edu or Ric Mixter at ric@airworthy.tv.