30 years ago

MARQUETTE – State wildlife biologists have reported that because of the mild winters and aggressive timber harvesting, the white tail deer population has risen to 900,000 in the U.P. John Hendrickson, state Department of Natural Resources regional wildlife biologist, estimates that this is a modern day-record for deer numbers. The most noticeable population change has been in the Lake Superior Watershed area, says DNR district wildlife biologist John Stuht. Stuht agrees that the northern reaches of the U.P. have higher numbers of deer this year, alongside a much greater percentage of land open to public hunting.

90 years ago

MARQUETTE – Minutes after midnight, Marquette residents experienced the earth shaking. An early report of the shock waves came from a woman living in the west end of the city. Following the initial call, the telephone in the Mining Journal began to sound off by people wondering if they, too, had felt an earthquake. The family of P.F. Mullaly on West Ohio Street were awakened on all floors of the house, noting the shaking dressers, moving clothes, and rattling tables. Another resident on Ridge Street claimed that “everything in the house shook for a couple of seconds.” Father J. J. Lynch of Fordham University suspects the tremors to be “surface disturbances” and therefore, harmless.