MARQUETTE — While we’ve been dealing with record highs last week, this month marks the 150th Anniversary of a blockade of Marquette’s Harbor- an ice blockade. That year, after several days watching boats visible in the ice some miles from shore, on May 17, 1873, The Mining Journal ...

QUESTION: Where was Marquette (and the county’s) first golf course? a) North of Crescent Street to Fair Avenue, East of Pine Street. b) South of Crescent Street, West of Pine Street. c) North of Washington Avenue, East of Fifth Street. d) South of Mesnard Avenue, West of Brook ...

SANDS — It has been 27 years since the historic chance discovery of four early 16th century brass iconographic/Jesuit rings in a remote area near the Sands Plains in Sands Township. On May 26, 1996, Negaunee archaeologist Jim Paquette uncovered this protohistoric period treasure while ...

MARQUETTE — Last week’s article discussed the early attempts at iron making on the Marquette Iron Range using bloomery forge technology. All four bloomery forges in the area had short lives, going out of operation by the end of the 1850s with an estimated total output of less than 15,000 ...