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Superior History

History quiz

QUESTION: Bay Cliff Health Camp was developed by Edna Morse, registered nurse and Dr. Goldie Corneliuson. The camp’s first summer was in 1934. What was the goal for the children in attendance in the first year of the camp?
 a. learn English b. make crafts for income c. learn domestic ...

NMU’s GIville and Vetville

MARQUETTE — In honor of Veterans’ Day on Tuesday, we’re looking back at Northern Michigan University’s GIville and Vetville. On June 22, 1944, shortly after the D-Day invasion, the G.I. Bill was signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Officially known as the Servicemen’s ...

History quiz

QUESTION: Seventy-seven Upper Peninsula men enlisted in Michigan’s 34th Regiment, Company L to serve in which war? a. Civil War b. Spanish American War c. World War 1 d. World War 2 ANSWER: B, Spanish American War

Explosion at Miner’s National Bank in Ishpeming, Nov. 5, 1905

Today marks the 120th Anniversary of a deadly explosion at Miner’s National Bank in Ishpeming. It was a little past 9 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 5, 1905. Mass had just been let out at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, a block south of the bank in downtown Ishpeming. Parishioners were standing in ...

History quiz

The first known use of a telephone in Marquette County was used primarily for communication between The Mining Journal in Marquette and the Excelsior Mine office in Ishpeming. What year did this occur? A. 1875
 B. 1881 C. 1889 D. 1892 Answer: B, 1881