QUESTION: Negaunee has Iron Street and Furnace Road. Gwinn has streets named Carbon and Jasper. Marquette used to have streets named Hematite and Specular. What are those streets called today?? a. College and Kaye b. Alger and Harrison c. McMillan and Blemhuber d. Mather and ...

QUESTION: Where were John M. Longyear’s mining interests located? a. Michigan’s Menominee Iron Range b. Michigan’s Gogebic Iron Range c. Minnesota’s Mesabi Iron Range d. Norway’s Svalbard Island e. All of the above f. None of the above ANSWER: E, all of the above

By EMMIE MAY Marquette Regional History Center Special to the Journal NEGAUNEE — Did you know Negaunee seceded from Marquette County soon after the Civil War and established a county of its own? Since the Civil War required large quantities of iron from the mines of the Upper ...

MARQUETTE — In 1889 John M. Longyear and several friends set out on his boat, the Abbie, to tour Lake Superior, do a little fishing, and explore Isle Royale. He documented it all and presented his daughter Abby, the boat’s namesake, with a bound book of the incredible, month-long trip. One ...