MARQUETTE — Through my position as the Marquette Regional History Center’s Assistant Librarian, I recently received grant funding from the Library of Michigan’s “Library Continuing Education Stipend Program” to attend an online class through the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s ...

QUESTION: Marquette County was established in March 1843. How many boundary changes has the county undergone in the last 182 years? a. Zero b. Three c. Six d. Nine ANSWER: D, Marquette County went through nine boundary changes, all between 1843 and 1891. Initially, the county included ...

The picture is, perhaps, the starkest example of how much Marquette has changed in the past 75 years. The photograph, taken in 1950 from the roof of the current Mining Journal building, evokes old New York City more than it does the Marquette of anyone’s memory. On a corner that’s now ...

Which paper first used the term “Yoops,” the precursor of the title “Yoopers,” to refer to the residents of the Upper Peninsula? a. The New York Sun, b. The Detroit News, c. The Mining Journal, d. The Chicago Herald