MARQUETTE — The current Marquette lighthouse is 160 years old this summer. The building stands on a rock bluff 40 feet above Lake Superior and is one of the most photographed sites in the area. But there is a significant amount of misinformation about the lighthouse that has been spread ...
QUESTION: In which year did a tornado hit downtown Marquette? a. 1860 b. 1888 c. 1902 d. 1926 e. This has never happened. ANSWER: B, at 2:55 p.m. Aug. 20, 1888, a tornado touched down near Fourth Street and continued towards the lake. The most significant damage was near the intersection of Front and Spring Streets. Several buildings lost roofs and coal derricks weighing 7-8 tons were torn from their moorings and moved 20 feet.
MARQUETTE — Silas C. "Whetstone" Smith was born in 1811 in Vermont. He married Ursula Rouse in October 1842, and the couple went on to welcome two sons, William John and Charles Silas. In 1847 Silas left his home in Ohio to come to the Great Lakes region for his health. He later recounted ...
QUESTION: Local author and lawyer, John Voelker, published his novels under the pen name Robert Traver. Which of the following names did he also use? a. Cully Gage b. Billy Gladstone c. Clayton Parks d. John Donaldson ANSWER: D, Donaldson was John Voelker’s middle name. He published some of his early work under the name John Donaldson.
