MARQUETTE — In honor of National Library Week, tribute is paid to Lydia M. Olson, the first librarian of Northern State Normal (later Northern State Teachers College and now Northern Michigan University). During her 33-year tenure she supervised the moving of the library to several different ...

MARQUETTE — Marquette is a watery place. Eighty miles of Lake Superior shoreline define the northern and eastern boundaries of the county. Inland lakes, left from glacial times, and swift streams from the highlands to the west weave together the land. The earliest people lived by the water ...

QUESTION: Three generations of the Shiras family came to Marquette to hunt and fish from which city? a. Cleveland, Ohio b. Toledo, Ohio c. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania d. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ANSWER: D, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 

MARQUETTE — According to legend, Benjamin Franklin successfully pushed to include Isle Royale within the United States boundaries during the negotiations for the 1783 Treaty of Paris. He was reportedly aware of the potential copper resources on the island and wanted to secure it for the ...