QUESTION: Prior to the 1937 Lumberjack Strike in Gogebic County, what were lumberjacks typically paid? a. $0.27-$0.33/hour b. $0.50-$0.55/hour c. $0.87-$0.93/hour d. $1.25-$1.35/hour ANSWER: A. For a lumberjack earning 30 cents an hour, if he worked 10 hours a day, six days a week ...

Yoopers have long been wary of the legendary St. Paddy’s Day storm, but the morning of Sunday, March 16, 1941, dawned clear and relatively warm, around 30°F. Several groups of ice fishermen and women from L’Anse, Baraga and Pelkie were out on the ice, approximately 2 ½ miles northeast of ...

Roughly how many American prisoners of war were held in Detroit near the height of the Revolutionary War? A) About 40 B) About 100 C) About 250 D) About 500 Answer: D, about 500

MARQUETTE — Rose Anna Lucy came to Big Bay in the early 1920s with her second husband, Arthur, and her daughter from her first marriage, Anna Blanche. Art was a World War I veteran and walked with a limp due to shrapnel injuries. He was a big man, but it was Rose Anna Lucy who seems to have ...