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 ...

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 ...

QUESTION: Who was Marquette’s first known casualty during World War II? a. Abraham Fleury b. Alvar Liimatainen c. Isaac Chandler d. Charles Dole ANSWER: B, Alvar Liimatainen

MARQUETTE — Rachel Cooper Reeve was a native of Camden, New Jersey, who attended the Friends Select School of Philadelphia and received a Bachelor of Arts from Wellesley College. While visiting the Abe Mathews family in Marquette in 1901, she was introduced to Franklin “Frank” Bennett ...