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Editor’s note: This article was adapted from the “Winter 1989 Harlow’s Wooden Man” article from the late Rachel Crary.
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On March 17, 1941, the Upper Peninsula Dress Manufacturing Company’s plant opened for business in Marquette, following advocacy and support ...
How many people in Marquette County died from the 1918-19 Spanish flu?
a. 27
b. 45
c. 67
d. 125
Answer: C. Sixty-seven people died from the 1918-19 “Spanish” flu outbreak, 51 residents and 16 nonresidents who were treated at the hospital. The death toll nationwide was 670,000.
Some of the earliest maps of Lake Superior included four islands described by Pierre de Charlevoix that were later found to be fictitious. Which of these was NOT the name of one of those ghost islands?
a. I. Pontchartrain
b. I. des Pins
c. I. St. Anne
d. I. Philippeaux
Answer: b. The ...
Land surveying, the practice of measuring and delineating boundaries, dates back to the beginning of recorded history.
Starting with rudimentary tools, including knotted ropes and plumb bobs, the ancient Egyptians would resurvey land boundaries following the Nile River’s annual ...