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Superior History

20th Anniversary of the 2003 Dead River Flood

MARQUETTE — I grew up in Marquette in a house overlooking the Dead River, which had an interesting history. Built in the late 1930s at 435 W. Magnetic St. by the DeVries Family, it was one of seven houses moved in 1984 to make way for construction at Marquette General Hospital. As a ...

History quiz

QUESTION: Around 5000 BCE, Archaic Native Americans mined copper from the Keweenaw Peninsula and Isle Royale and distributed it via trade. How far south did these trade networks extend?? a. Illinois b. Mexico c. West Virginia d. Florida ANSWER:D. Copper from the Keweenaw Peninsula and ...

Building memories

MARQUETTE — With last week’s demolition of the dilapidated building at 214 S. Front Street, making way for a beer garden, we’re looking back at the building’s long history. Built in the aftermath of Marquette’s Great Fire of June 1868, the building began life as Meads’ ...