MARQUETTE — Alfred Peter Swineford, a native of Ashland, Ohio, was apprenticed to a printer at the age of 15. At the end of his apprenticeship in 1853, he began Albert Lea, Minnesota’s first newspaper, the Southern Star. In the 1860s the Copperheads (also known as the Peace Democrats) ...
QUESTION: Which of these was NOT mined or quarried in the Ishpeming area? a. Peat b. Asbestos c. Nickel d. Gold Answer: C.
It’s Thanksgiving Week and whether you have canned or fresh, jelly or whole berry, cranberries will most likely have their place on your table. Cranberries are one of the few fruits that are native to North America, along with blueberries and concord grapes. The cranberry of commerce ...
MARQUETTE — As mentioned in part one of this story, by the time Samuel Barney took over the Marquette Lighthouse in late October 1873, twenty years after it was first lit, he was the eighth keeper. He was the first to be given an assistant keeper, his young adult son, Albert. Marquette was a ...
