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Superior History

History quiz

What year did the Michigan Underwater Preserves begin protecting shipwrecks for future generations? A. 1908 B. 1955 C. 1980 D. 2002 Answer: C

Anita Meyland, Patroness of the Arts

Although other people called her “the grande dame of culture” in Marquette, along with “patroness of the arts” and even “bohemian,” the words she most often used to describe herself were “teacher” and “dilettante.” Anita Elke Meyland, born on March 5, 1897, grew up in an ...

History Quiz

In 1972, local resident (and original co-host of “Finland Calling”) Eugene Sinervo published an amusing hand-drawn map of the United States that had the U.P. about the same size as the rest of the country put together. What is the only U.P. river prominently shown on the map? A) Sand ...

Trail marker trees: 2 in one day

For the past five years, the Marquette Regional History Center has sponsored a search for Native American trail marker trees in Marquette County. Many Indigenous peoples in North America bent trees into distinctive shapes when they were saplings, to convey specific messages. Most were used to ...