Sarah Bottrell, teacher, centenarian
MARQUETTE — With the school year now underway, here is the story of Sarah Bottrell, a local teacher who lived to the amazing age of 106! Sarah was born Oct. 22, 1904, in Ishpeming, the daughter of proud Cornish immigrant parents Richard Bottrell and Catherine Jones. She had older twin ...
Billy Bushy, the Big Bay hermit
MARQUETTE — In 1933-34, William “Billy” Bushy, a hermit living near Big Bay “set a state isolation record” after spending the winter “holed-in” on his homestead, having gone six months and ten days without seeing another person. A newspaper article documenting the feat does not ...
1946 Mather Iron Mine Strike
MARQUETTE — In honor of Labor Day, we’re looking back at the 1946 Marquette Iron Range Strike. During World War II, workers and unions pledged not to strike and as a result, they experienced stagnant wages and benefits during the four years of the war. The end of the war saw an incoming ...