History quiz
QUESTION: Peter White is often called the Father of Marquette, and for good reason. Which of these things did he NOT do. a. Design Park Cemetery b. Take a dogsled team to Green Bay to pick up the mail c. Arrange for the federal government to give Presque Isle to the city d. Donate the land to establish the college Answer: D. John Longyear donated the land on which Northern was originally built.
Fighter jet crashes in harbor
MARQUETTE — Fifty years ago today, scores of bystanders witnessed the crash of a fighter jet into Marquette’s Lower Harbor. June 12, 1974, was also a Wednesday. At approximately 1:35 p.m., eyewitnesses saw a plane smoking downward out of the clouds, the parachutes of the pilot and ...
Plaster bandages explored
MARQUETTE — Mrs. Bessie Moore lived in Marquette for many years at different points in her life. In the late 1940s, she was living here with her second husband and granddaughter. Although she was blind following an accident, she was employed at St. Luke’s Hospital where she made plaster ...
