This old-time photo was taken off the Lake Superior shoreline of three freighters in a row on the big lake. (Photo courtesy of Jack Deo, Superior View Studio, www.viewsofthepast.com, 149 W. Washington St., Marquette)

Birch bark canoes are an Indigenous North American innovation; lighter, sturdier and easier to repair than dugout canoes. When did the Woodland people develop these canoes? a. 1,000 years ago b. 3,000 years ago c. 6,000 years ago d. 9,000 years ago ---------------------- Answer B: ...

MARQUETTE — While looking through the Marquette Regional History Center’s fiber arts storage area, we found a letter-sized envelope filled with a loose tangle of ribbon. Located in a drawer with other small pieces of fabric, ribbon and lace, it had printed advertising for the Paris ...

QUESTION: Who served as a leader of the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company for six decades and named a village after his mother? a. Thomas Beacon b. Edward Palmer c. Clarence Ely d. William G. Mather ANSWER: D, William Gwinn Mather     


NEGAUNEE — Forest forensics is a term coined by Tom Wessels, a professor of terrestrial ecology at Antioch University New England, that describes the act of using clues on the landscape to intuit what past human activities may have occurred there. Through this lens, seemingly insignificant ...