The current map exhibit at the Marquette Regional History Center has a 1881 map of Republic that is a beautiful blue color.  What’s that type of map called?
 A. A bluebird view map B. An ultramarine C. A Smurfscan D. A cyanotype ANSWER: D. Cyanotypes came to be used later ...

A few miles up County Road 550 from the Marquette city limits sat a drinking establishment that sparks fond memories from several generations of Marquette County residents... Snuffy’s The bar opened in the mid-20th century as “The Forest Cabin,” a rustic establishment that was planned ...

MARQUETTE — Earlier this year, publicity about prison inmates fighting the Los Angeles fires raised the question of jobs held by prisoners in Michigan, and specifically in Marquette.  Michigan’s first state prison opened in Jackson in 1839. The location was chosen after extensive ...

QUESTION: Bowling pins were manufactured in what Marquette County village in the early 1920s? a. Gwinn b. Michigamme c. Big Bay d. Palmer ANSWER: C, Big Bay

MARQUETTE — Take an old paper chart of Lake Superior, say, NOAA’s #14963, Grand Marais to Yellow Dog Point. Now, use a ruler and a pencil to draw a line from Garlic Point, on the western shore, east, out to Granite Island. Then draw another line southward toward Little Presque Isle. ...