History quiz
QUESTION: Sten Fjeldheim was a local pioneer in what sport? a. Cross-country skiing b. Downhill skiing c. Hockey d. Ice climbing e. Ski jumping f. Snowboarding ANSWER: A, cross-country skiing.
QUESTION: Sten Fjeldheim was a local pioneer in what sport? a. Cross-country skiing b. Downhill skiing c. Hockey d. Ice climbing e. Ski jumping f. Snowboarding ANSWER: A, cross-country skiing.
MARQUETTE — It was the grandest house Marquette has ever seen. The Longyear Mansion was built by John M. and Mary Beecher Longyear from 1890 to 1892 at the cost of half-a-million dollars (over $16 million today). Constructed of local raindrop sandstone from the Jacobs Quarry, it was ...
MARQUETTE — All mines, gold, silver, copper, or iron, have a common problem, transporting the ore from the ground to a refining processor. In the case of Negaunee’s Jackson Mine, the first ore taken out by a group of mining speculators which put a claim on the area did it by hiring a group ...
QUESTION: New Year’s Eve in Marquette is now associated with the dropping of a ball on West Washington Street. How was the holiday celebrated at the turn of the 20th century, on Dec. 31, 1899? a. Mayor Neidhart opened the Front Street hill for sledding b. An usually warm week meant ...