NEGAUNEE — Another school year is approaching and it seems like a good time to look at some school history from Negaunee Public Schools. It was the year 1875, Varnum B. Cochran was the first administrator to bear the title of superintendent. That year the high school faculty consisted of ...
NEGAUNEE — Change is coming to the west end of Marquette County, much needed and anticipated change. After the unfortunate closure and dissolution of the Greater Ishpeming Negaunee Chamber Commerce, a familiar organization has stepped up to once again to offer small business promotions on ...
ISHPEMING — George Newett, editor of Ishpeming’s Iron Ore, had two sons fighting in World War I. One of them, Will Newett, would have parts of the letters he wrote to his father, George, published in the pages of the Iron Ore. Both The Mining Journal and the Iron Ore regularly published letters from the men fighting in France, but Will’s letters were among the most frequent. In fact, those letters usually had the title “Our Boy Billy.” The letters published always gave the readers at home a taste of what fighting was like. The censors made sure no concrete details ...
NEGAUNEE — Fall Fest 2024 Downtown Negaunee The Negaunee Downtown Development Authority recently approved sponsorship of a new event to be held in Downtown Negaunee this coming fall. Fall Fest 2024, will take place on September 28th, from noon to 5pm. “This idea came from several ...
NEGAUNEE — The Breitung Mine was located on the southeast side of Negaunee. It was a small mine started in 1902. On September 1, 1902, eight men and one supervisor entered the mine and went down 225 feet to the first level. The day was sunny and bright but below ground the only light was a ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: This material originally was published in The Mining Journal on March 6, 2021. NEGAUNEE — Joe and Ida Lowenstein came to Negaunee from Latvia Russia around 1900. Joe Lowenstein sold clothing and household items from a cart that he would push up and down Iron Street. By ...
