Marquette County
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An Iron Mining Company Hired a Famous Architect for a Piece of Machinery. Ishpeming Got Two Egyptian Obelisks.
The Cliffs Shaft Mine headframes in Ishpeming are Egyptian Revival obelisks designed…
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Everyone Thinks the U.P. Is Copper and Iron. In 1880 a Druggist Found Gold.
Everyone remembers U.P. copper and iron. Almost nobody remembers the druggist who…
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The World’s Largest Log Cabin Is Hidden on the Lake Superior Shore
The largest log cabin in the world sits on Lake Superior near…
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Police Say a Gwinn Grocery Worker Embezzled Thousands Through Gift Cards
Police say a 22-year-old Gwinn grocery worker quietly loaded thousands onto gift…
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Could the Air Force Come Back to K.I. Sawyer? Marquette County Just Took the First Step
Thirty-one years after losing the base that built it, Marquette County just…
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Forget Aspen. Organized Skiing in America Started in a Tiny U.P. Mining Town
The national Ski Hall of Fame sits in Ishpeming for a reason,…
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A Yooper’s Birthday Party Grew Into a Music Festival, and This Year It’s Giving Back to Veterans
Drewpalooz4 takes over the Pine Grove Bar in Republic next weekend, and…
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The U.P. Has About One Black Bear for Every 30 People, and That’s Just Fine
Here is a number that might make you check the treeline. There…
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This Marquette Prison Is Famous for Its Flower Gardens. It’s Also Where Inmates Murdered the Warden.
It happened during a Sunday matinee in 1921 — the only time…
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There’s a Chemical Element Named After a Yooper From Ishpeming, and Most People Have No Idea
Glenn Seaborg grew up to win the Nobel Prize, help discover plutonium,…
