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MARQUETTE, Mich – Making art is the focus of a Marquette County day camp this in August.
The Hands On! Art and History Day Camp is for children ages 8 to 12 years old.
The camp will be held the week of August 16 through the 20th at the Marquette Regional History Center.
Kids will learn multiple art techniques.
They can also explore the history center’s current exhibit: The Story Behind Their Clothes
Registration is $50 for the week or $45 for museum members.
There is a $10 discount for additional siblings.
You can register at the history center front desk or by calling 906–226–3571.
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As much as anything, the greater Marquette area’s history is tied to water, specifically Lake Superior.
The big lake offered transportation, food and recreation to the earliest white settlers, as it always had to Native Americans.
With all of that and much more in mind, local author Sonny Longtine has penned “Marquette: A Waterfront Renaissance,” which showcases the city’s 10 miles of shoreline through historical facts, stunning photography and more.
Longtine is well familiar to local readers. He’s authored a series of books on the region including but not limited to “U.P. People: Incredible Stories about Incredible People;” “Marquette: Then and Now;” and perhaps his most popular, “Murder in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.”
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Upper Peninsula author Allan Koski displays his book “Empire Mine Cascade Range” during a recent interview in Negaunee. Koski was inspired to write about recent local mining history during his career at the Empire Mine in Richmond Township. The book is available at over a dozen area retail locations. (Journal photo by Lisa Bowers)
MARQUETTE For over 50 years, the Empire Mine served as a major part of the geographic and economic landscape of Marquette County’s Richmond Township.
The mine, which was indefinitely idled in 2016, employed 1,396 members of the United Steelworkers and 207 salaried employees in its heyday, and tens of thousands of miners over the decades.
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The author and his family are seen enjoying the Neaults’ light display. (Photo courtesy of Robert S. Mercure)
MARQUETTE Joseph Mercure, a French-Canadian immigrant from Quebec, came to Upper Michigan in the later half of the 1800s to seek work.
He worked as a teamster for the railroads, skidding logs out of the woods for railroad ties and bridge construction. Joseph was back and forth between the United States and Canada, depending upon the work situation.
He and his wife Virginia (Houle) had four children. His oldest, Thomas and youngest, Exilda were born in Michigan but his two middle children, Louis and Hormidas Joseph, were born in Quebec.