5 Gift Giving Ideas With a Conscience for the Holidays
by Erica McMillan marquettemagazine.com Every year I become more aware of the dark side of the mainstream American holiday gift giving traditions. Mainly by the incredible amounts of unnecessary waste that are generated by packaging and gift wrapping. But why would manufacturers change their wasteful ways unless consumers demand it? The only way to enact […]
Upper Peninsula of Michigan
Upper Peninsula of Michigan is the northern of the two major land masses that make up the US state of Michigan. It is commonly referred to as the Upper Peninsula (U.P.) and Upper Michigan. It is also known colloquially as the land “above the Bridge” linking the two peninsulas. The peninsula is bounded on the north by Lake Superior, on the east […]
Marquette History
The land around Marquette was known to French missionaries of the early 17th century and the trappers of the early 19th century. Development of the area did not begin, however, until 1844, when William Burt andJacob Houghton (the brother of geologist Douglass Houghton) discovered iron deposits near Teal Lake west of Marquette. In 1845. St. Peter Cathedral During […]
