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Discovered in 1844, First Production in 1846. The Marquette Iron Range was discovered in 1844 by a party of surveyors led by William A. Burt, who found that their sensitive magnetic compasses produced skewed results because of the concentration of iron in the land they were surveying. Mining began in 1847. At first, the hematite iron ore of the Marquette Range was smelted with local charcoal i...
Wikipedia =Northern Michigan University (NMU) is a four-year college public university established in 1899 and located in Marquette, in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. With enrollment of about 9,000 undergraduate and graduate students, Northern Michigan University is the Upper Peninsula's largest university. Notable Alumni
The Cleveland Cliffs Iron Mine Co. The Iron Cliffs Company established in 1865 by a group of New Yorkers including Samuel J. Tilden. They obtained property in Marquette County and opened their first mine, the Barnum Mine, in 1867. Two shaft, the "A" and "B" were sunk. The company obtained three more mine pits by 1870. In 1877, Iron Cliffs began exploratory drilling on this site overlooking Ish...
This project is for those who are buried in Park Cemetery, Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan. The cemetery is also known as Marquette Park Cemetery . Notable Burials Fred R. "Killer" Burke (1893-1940) - Gangster Carroll Watson Rankin (1864-1945) - Author George Shiras, III (1859-1942) - US Congress John Wesley Stone (1838-1922) - US Congress Links Find a Grave Michig...