MARQUETTE — As mentioned in part one of this story, by the time Samuel Barney took over the Marquette Lighthouse in late October 1873, twenty years after it was first lit, he was the eighth keeper. He was the first to be given an assistant keeper, his young adult son, Albert. Marquette was a ...

QUESTION: When did Michigan first celebrate Thanksgiving? a. 1829 b. 1840 c. 1851 d. 1863 ANSWER: A. In 1829, before Michigan even achieved statehood, territorial Gov. Lewis Cass declared Nov. 25 to be a day of Thanksgiving. It became an official federal holiday in 1863, when ...

MARQUETTE — “I think the keepers of lighthouses should be dismissed for small degrees of remissness because of the calamities which even these produce …” President Thomas Jefferson, 1806. Samuel L. Barney was one of a handful of pioneer residents of Marquette County. He was well known ...

QUESTION: When were the first deer hunting licenses sold in Michigan? a. 1859 b. 1891 c. 1905 d. 1928 Answer: B. Michigan’s first deer licenses were sold in 1891. Priced at 50 cents each, 14,477 residents purchased a license that year. In 2022, according to Michigan Department of ...

MARQUETTE — In October 1918 at the close of World War I, the Germans began their appeals to President Wilson for peace. Terms were discussed and a rumor emerged that an agreement was reached. New York newspapers announced the end of the war on Nov. 7 and celebrations began before stopping ...