Marquette, Michigan Marquette, Michigan Front Street in downtown Marquette, 1909 Front Street in downtown Marquette, 1909 Location of Marquette inside Marquette County, Michigan Location of Marquette inside Marquette County, Michigan Marquette, Michigan is positioned in the US Marquette, Michigan - Marquette, Michigan County Marquette Marquette is a town/city in the U.S.
State of Michigan and the governmental center of county of Marquette County. The populace was 21,355 at the 2010 census, making it the most populated town/city of the Upper Peninsula.
Marquette is a primary port on Lake Superior, known primarily for shipping iron ore, and is the home of Northern Michigan University.
In 2012, Marquette was listed among the 10 best places to retire in the U.S.
Statue of Jacques Marquette in Marquette The territory around Marquette was known to French missionaries of the early 17th century and the trappers of the early 19th century.
Development of the region did not begin, however, until 1844, when William Burt and Jacob Houghton (the brother of geologist Douglass Houghton) identified iron deposits near Teal Lake west of Marquette.
The village of Marquette began on September 14, 1849, with the formation of a second iron concern, the Marquette Iron Company.
On August 21, 1850, the name was changed to honor Jacques Marquette, the French Jesuit missionary who had explored the region.
The Marquette Iron Company failed, while its successor, the Cleveland Iron Mining Company, flourished and had the village platted in 1854.
White's office was retitled as Marquette in April 1856, and the village was incorporated in 1859.
During the 1850s, Marquette was linked by rail to various mines and became the dominant shipping center of the Upper Peninsula.
The first ore pocket dock, designed by an early town leader, John Burt, was assembled by the Cleveland Iron Mining Company in 1859. By 1862, the town/city had a populace of over 1,600 and a soaring economy. In the late 19th century, amid the height of iron mining, Marquette became nationally known as a summer haven.
Marquette continues to be a shipping port for hematite ores and, today, enriched iron ore pellets, from close-by mines and pelletizing plants.
About 7.9 million gross tons of pelletized iron ore passed through Marquette's Presque Isle Harbor in 2005. Peter's Cathedral, which is the center for the Diocese of Marquette.
In addition to the Marquette #1 Post Office there is the "Northern Michigan University Bookstore Contract Station #384". The first day of copy of a postal card showing Bishop Frederic Baraga took place in Marquette on June 29, 1984, and that of the Wonders of America Lake Superior stamp on May 27, 2006. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 19.45 square miles (50.38 km2), of which 11.39 square miles (29.50 km2) is territory and 8.06 square miles (20.88 km2) is water. The Marquette Underwater Preserve lies immediately offshore.
Marquette Mountain, used for skiing, is positioned in the city, as is most of the territory of Marquette Branch Prison of the Michigan Department of Corrections. Trowbridge Park (an unincorporated part of Marquette Township) is positioned to the west, and Marquette Township to the northwest of the city.
Marquette has a humid continental climate (Koppen climate classification Dfb) with four distinct seasons that is firmly moderated by Lake Superior and is positioned in Plant Hardiness zone 5b. Winters are long and cold with a January average of 18.8 F ( 7.3 C).
Winter temperatures are slightly warmer than inland locations at a similar latitude due to the release of the heat stored by the lake, which moderates the climate. On average, there are 11.6 days where the temperature reaches below 0 F ( 18 C) and most days amid winter remain below freezing. Being positioned in the snowbelt region, Marquette receives a momentous amount of snow flurry amid the winter months, mostly from lake-effect snow.
Because Lake Superior rarely freezes over completely, this enables lake effect snow to persist throughout winter, making Marquette the third snowiest locale in the adjoining United States as reported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration with an average annual snow flurry of 149.1 inches (379 cm). The snow depth in winter usually exceeds 10 inches (25 cm). Marquette receives 29 in (737 mm) of rain per year, which is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year, though September and October are the wettest months with January and February being the driest.
The average window for eveningtime freezes is October 15 thru May 7. The highest temperature ever recorded in Marquette was 108 F (42 C) on July 15, 1901 and the lowest was 33 F ( 36 C) on February 8, 1861. Marquette receives an average of 2,294 hours of sunlight per year or 51% of possible sunshine, ranging from a low of 29% in December to a high of 68% in July. Climate data for Marquette, Michigan Along with Northern Michigan University, the biggest employers in Marquette are the Marquette School System, Marquette General Hospital (a county-wide medical center which is the only Level 2 Trauma center in the Upper Peninsula), Marquette Branch Prison, Pioneer Surgical Technology now part of RTI Surgical, and Charter Communications.
Marquette's port was the 140th biggest in the United States in 2015, ranked by tonnage. Lake Superior shoreline at Presque Isle Park in July The town/city of Marquette has a number of parks and recreational facilities which are used by town/city and county residents.
Presque Isle Park is Marquette's most prominent park positioned on the north side of the city.
The park was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, noted for designing Central Park in New York City.
Other parks include Tourist Park, Founder's Landing, La - Bonte Park, Mattson Lower Harbor Park, Park Cemetery, Shiras Park, Williams Park, Harlow Park, Pocket Park, Spring Street Park and Father Marquette Park.
Lakeview Arena was home to the Marquette Electricians and Marquette Senior High School's Redmen hockey team.
Gerard Haley Memorial Baseball field home of the Marquette Blues and Reds is positioned in the north side along with various little league and softball fields.
Marquette has the biggest wooden dome in the world, the Superior Dome unofficially but affectionately known as the Yooper - Dome.
Northern Michigan University holds its home football games in the Dome, as does the Michigan High School Athletic Association with the upper peninsula's High School football playoffs.
The Marquette Golf Club has brought global recognition to the region for its unique and dramatic Greywalls course, opened in 2005.
The course features a several panoramic views of Lake Superior and winds its way through rocky outcroppings, heaving fairways and a rolling valley, yet is positioned less than two miles (3 km) from the downtown area.
Marquette has an extensive network of biking and walking paths.
Panorama of Lower Harbor and downtown Marquette, from Lower Harbor Park.
The Marquette Maritime Museum, including the Marquette Harbor Light; The Marquette County History Museum. Marquette's July 4 Celebration Marquette's Blueberry Festival Marquette Area Blues Fest Marquette Scandinavian Midsummer Festival and Wife-Carrying Contest Marquette Marathon Live theatrical productions are also provided through Northern Michigan University's Forest Roberts Theatre and Black Box Theatre, Marquette's Graverate School Kaufman Auditorium and Lake Superior Theatre, a semi-professional summer stock theatre.
Marquette is served by American Eagle and Delta Connection out of Sawyer International Airport (KSAW) with daily flights to Chicago, Detroit and Minneapolis Saint Paul, as of March 2017. The town/city is served by a enhance transit fitness known as Marq - Tran, which runs buses through the town/city and to close-by places such as Sawyer International Airport and Ishpeming.
Marquette has limited freight rail service by the Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad.
Three state highways serve Marquette.
The City of Marquette is served by the Marquette Area Public Schools.
Marquette Senior High School, grades 9-12 (Marquette Area Public Schools) Marquette Alternative High School at Vandenboom (Marquette Area Public Schools) Bothwell Middle School, grades 6-8 (Marquette Area Public Schools) Cherry Creek Elementary (Marquette Area Public Schools) Graveraet Elementary (Marquette Area Public Schools) Sandy Knoll Elementary School (Marquette Area Public Schools) Superior Hills Elementary School (Marquette Area Public Schools) Father Marquette Elementary School Father Marquette Middle School Marquette is home to Northern Michigan University, the Upper Peninsula's biggest university at just under 10,000 students.
Multiple media outlets furnish small-town coverage of the Marquette area.
Newspaper: The Mining Journal, The North Wind, and Marquette Monthly 2004 Michigan Cool City Governor Jennifer Granholm Joe Fine, mayor of Marquette 1964 1965 and prominent businessman Ignatius Mrak, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Marquette The Marquette County Courthouse was used for the courtroom scenes in the film Anatomy of a Murder.
Robert Traver (John Voelker) set his novels Anatomy of a Murder (1958) and Laughing Whitefish (1965) in Marquette.
The film version of Anatomy of a Murder, dramatizing a 1952 murder that happened in the region and the subsequent trial, was partly filmed in Marquette and Big Bay.
Much of it was filmed in the Marquette County Courthouse in Marquette, where the actual murder case had been tried.
Traver's Danny and the Boys (1951) is a compilation of short stories set in and around Marquette.
Philip Caputo set his novel Indian Country (1987) in the Upper Peninsula and a several scenes depict Marquette.
Jim Harrison's novel True North (2005) tells about a Marquette family whose richness is based on exploiting Upper Peninsula timber.
Jeffrey Eugenides' Pulitzer Prize winning novel, Middlesex (2002) refers to Marquette by name, in addition to other locations in Michigan.
A large portion of the graphic novel Blankets, by Craig Thompson, takes place in Marquette.
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