Marquette - Michigan's Upper Peninsula

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Stroll past ornate buildings, a historic hotel, many restaurants, a classic department store, an 1883 saloon ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_downtown_marquette.html"><font color="#C82F2C">more</font></a> <p> <a name="e611"><b>Marquette County History Museum.</b></a> Choice artifacts, some life-sized exhibits with audio, and a good gift shop make this stand out. See an Ojibwa family group,the Burt survey party, a child-scale street of shops ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_marquette_county_history_museum.html"><font color="#C82F2C">more</font></a> <p> <a name="e610"><b>Peter White Library.</b></a> A dream library</B> renovated and expanded through community visioning: restored 1904 reading rooms, an exhibit gallery, a children's room designed by kids, a community art gallery and shop, and a café/coffee bar with fresh Greek specialties ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_peter_white_library.html"><font color="#C82F2C">more</font></a> <p> <a name="e626"><b>Ridge and Arch Historic District.</b></a> A well-maintained neighborhood of historic homes in a variety of late 19th-century styles, and two richly detailed red sandstone churches with unusual stained glass windows, one by Tiffany ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_ridge_and_arch_historic_district.html"><font color="#C82F2C">more</font></a> <p> <a name="e1418"><b>Upper Peninsula Heritage Center </b></a><br> <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> Former NMU President Bill Vandement wanted the Superior Dome to be about more than sports. He teamed up with history professor Russell Magnaghi (developer of <b>NMU's Center for Upper Peninsula Studies</b>) to create the ambitious Upper Peninsula Heritage Center. It's housed in The Dome's outer concourse and open without charge. Each display window is over 30 feet long and 10 feet deep. Russ solicited donations from celebrated U.P. people and their families, who were astonishingly generous with artifacts and papers. <br><br><b>"Legends of the Upper Peninsula"</b> honors legendary lawyer-author and trout fisherman JOHN VOELKER (a.k.a. Robert Traver). Here is a model of his cherished fishing camp, and the desk where he wrote Anatomy of a Murder. Also represented are the late State Representative DOMINIC JACOBETTI of Negaunee, patron saint of the U.P. for all the regional projects he funded during his long career; Marquette watercolorist NITA ENGLE, winner of the prestigious American Watercolor Society artist of the year award; and 1951 Nobel Prizewinning nuclear chemist GLENN SEABORG (1912 to 1999) Son of a Swedish railroad mechanic, he lived in Ishpeming until the age of 10, when his family moved to California. His influence was enormous for most of the 20th century. He co-discovered transuranium elements numbered 94 to 102, advised 10 U.S. presidents, became chancellor of the U. of California at Berkeley, and advocated for science education until his death. (His mother had advised him to go into bookkeeping. He owed his illustrious career to one high school science teacher.)<br><br>Other exhibit cases feature "NMU Sports Championships," "The Natural World of the Upper Peninsula" (the mineral specimens are beautiful), and "Upper Peninsula <b>Ethnic Groups</b>," illustrated with riveting historic photographs in front of a wall of flags representing countries which produced many U.P. immigrants. <br><br>But the display of <b>animals native to the Upper Peninsula</b> is the popular favorite. Rob Aho of the DNR often donates animal remains. He'd like to display all U.P. native animals. A special case has been constructed for a <b>mounted moose</b> found as roadkill. He is a very large animal even though immature. The rack of a large bull moose is next to it, for comparison.<br><br>A new project underway in the realm of Upper Peninsula history is the BEAUMIER HERITAGE CENTER, temporarily housed here until funds are raised for a new space on campus. Dr. John Beaumier, from Escanaba, became a successful orthopedic physician at the Mayo Clinic. He and his wife, Mary Jane, continuing their long interest in helping others, have given $1 million to NMU for a center showing how the ethnic and religious backgrounds of Upper Peninsula people made it the distinctive region it is today. <br><br>Relevant U.P. materials and objects for the Beaumier Center are already being collected — things as varied as boardinghouse expense records and apple juice cans — as it launches a new capital campaign and seeks an archivist/fundraiser. Papers and artifacts of the late <b>Sam Cohodas, Marquette philanthropist and business legend</b>, are already here. They show how he, with his brother, as teenagers, came from Byelorussia to avoid anti-Semitic persecution and the czar's army. They worked to bring their mother and siblings over, then parlayed a simple business selling apples and cabbage from a pushcart in Keweenaw mining communities into a large regional produce wholesaler and orchard owner. Sam Cohodas also established a Marquette bank that became a regional banking empire. His own artifacts include early Green Bay Packers memorabilia (he was an original Packer Backer) and old Jewish lamps. <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> <i>Temporarily the Beaumier Heritage Center is in Room C-108 of the Superior Dome. Open Tues & Thurs 1-5 during the semester, perhaps later. Also open during Superior Dome athletic events. Enter the Dome's main entrance. <br>The Dome is at 1401 Presque Isle north of Fair. Main parking lot at the head of Third. (906) 227-2850. Superior Dome open recreation hours: Mon-Thurs 6 a.m.-10 p.m., Fri to 5 when NMU is in session. Call to confirm. Usually used weekends for special events. Wheelchair-accessible. </i> <p> <a name="e617"><b>Lower Harbor.</b></a> The beautifully designed focus of the city's <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/munising_lake_superior.html" target="_top">Lake Superior</a> waterfront, with a fresh and smoked fish shop, a playground/picnic park next to the marina, a historic lighthouse, a breakwall to walk out on ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_lower_harbor.html"><font color="#C82F2C">more</font></a> <p> <a name="e618"><b>Marquette Maritime Museum.</b></a> A low-key museum with lots of great stuff: superb replicas of freighters, three Fresnel lighthouse lenses, hands-on fishing nets and a pilot house, colorful flags from Great Lakes freighters, a miniature reconstruction of a famous WWII naval battle ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_marquette_maritime_museum.html"><font color="#C82F2C">more</font></a> <p> <a name="e619"><b>U.S.S. Darter-Dace Silent Service Memorial.</b></a> A fascinating computerized, narrated diorama of the Philippine naval battle that crippled the Japanese navy, highlighting the critical role of two subs with U.P. crews and a replica conning tower are part ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_u_s_s__darter_dace_silent_service_memorial.html"><font color="#C82F2C">more</font></a> <p> <a name="e620"><b>Marquette Harbor Light.</b></a> Visitors can now tour this oft-photographed lighthouse on the rocks and take the catwalk 300' out to Lighthouse Point, with great panoramic views of Presque Isle, ore dock, harbor, and town ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_marquette_harbor_light.html"><font color="#C82F2C">more</font></a> <p> <a name="e621"><b>Lakeside bike path from the Inner Harbor to Presque Isle.</b></a> You can rent a bike or rollerblades for this beautiful, busy shoreline path from the inner harbor to magical <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_presque_isle_park.html" target="_top">Presque Isle Park</a>, passing a beach and picnic area for students and one for families ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_lakeside_bike_path_from_the_inner_harbor_to_presque_isle.html"><font color="#C82F2C">more</font></a> <p> <a name="e622"><b>Lake Superior & Ishpeming RR Ore Dock.</b></a> Extending a full quarter mile out into the lake, this huge 75' landmark is where you can watch taconite pellets of iron ore delivered by train and noisily dumped into a waiting ore carrier ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_lake_superior___ishpeming_rr_ore_dock.html"><font color="#C82F2C">more</font></a> <p> <a name="e623"><b>Studio Gallery.</b></a> Four prominent artists display their paintings, jewelry, and welded garden sculptures, gates, and hangings here at their gallery and working studio ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_studio_gallery.html"><font color="#C82F2C">more</font></a> <p> <a name="e624"><b>Moosewood Nature Center.</b></a> Started by science teachers, the enthusiastic young staff offers 20 programs and outings a month for families and has some live native reptiles and amphibians to watch. A paved Bog Walk Trail is outside ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_moosewood_nature_center.html"><font color="#C82F2C">more</font></a> <p> <a name="e625"><b>Presque Isle Park.</b></a> One of the coolest city parks anywhere, it's a rocky, wooded peninsula jutting into <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/munising_lake_superior.html" target="_top">Lake Superior</a> with great vistas, 5 miles of walking paths, swimming pool and water slide, picnic grounds, bandshell ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_presque_isle_park.html"><font color="#C82F2C">more</font></a> <p> <a name="e628"><b>The Village shopping district on Third Street.</b></a> Between downtown and campus, Third Street has several popular restaurants; an excellent outdoors shop with stylish and functional outerwear; Scandinavian crystal, jewelry, and textiles ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_the_village_shopping_district_on_third_street.html"><font color="#C82F2C">more</font></a> <p> <a name="e629"><b>Superior Dome.</b></a> See the wood framework of the world's largest wood dome, used for athletics and community walking and jogging. Interesting exhibits in its outer corridor feature U.P. minerals, ethnic groups, and Upper Peninsula legends John Voelker, Dominic Jacobetti, Nita Engle, Glenn Seaborg, and Sam Cohodas ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_superior_dome.html"><font color="#C82F2C">more</font></a> <p> <a name="e630"><b>DeVos Art Museum at Northern Michigan University.</b></a> With this new facility, the Upper Peninsula has a real art museum, open year-round, with some high-level nationally important exhibits along with local and regional shows ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_devos_art_museum_at_northern_michigan_university.html"><font color="#C82F2C">more</font></a> <p> <a name="e604"><b>Father Marquette Park/ Chamber of Commerce..</b></a> Tourist info with a grand view of a picture-perfect town, harbor, and lighthouse ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_father_marquette_park___chamber_of_commerce_.html"><font color="#C82F2C">more</font></a> <p> <a name="e612"><b>Marquette County Courthouse.</b></a> A grand public building from 1902, used with respect. See the impressive courtroom where the <I>Anatomy of a Murder</I> case was tried, the great view from the steps, and the display of Voelker legal memorabilia ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_marquette_county_courthouse.html"><font color="#C82F2C">more</font></a> <p> <a name="e613"><b>St. Peter Cathedral and Baraga Archives.</b></a> In the cathedral, stained glass windows of saints and scenes from Jesus's life. Next door, the papers of the snowshoe priest from Slovenia involved with the early history of many Michigan communities ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_st__peter_cathedral_and_baraga_archives.html"><font color="#C82F2C">more</font></a> <p> <a name="e616"><b>Upper Peninsula Children's Museum.</b></a> Low-tech, free wheeling, imaginative fun in a whacky micro city, a recyclatorium, and a great gift shop. Kids learn about microbiology after sliding down a toilet, fly in a real fuselage cockpit ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_upper_peninsula_children_s_museum.html"><font color="#C82F2C">more</font></a> <p> <a name="e614"><b>Marquette Food Co-op.</b></a> Cheerful one-stop shopping with good produce and more trail mixes, energy bars, soy milk and juices for travelers in the attractive new location downtown ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_marquette_food_co_op.html"><font color="#C82F2C">more</font></a> <p> <a name="e627"><b>Park Cemetery.</b></a> Download WMOT deejay Jim Koski's chatty Park Cemetery walking tour and a stroll through this hilly, wooded cemetery becomes a guided tour of the graves of Marquette's founding elite ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_park_cemetery.html"><font color="#C82F2C">more</font></a> <p> <a name="e631"><b>Jilbert's Dairy.</b></a> An ice cream parlor is the centerpiece of this headquarters complex of the U.P.'s premier dairy, where you can see milk being processed, picnic next to a giant cow, and shop for various U.P. foods and knick-knacks ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_jilbert_s_dairy.html"><font color="#C82F2C">more</font></a> <p> <a name="e1327"><b>Brewmaster's Castle Home.</b></a> The exterior is exotic, but get a look at what's inside ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_brewmaster_s_castle_home.html"><font color="#C82F2C">more</font></a> <p> <a name="e615"><b>Bingo and Bargains at the Women's Center.</b></a> See a favorite U.P. pastime in action any evening. The 3,000-square-foot resale shop is open daytimes ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_bingo_and_bargains_at_the_women_s_center.html"><font color="#C82F2C">more</font></a> <p> <a name="e632"><b>Mount Marquette Scenic Lookout.</b></a> A rocky summit provides a glorious views of the city, the bay, and the vast expanse of <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/munising_lake_superior.html" target="_top">Lake Superior</a> beyond ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_mount_marquette_scenic_lookout.html"><font color="#C82F2C">more</font></a> <p> <a name="e633"><b>Marquette Branch Prison.</b></a> The 1889 part of the prison that looks like it's out of Victorian England, with pretty inmate-tended flower gardens out front ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_marquette_branch_prison.html"><font color="#C82F2C">more</font></a> <p> <a name="e635"><b>U.S. 41 road cut with ancient algal stromatolites.</b></a> Looming above Highway 41, this rocky cliff reveals eroded remains of ancient (2 billion-year-old) mountains once far higher than today's Rockies ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_u_s__41_road_cut_with_ancient_algal_stromatolites.html"><font color="#C82F2C">more</font></a> <p> <a name="e634"><b>Michigan Welcome Center.</b></a> The picnic area provides a striking view of Marquette Bay and the distant city of Marquette, with helpful tourist info in the log Welcome Center ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_michigan_welcome_center.html"><font color="#C82F2C">more</font></a> <p> <a name="e636"><b>Blueberry Ridge Cross-Country Ski Trail/Escanaba River State Forest.</b></a> 12K of trails, 1.7 miles of them lighted, are groomed for ski-skating and diagonal stride ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_blueberry_ridge_cross_country_ski_trail_escanaba_river_state_forest.html"><font color="#C82F2C">more</font></a> <p> <a name="e637"><b>Lakenenland.</b></a> One of the U.P.'s most unusual roadside attractions, a pipefitter's quirky sculpture park. Part political, part fanciful, done just for fun. No fee, nothing to buy. ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_lakenenland.html"><font color="#C82F2C">more</font></a> <p> <p>   </font> </td> </tr> </table>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td>   </td> </tr>  <tr> <td align="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td> </tr> </table>  </td> <td valign=top width="1%" bgcolor="#F5F5D5">  <img src="images/1x1.gif" width="9" height=500 alt="|"> </td> <td valign=top width="63%">  <table width="100%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=0> <tr> <td valign=top align=center bgcolor="#018650" colspan=2> <center> <img src="images/1x1.gif" width="30" height=8 alt="-"><br> <b><font color="#FFFFFF" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-1"><a class="whitelink" href="marquette_range.html" target="_top">Region: Marquette Range</a></font></b><br> <img src="images/1x1.gif" width="100%" height=3 alt="-"><br> <h1>MARQUETTE</h1> <img src="images/1x1.gif" width="30" height=8 alt="-"></center></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="63%">  <table width="100%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=8 border=0> <tr> <td align="left">  <font face="Georgia"> <img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=6 alt="-"><br> <table align="right" cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 border=0 width=219> <tr> <td> <a href="marquette_map.html" target="_top"><img src="http://hunts-upguide.com/photos/83.gif" width=219 height=250 alt="Marquette mini map" border=0></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-2"> <a href="marquette_map.html" target="_top"><b>Click to enlarge</b></a> </font> </td> </tr> </table> This handsome city of 20,000 on <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/munising_lake_superior.html" target="_top">Lake Superior</a> stands out as the most affluent in the Upper Peninsula. Prices of ordinary homes are well above the U.P.'s median - so high that there's a trend for old-house lovers to locate in Ishpeming and Negaunee. Owner-occupied homes here average over $90,000 and even more in adjacent Marquette Township ($100,000). Chocolay Township along <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/munising_lake_superior.html" target="_top">Lake Superior</a> around Harvey is another popular suburban choice. This contrasts not just with the U.P.-wide median home price of about $66,000, but even more sharply with the nearby mining towns which were the source of Marquette's original wealth. Today's typical Ishpeming home, for example, is valued at about $52,000, Negaunee's $62,000.<BR><br><center> <table cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 border=0 width=350> <tr> <td> <img src="http://hunts-upguide.com/photos/829.gif" width=350 height=219 alt="Heart of Northern" border=0> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> <font face="Gill Sans Light,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-3"> Don Hunt </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-2"> <b>This heart shaped mound of shrubs and flowers, known as the "Heart of Northern," reflects both a long tradition and the campus's dramatic westward expansion since the building boom beginning in the 1960s. Today's "Heart" is overlooked by 4 modern NMU academic buildings. The original "Heart" was created before 1907 well to the east, now a parking lot off Presque Isle Ave.</b> </font> </td> </tr> </table> </center><p> Had Marquette's economy remained centered around iron mining like these other towns, it would not have the wealth it enjoys today. Two key institutions have grown in recent decades to more than replace the riches iron once brought to the town. <B>Northern Michigan University</B>, with al,ost 10,000 students, a staff of 1,000, and an annual budget of over $80 million, has brought not just money but established a university-town tone for the city. <BR><br><center> <table cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 border=0 width=420> <font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-1"><b>...continued below...</b></font> <br clear="all"> <hr> <center> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </center> <hr> <tr> <td> <img src="http://hunts-upguide.com/photos/434.gif" width=420 height=258 alt="Landmark Inn" border=0> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-2"> <b>Testament to Marquette's U.P. prominence and its affluent market: the popular, full-service Landmark Inn hotel downtown. Its individually decorated, antique-filled theme rooms commemorate prominent Marquette natives and visitors.</b> </font> </td> </tr> </table> </center><p> But in terms of pure dollars, nothing else in Marquette - in fact no other single facility in the entire Upper Peninsula - rivals the <B>Marquette General Health System</B>. It has grown astronomically in just the past 35 years to employ 3,000 with a budget of over $300 million. When a U.P. resident has a difficult-to-treat malady, chances are he or she is sent to Marquette.<BR><br><center> <table cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 border=0 width=399> <tr> <td> <img src="http://hunts-upguide.com/photos/828.gif" width=399 height=289 alt="Marquette General" border=0> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> <font face="Gill Sans Light,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-3"> Don Hunt </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-2"> <b>With a $300 million annual budget, Marquette General has rather recently grown into the U.P.'s single biggest institution. Patients from over a wide portion of the U.P. are referred here for specialized care.</b> </font> </td> </tr> </table> </center><p> And it's not just the university and the hospital that makes Marquette stand out. Centrally located on the peninsula, it now is home to a <B>vastly broader retail sector</B> than other U.P. town. Drive along busy U.S. 41 on the city's west side and you'll pass a long stretch of major stores, including the <B>U.P.'s only Target</B> and one of only two Menards building and home supply store. (The other is in Escanaba.) This <B>sprawl</B> is <B>outside the city limits </B>in Marquette Township, and there's nothing that planning-conscious, pedestrian-oriented city committees and organizations can do about it. Enter the city center and you'll find the Upper Peninsula's largest concentration of state and federal offices, not to mention the most imposing and lively downtown.<BR><br>Marquette's affluence translates into a bounty of inviting destinations for visitors-restaurants, lodgings, shops, and museums. Situated on a steep hill just west of the<B> </B>harbor, the downtown is visually among Michigan's most memorable. It is anchored by the spectacular five-story <B>Marquette County Savings Bank</B> at Front and Washington with its granite columns and clock tower. Locally quarried brownish-red sandstone gives Marquette buildings a look of stability and stature. Interesting shops line its main street, Washington. Even more specialty shops are scattered along Third east of the NMU campus. Just northeast of downtown, impressive historic homes occupy East Ridge, East Arch, Michigan, and Ohio streets. Unlike most cities, Marquette has historically been <B>lucky to own most of its waterfront</B>. Today a decade of planning and visioning have paid off not only in the beautiful Mattson Park and marina at the <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_lower_harbor.html" target="_top">Lower Harbor</a> a block from downtown, but in many carefully designed condo projects that complement pedestrian access to the waterfront. <BR><br>The city is built in an area of rocky outcrops that at places create dramatic 100-foot-high formations and cliffs. It rises sharply from <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/munising_lake_superior.html" target="_top">Lake Superior</a>, affording beautiful views of Presque Isle Harbor and Marquette Bay. The vistas are punctuated by dramatic landmarks: the <B>ore docks</B>, the old red <B>lighthouse, </B>and <B><a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_presque_isle_park.html" target="_top">Presque Isle Park</a></B>, a beautiful peninsula park whose craggy red rocks and tall pines jut out into <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/munising_lake_superior.html" target="_top">Lake Superior</a>.<BR><br>The <B>natural crescent-shaped harbor</B> at downtown's eastern edge is the reason for the town's location. In 1857 the first of a succession of <B>long ore docks</B> were built to ferry iron ore out to ships waiting in Marquette Bay. (The harbor is shallow, so the docks had to be long.) The ore docks are giant structures rising up above any ship; the trains on top look small by comparison. Iron loaded in Marquette played a major part in industrializing America. Today iron is still being shipped from Marquette. It takes three or four trains, each with 120 cars, to fill a typical ore carried with 20,000 to 30,000 tons of taconite pellets, a concentrated form of iron ore. These pellets go to make steel in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Cleveland, and Dearborn. Today only the northern dock off Lakeshore Boulevard is used. The ore dock downtown hasn't been used for decades and now, incredibly, may become condos. <BR><br>Isolated from the rest of the country, Marquette nonetheless developed because of the money and influence of <B>Eastern investors</B> who began investing in the region in 1849. Its original name was Worcester, honoring the Massachusetts home town of Amos Harlow, leader of the second group of early settlers. But a year later the name was changed to commemorate the work and travels of Father Marquette in the early European history of <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/munising_lake_superior.html" target="_top">Lake Superior</a>. In 1855 the Soo Locks opened, dramatically lowering price of Marquette Range iron shipped throughout the Great Lakes and beyond. The boom was on. <BR><br><center> <table cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 border=0 width=399> <tr> <td> <img src="http://hunts-upguide.com/photos/827.gif" width=399 height=289 alt="Images Formal Wear" border=0> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> <font face="Gill Sans Light,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-3"> Don Hunt </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-2"> <b>Marvelous old buildings are sprinkled around Marquette's downtown, like thiis sandstone facade storefront on Washington, now home to Images Formal Wear.</b> </font> </td> </tr> </table> </center><p> Others made big money without having prior investment capital by being in at the beginning. <B>Peter White</B>, the grand old man of Marquette's first half century, came as a <B>teenager to pioneer</B> in one of the <B>first mining expeditions</B>. Later he parlayed 12 years of grassroots knowledge gained as Marquette's first postmaster into a <B>fortune in timber</B>, <B>mining rights</B>, and <B>banking</B>. He remains honored today for his support for Marquette institutions from hospitals and churches to <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_presque_isle_park.html" target="_top">Presque Isle Park</a> and the city's handsome public library. <BR><br>Marquette's business powers chose many of the leading architects of Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, and Cleveland to erect their impressive edifices, points out Kathryn Eckert in <target="_top" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?path=ASIN/0195093798&link_code=as2&camp=1789&tag=huntsupperpen-20&creative=9325">Buildings of Michigan</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=huntsupperpen-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0195093798" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />. Architecture buffs admire its elaborate 19th-century churches, public and commercial buildings, and homes. <B>Self-guided walking tours</B> are available at the <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_marquette_county_history_museum.html" target="_top">Marquette County History Museum</a>. <BR><br>A sign of respect for the potential of the Marquette market, in 2004 the semipublic Marquette Golf Club opened <B>Greywalls</B>, a golf course so challenging, on such a gorgeous site with wetlands, a waterfall, lots of granite outcrops, and distant <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/munising_lake_superior.html" target="_top">Lake Superior</a> views, that it <B>may even turn the U.P. into a golfing destination</B>. In <I>Golf Week</I>, Bradley Klein calls course designer Mike DeVries "a new breed of classically inspired designers" and says Greywalls "starts off like a mythic medieval quest. . . . It has native wild plants and fescues that give an old world feel. And it brings golfers to the edge and back." <p align="right"><a href="marquette_range.html" target="_top">Back to Marquette Range</a></p> </font> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td width="37%" valign="top"> <table width="100%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=8 border=0> <tr> <td height="4" width="37%">  <img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=1 alt="-"></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="center" bgcolor="#C7302D" width="37%">  <font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" color="#FFFFFF"> <b> <img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=8 alt="-"><br> <font size="-1"> MARQUETTE<br> RESTAURANTS,<br> LODGINGS<br> & CAMPGROUNDS </font> <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=6 alt="-"><br> <font size="-2">These are our choices, not ads.</font><br> <img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=8 alt="-"><br> </b> </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top bgcolor="#FFE09B" width="37%">  <img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=9 alt="-"><br> <font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"> <center><font size="-1" color="#C82F2C"><b>MARQUETTE<br>RESTAURANTS</b></font></center> <br> <font size="-2"> Marquette offers more restaurant variety than anyplace else in the Upper Peninsula. Highlights include:<br>• Memories Restaurant, bargain prices for steaks and ribs<br>• Babycakes Muffin Company, a popular downtown cappuccino bar and bakery that also offers salads and flavorful soups<br>• Nordic Bay Lodge is a cozy, warm setting for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, with a Lake Superior view and some really good specialty dishes<br>• Border Grille has an upbeat atmosphere and healthy, inexpensive Mexican-inspired food, especially the signature Border Burrito:<br>• Vierling Restaurant, now a British-inspired brewpub and whitefish in six ways<br>• Upfront & Co., a jazzy, arty restaurant and music club with good food<br>• Waaterstone, where the Slow Food movement reigns<br>• New York Deli and Italian Place, the U.P.'s only Jewish deli that evenings becomes a fine-dining Italian restaurant<br>• Portside Inn has a pleasant side-yard deck, big, inexpensive servings<br> • Tu Kaluthia Cafe has healthy, inexpensive, fresh fast food<br>• Landmark Inn, the elegant downtown hotel, offers a pub, two restaurants, and a lounge<br>• Gophers is a charming little spot in an old house serving delicious breakfasts, light lunches, and, in summer, dinners<br>• Sweet Water Cafe has a light, airy atmosphere, wonderful aromas, and good, healthy food<br>• Vango's Pizza has an excellent Greek salad and healthy hero on pita bread<br>• Village Cafe is a cozy lunch spot, its signature item chicken dumpling soup<br>• Thai House has a native Thai chef who serves dishes in varying degress of hotness<br>• Jean-Kayes Pasties & Subs also has wraps and bread-bowl salads <p> For full write-ups of our recommended restaurants, click <a href="marquette_restaurants.html">here</a>. </font> </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CDCCAD" valign="top"> <font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"> <img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=9 alt="-"><br> <center><font size="-1" color="#C82F2C"><b>MARQUETTE<br>LODGINGS</b></font></center> <br> <font size="-2"> The Marquette area has <B>1,200 rooms</B>, which <B>generally makes for good availability</B> even in summer and on winter weekends. Advance reservations are advised in summer. We recommend:<br>• Landmark Inn, a beautifully restored 1928 downtown hotel, 62 indiviudall decorated rooms, many with dramatic views of the harbor or town<br>• Ramada Inn, a 7-floor downtown hotel which also has good views<br>• Little Presque Isle Cabins, 6 attractive ones on quiet Harlow Lake<br>• Comfort Suites has 60 large, well-appointed rooms, a very pleasant indoor pool, and a big breakfast bar<br>• Holiday Inn has the U.P.'s largest indoor pool and a restaurant<br>• Cedar Motor Inn has 44 attractive rooms, nice landscaping, and a pleasant, if smallish indoor pool <br>• Budget Host Brentwood has large, quiet rooms on two stories and affordable rates<br>• Nordic Bay Lodge, a northwoods adventure destination that's sleekly Scandinavian in style on 12 hilly, wooded acres<br>• Blueberry Ridge B&B, qa contemporary house with 3 rooms for quests and a full breakfast in a formal dining room<br>• Birchmont Motel has a balcony with a nice lake view<br>• Seacoast at Sand river is a wonderful base for exploring the town and has a sandy Lake Superior beach <p> For full write-ups of our recommended lodgings, click <a href="marquette_lodgings.html">here</a>. </font> </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#B6DBA4" valign="top"> <font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"> <img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=9 alt="-"><br> <center><font size="-1" color="#C82F2C"><b>MARQUETTE<br>CAMPGROUNDS</b></font></center> <br> <font size="-2"> </B>See also: Champion, Big Bay.<BR><br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=8 alt="-"><br> <a name="e695"><b>MARQUETTE TOURIST PARK</b></a><br> (906) 228-0460 (year-round). Reservations: www.mqtcty.org <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> This is the only campground convenient to both Marquette and the choice natural areas just north of it. Though not a wilderness experience, this modern campground in a grove of big red pines is quite pleasant. It has showers, pay phones, paved roadways, etc. Sites aren't too close together. 90% are shady sites, but there's no landscape buffer between sites. There are 64 electric sites, of which 36 are full hookups ($28/night), some with 50 amp service, and 5 pull-through sites. Electric sites are $24, and 10 tent sites $15. <br> Tourist Park is <B>right off CR 550</B> (the way to Sugar Loaf, Little Presque Isle, and Big Bay). <B>Bike paths</B> <B>connect to <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_presque_isle_park.html" target="_top">Presque Isle Park</a></B> and downtown. Tourist Park used to have a swimming beach on a lake-size impoundment of the Dead River. In May 2003 floodwaters broke through the Silver Lake Dam upstream and wiped out the dam, impoundment, and beach. For one July weekend the Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival takes over. <B>Reservations</B> advised ( $4 fee). 2-week limit. Summer campers can usually find a spot in midweek. <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> <i>2145 Sugarloaf Ave. From U.S. 41 and the east, turn inland and look for Wright St. sign, then go right (north). Turn left onto Sugarloaf, go 2 blocks to park. From the west, Open mid-May thru mid-Oct</I>. <I>Handicap accessible: 2 sites, all buildings. Family-friendly. Dogs permitted on 6-foot leash.</i> <p> <a name="e697"><b>GITCHE GUMEE RV PARK & CAMPGROUND</b></a><br> (906) 249-9102; 1-866-GG RV PARK <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> </i>Ranger Jeff" Glass's little world, across M-28 from a beautiful <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/munising_lake_superior.html" target="_top">Lake Superior</a> beach, is more than an amenity-loaded 74-site Good Sam RV park and tent campground. It's a <B>folk art environment</B> inspired by Hiawatha, Ojibwa lore, and a vision of the good life that includes both simple living and 75 channels of cable TV, brought to most campsites. In 1970 Jeff bought the original 52 acres and began individually clearing camping spaces in the woods. He worked as a ski instructor and later ran a ski school in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, but came home to Marquette each summer and worked for his dad crushing gravel, in return for getting gravel to make the roadbeds and sites in this sandy place. Each year he has added little extras. <br>''''Today the entire campground is decorated with <B>local marble slabs and rocks</B>, on which he has carved pictures and<B> inscriptions and poems </B>he has written. One example shows a log cabin and this poem:<br>"Throw all the waste into the fire.<br>Take home the cup and now aspire.<br>To simpler life and greater giving. <br>You too will grow by simple living.<br>    There's a handsome <B>log lodge</B> with rustic furniture Jeff has made. Most of the time the lodge is a child-free retreat where adults can linger over <B>free coffee</B>, <B>check their e-mail</B> for no charge on a computer, watch a short movie on Upper Peninsula attractions, and borrow a book from the<B> library</B>. (Zane Gray and Cully Gage are favorites.) At 5:30 p.m. the lodge is devoted to <B>Kids' Hour</B>, featuring free <B>bubblegum fudge cones</B>, followed by a <B>free movie</B>. PG-13 movies for older viewers are shown on the 8-foot screen later. Mrs. Fudge (aka Nancy Glass) gives out free <B>samples</B> at the fort-like <B>fudge factory</B>, open evenings at 7. <B>Bonfires</B> on the beach or two bonfire pits on the campgrounds are a simpler form of entertainment. Firewood is free. There's a <B>playground</B> and a <B>guest laundry</B>. A <B>disc golf course</B> has been set up by NMU students.<br>    "This campground, like camping in general, is made for people from all walks of life," says Ranger Jeff, who espouses a generous, non-judgmental populism. "The full hookup people want to relax in the woods, put their feet up, and watch movies. The tent and water-and-electric people are into playing guitars at the fire pit." He <B>would love to host large group events </B>and even music festivals. Vehicles range from the very simple to "million-dollar RVs like a 45' Spacecraft fifth wheel with four slides that's almost wider than my house." <B>Four-wheelers</B> are welcomed but they aren't allowed to drive around the campground. Some sites in the back can accommodate<B> horses </B>and trailers. Jeff himself can be found in his 18' Airstream with 80 amp electric to power his appliances, <B>ham radio</B>, computer, TV, and decorative colored lights.<br>    Jeff believes in <B>offering a lot for one price</B>, rather than having lots of extra fees and rules. "I charge a little more and include more in return," he says. "I get all good people in here, and the disappearance of rules has come about." <B>All RV sites are full hookup </B>with<B> satellite TV and free satellite movies.</B> Of course there's a shower building. Rates range from $20-$24 for tent sites, depending on season, to $35 for very spacious full hookup, 50 amp sites. Typical water and electric sites are $28. Rustic sites are $22, with $2 extra for water and electric (All rates from 2005.) Rates are for two people. $4/extra adult, $3/extra child. $35 rate for large families. All sites are wooded except for the basic sites. One <B>air-conditioned rustic cabin</B> ($35, no showers) has proven so popular that more are planned.<br>    For a fun pick-me-up on a dull day, explore Jeff's <B>chatty Gitche Gumee RV Park web site</B> and learn about current deals, new projects like the wood-fired hot tub under a gazebo, or the Streetrod Garage, and extra services like mail forwarding and <B>RV storage</B>. Be prepared for dramatic sounds and bits of philosophy. Jeff seems far too freewheeling and artistic to be an engineer, but he did indeed graduate from Western Michigan University in engineering, and he devotes a web page to <B>Xtreme Engineering</B> and advice about the need for planning: <B>"To build a home or build a life/ </B>There is one law you must apply/<B>Choose well your aim and SPECIFY."</B> <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> <i>On M-28 11 miles east of Marquette and 33 miles west of Munising. One mile east of casino. Turn in opposite the <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/munising_lake_superior.html" target="_top">Lake Superior</a> Scenic Overlook turnout. Reserve ahead for July. Cash or check only, no plastic. Open year-round. Handicap accessible: showers, buildings, and many sites ADA accessible. Family friendly. Dogs permitted on leash.<BR></i> <p> </font> </font> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=5 align="center">  <br> <center> <font size="+1" color="#454545" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">Copyright © 1997-2007 Midwestern Guides</font> </center> </td> </tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>