Marquette Regional History Center Video Collagé
Video comprised of mainly historic images of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Marquette Regional History Center Presents: Willpower
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Willpower
September 18 & 19 at Kaufman Auditorium.
Tickets $15 in advance; $20 at the door. Get your tickets online at NMU EZ tickets or at their office in the Superior Dome.
An original MRHC production. Written by Tyler Tichelaar. Directed by Moire Embley. Musical direction by Jeff Bruning.
His name Will is synonymous with the sheer will it took for him to survive his late boyhood years to the age of 32. In early adolescence his soft tissues were becoming hard, gradually turning him into a living statue. Physicians of the day were baffled. Soon his legs had stiffened, and he could no longer walk without crutches. As he grew, the paralysis went higher, so that by his mid-teens he was confined to a customized portable couch. His face remained the only part of his body that still moved.
Others faced with such a dark future might have felt sorry for themselves and turned inward. Not so for Will. His disease brought about a creative burst of energy. Playing on his strengths in music, art and literature, he created satirical sketches of Marquette's social elite. At the age of 18, he founded his own illustrated magazine called “Chips,” a reference to the wooden sculpture behind the Harlow home which Will identified with. He also wrote a book Old Saws With New Teeth, in which he rewrote old proverbs with a humorous twist. He founded and edited a newspaper in 1906, the Marquette Chronicle, writing an article each day in spite of the additional disability of progressive blindness. His lifelong friend Norma Ross helped him write and compose an original opera Miss D.Q. Pons; he would hum melodies, and she would write them down.
His powerful story shows the triumph of the human spirit over adversity. Creativity and humor trump mortality. When interviewed by the Detroit Free Press while his opera was touring the Upper Peninsula, he told the reporter: “Don't call me a cripple when you write your story, and don't say I am bedridden. I don't like those expressions. They put a fellow off you know...Had it been otherwise,” he joked, “I might have become the subject of a trust investigation committee or a bank president. And I'd rather be literary than sordid any day.”
His story is as inspiring today as it was 100 years ago. With a stellar cast and direction, this will be a “do not miss” event! “Willpower” is funded in part by The Michigan Humanities Council, Marquette Community Foundation, UPHP and the Marquette Regional History Center.
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Top 12. Tourist Attractions in Marquette, Michigan
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Top 12. Tourist Attractions in Marquette, Michigan: Presque Isle Park, Sugarloaf Mountain, Lakenenland Sculpture Park, Lower Harbor Park, Downtown Marquette, Superior Dome, Blackrocks Brewery, Marquette Maritime Museum, Marquette Regional History Center, Marquette Mountain, Upper Peninsula Children's Museum, Iron Ore Heritage Trail
Marquette Michigan Centennial 1949
Marquette Michigan celebrates its 100 year centennial in 1949. This sound movie was found in the basement of the Delft Theatre in the 1980's. The beard winner at the end is Mike Chenowith, who was the real life murder victim in Anatomy Of A Murder. Chenowith was an ex-State Trooper and owned the Lumberjack Tavern in Big Bay. The film was shot by Otto Preminger in Marquette in 1959.
Inside the Marquette County Corrections Detention Center
The Marquette County Corrections Detention Center is located on the old Mangum Prison farm in Chocolay Township.
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Discovering - Marble Arms Exhibit, UP Collectibles Exhibit
Marble Arms exhibit, Inventing the Outdoors, at Michigan Iron Industry Museum in Ishpeming.
Marquette County Collects exhibit at the Marquette Regional History Center in Marquette.
Restoration project on old Marquette orphanage is on schedule
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Dome added to top of Marquette History Museum
Dome added to top of Marquette History Museum
Marquette Rail's Turn Job June 26, 2019
My 3rd outing on MQT's Grand Rapids Sub yielded more great shots, which will allow me to do a video covering the entire subdivision [wink].
The days northbound Turn-26 sports a 59-car train that is pulled by a trio of stunning G & W orange SD40-2 locomotives. A lot of work and a track inspection inevitably kept the Turn in Baldwin for over 3 hours but several southbound shots were captured before a prior engagement forced me to abandon my chase north of White Cloud.
Filmed on June 26, 2019
Paradigm Marquette unveiling 2/6/15 Queensland State Library
Join Barlow Hudson 1988 produced Marquette stands 1988 mm Tall
Called up by John Truscott, in the making of the 100 foot high Paradigm.
Just a teaser into the 200 plus Foundation Expo 88 YouTube's
on the back ground history to Expo 88, with more being added
month by month. To get something as Major as an Expo, took vision and that vision was needed at the start, in the Middle, at the End and even more so now 30 years on. See
Expo 88 was a runaway success and a game changer for the City of Brisbane. Attracting more than 18 million visitors - more than the total population of Australia at the time - and visited by numerous Heads of State and opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the Expo, with its friendly furry platypus mascot Expo Oz and theme song Together, We'll Show the World was 1788-1988 Bicentennial Australia's largest and most successful event, proudly presenting a modern and brash Brisbane to the world stage.But what about what happened after Expo, and its Post-Expo legacy?Let's peek back to those immediate November 1988 post-Expo days and months, and look further towards what Celebrate 88 has done and is doing for our next most significant Expo 1988 anniversary - the 30th Anniversary in 2018...and beyond!Once the official closing ceremony had passed, crews arrived early for the next stage in the Expo's development - it's demolition! Due to duty tax, many of the imported items for the Exposition could not be re-sold - and had to be destroyed or donated. The common pre-fabricated shells of the Expo Pavilions came down as quickly as they came up. The Expo sun-sails were pulled down and rolled up. The monorail and track was sold and re-installed elsewhere. The Expo Night Companion Sky Tower was saved from going to Tokyo Disneyland by local entrepreneur Stefan Ackerie - and moved to his hairdressing empire mecca HQ just a few hundred metres away from the Expo site. The River Stage got packed up and sailed away down the river. Most pavilions were gone in a day - and the destruction was relentless.Yet, a few powerful memories of the Expo remained - due to some hard work - and much good will.One of the few Pavilion structures made by the participant - the beautiful handcrafted wood-work of the three-tiered Nepalese Peace Pagoda - was retained. And, the popular tranquil synthesis harmony of the Australian trees, shrubs and flowers and Japanese garden design of the Japanese Pond and Garden of the Japan Pavilion - was moved to another part of the city, to the Mt Coot- the Botanic Gardens - both permanent reminders of the ties that bind country and country together in an International Expo.The beautiful and tranquil Nepal Peace Pagoda - the only remaining participant-made Pavilion from Expo '88 remaining on the former Expo site - takes centre stage at the Clem Jones Boulevard, which runs along the Brisbane River South Bank foreshore - and faces the Brisbane City CBD - just a few hundred metres away. Image Courtesy Celebrate 88
Rotary Club Marquette Michigan Week End Frolic Peter White Camp 1916 Rotary International
This is the oldest footage I discovered at the Delft Theatre in the 1980's. The film was badly deteriorated and almost gone in spots. I decided to show it in it's entirety because of the historic nature of the subject matter. The list of men in the movie is a who's who of Marquette and the Peter White camp is where George Shiras III made photography history.
History of the U.P.
How the Upper Peninsula was stolen from Wisconsin by Michigan
Marquette Church helping fight the crisis of homelessness
For the past month the First Presbyterian Church is helping the homeless by providing shelter, to people without a home a place to sleep for a night.
POW Camps in the Upper Peninsula
POW Camps in the Upper Peninsula
Ore Dock Brewing Company
Video short about craft beer at the Ore Dock Brewing Company and head brewer Nick VanCourt in Marquette Michigan.
Tahquamenon Logging Museum
The Tahquamenon Logging Museum and Nature Study, located just 1 1/2 miles North of Newberry Michigan, invites you to come to their museum and park to explore the original buildings and memorabilia from lumberjack days of the past. Come and see the original C.C.C. buildings full of old photos, models and original logging equipment. Eat a real lumberjack's breakfast in the Authentic Cookshack made over a wood stove with home made care and goodness. Stroll along the boardwalk and nature trail and see part of the Tahquamenon Forest. The Tahquamenon River is nestled along this beautiful trail, where blue herons, ducks, birds and other wildlife abound.
Marquette County Central Dispatch gets upgraded
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Sooper Yooper Book Release
Billy Cooper is not your typical crime fighter, but that doesn't stop him from taking on the role of Environmental Defender in the new book Sooper Yooper from Thunder Bay Press. Illustrated by the late Mark Heckman and based on his concept, Sooper Yooper shows us how Billy, a Yooper from Michigan's Upper Peninsula is doing his part to defend the Great Lakes from various environmental hazards. Co-author Mark Newman and Heckman's wife Diane comment on the release of this labor of love at a press conference that took place September 14 at the Grand Rapids Art Museum.
MC Marquette preps for semi-state
After celebrating unprecedented success this weekend, it was back to work for the Marquette Catholic boys basketball team on Monday. The Blazers, out of Michigan City, won the Class A Regional at Triton on Saturday, the first Regional crown in school history. Marquette -- ranked 3rd in the state -- hasn't lost since January 22 and hopes to keep riding this wave into a semi-state match-up with Liberty Christian on Saturday.
Pere Marquette Railroad, Detroit MI.
The opening scene shows the Detroit skyline through the haze. Early on there is a glimpse of a Wabash locomotive, and we see the McLaren Screw Product building, which would confirm the Detroit location, also the viaduct is similar to the one departing Fort Street Union Depot. The passengers seem to indicate some type of excursion, possibly for employees and their families or for customers. The bridge could well be over the Rouge River. 1206 and 1211 were part of the first order of 15 Berkshire locomotives in 1937. I'm not sure of the yard location. The only place that I know of with a large sign like that is Wyoming Yard, outside of Grand Rapids; quite a distance from Detroit -especially for a day trip.
About the ongoing search
Steam train with party nears Detroit and enters a yard on W. Jefferson Ave. near the Ambassador Bridge. A Pere Marquette steam locomotive switches near the building of the McLaren Screw Product Co. It is the skyline and this name and building combination which led me to Detroit -in fact it was pretty straight forward :)
Same steam train leaves Detroit, our trip begins.
We're crossing a bridge in the Detroit region, would that be Rouge River? At the 2.02 mark, there's an interesting bridge. The structure has been used elsewhere, I've seen it being used on other PM bridges, but not all -which narrows the search somewhat. Where is this located? What is the name and location of this bridge / river? The 2.36 mark shows fairly new trackage.
At the 3.10 mark, the train is parked at an unknown yard, where is it? The building says ''Pere Marquette''.
Last but not least, we're looking to time-stamp this footage. Your help is appreciated! Would this footage be featuring a ''fan day'', a special tour for staff members or the opening of some trackage?
The steam engine appears to be in some sort of mint condition as well. Again, please chime in and share your thoughts.
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About the Pere Marquette
The Pere Marquette Railway (reporting mark PM) operated in the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada. It had trackage in the states of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and the Canadian province of Ontario. Its primary connections included Buffalo; Toledo; and Chicago. The Pere Marquette Railroad was incorporated on November 1, 1899 in anticipation of a merger of three Michigan-based railroad companies that had been agreed upon by all parties. It began operations on January 1, 1900, absorbing the following companies:
-Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad (F&PM)
-Detroit, Grand Rapids & Western Railroad (DGR&W)
-Chicago & West Michigan Railway (C&WM)
The company was reincorporated on March 12, 1917 as the Pere Marquette Railway. In the 1920s the Pere Marquette came under the control of Cleveland financiers Oris and Mantis Van Sweringen. These brothers also controlled the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad (Nickel Plate), the Erie Railroad and the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, and planned to merge the four companies. However, the ICC did not approve the merger and the Van Sweringens eventually sold their interest in the Pere Marquette to the C&O, with which it formally merged on June 6, 1947. The C&O has since become part of CSX Transportation.
In 1984, Amtrak named its passenger train between Grand Rapids, Michigan and Chicago the Pere Marquette.
The 2004 film The Polar Express featured steam locomotive Pere Marquette 1225. The train in the movie (not the same train in the popular children's book) was a model of #1225 based on measurements and recordings of the 1225. It is the locomotive that Chris Van Allsberg said was the inspiration for the book, having seen it as a child when it was on the Michigan State University campus. The locomotive was scheduled to be at the premiere in Grand Rapids, where the writer was born, but was canceled because of interferences with the schedule of CSX. It is now housed and maintained at the Steam Railroading Institute in Owosso, Michigan.
The Pere Marquette operated a number of rail car ferries on the Detroit and St. Clair Rivers and on Lake Erie and Lake Michigan. The PM's fleet of car ferries, which operated on Lake Michigan from Ludington, Michigan to Milwaukee, Kewaunee, and Manitowoc, Wisconsin, were an important transportation link avoiding the terminal and interchange delays around the southern tip of Lake Michigan and through Chicago.
I'd like to thank mr. Robert vandeVusse for his help.