Iron County Historical and Museum Society: 50th Anniversary Event

Please Come To the Iron County Historical and Museum Society Special Event  The 50th Anniversary Celebration Begins:  Bernhardt Book Signing Preserving & Sharing Our Iron County Heritage Saturday, Oct 13, 2012 1 pm: Book signing by Harold & Marcia Bernhardt  Approximately 2:15 pm:  There will be a dramatic performance about organizing The very 1st Society meeting, which occurred…

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Gretchen Preston – Writing as a Blind Author: Challenges and Opportunities

On September 13th, 2012 Tyler R. Tichelaar and Victor R. Volkman spoke with self-published  author and entrepreneur Gretchen Preston about the challenges and opportunities of living every day as a legally blind, visually-impaired person. Gretchen Preston is a children’s book author who lives near Marquette, Michigan. Legally blind since the fifth grade…

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Join us at the UP Book Tour on the campus of NMU June 19-22, 2012

Midwestern lit. lovers: The Marquette, MI. portion of the UP Book Tour is coming to Northern Michigan University next week. If you’re in the vicinity, stop by and check out these wonderful events. (Schedule below).  Also: check out the fabulous events during the remainder of the tour: follow the link…

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Ben Mukkala wins Helen Longyear Paul Award for the enhancement of local history

The Marquette Regional History Center recently awarded Ben Mukkala the Helen Longyear Paul Award for the enhancement of local history. Mr. Mukkala is a well known Marquette native, writing many entertaining books and articles too numerous to count about the history and people of the region. He also speaks to school groups, teaching them…

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