MARQUETTE  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, a See also:

• PORT

port of entry and the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county seat of Marquette county, See also:

• MICHIGAN
• MICHIGAN, LAKE
• MICHIGAN, UNIVERSITY OF

Michigan U.S.A., on the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south See also:

• SHORE

shore of See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake See also:

• SUPERIOR

Superior . Pop . (1900), 10,058 (3460 See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born) ; (1910) , 11,503 . It is served by the See also:

• DULUTH

Duluth, South Shore & See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic, the Marquette & South-Eastern, the See also:

• CHICAGO
• CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF

Chicago, See also:

• MILWAUKEE

Milwaukee & St See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul, the Chicago & See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North-Western, and the Lake Superior & Ishpeming See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways . The city, which is situated on a See also:

• BLUFF (a word of uncertain origin; possibly connected with an obsolete Dutch word, blaf, broad)

bluff roo ft. above the lake, in a region characterized by rounded hills and picturesque irregularities, has a delightful See also:

• CLIMATE

climate, and is a popular summer resort . Presque Isle See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

park (400 acres), a headland north of the city, is one of its See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal attractions . Marquette is the seat of the See also:

• NORTHERN

Northern See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

State Normal School (established 1899) and of the state See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of correction and See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison (established 1885) . A county-See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court-house, the See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

White library, and the Federal See also:

• BUILDING

building are the most prominent public buildings . Marquette is the seat of See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic and See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant Episcopal bishoprics . The city is best known as a See also:

• SHIPPING

shipping centre of one of the richest See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron-ore districts in the See also:

• WORLD

world, and its large and well-equipped ore docks are among its most prominent features . Marquette is the port of entry of the customs See also:

• DISTRICT

district of Superior . In 1896 its imports were valued at $358,505 and its exports at $4,708,302; in 1908, imports $1,845,724 and exports $7,040,473 .

Foundries, railway See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

machine-shops, See also:

• LUMBER

lumber and planing-See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills, brewery and bottling See also:

• WORKS

works, and quarries of brownish-red See also:

• SANDSTONE

sandstone contribute largely to the city's economic importance . The See also:

• CHARCOAL

charcoal iron blast-furnaces of the city manufacture See also:

• PIG
• PIG (a word of obscure origin, connected with the Low Ger. and Dut. word of the same meaning, bigge)

pig-iron, and, as by-products, See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood See also:

• ALCOHOL

alcohol and acetic See also:

• ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

acid, recovered from the See also:

• SMOKE (from O. Eng. smeocan, to smoke, reek, cf. Dutch meek, Ger. Schmauch, probably allied to Gr. vol9caiv)

smoke of the charcoal pits . The value of the city's factory products increased from $1,585,083 in 1900 to $2,364,081 in 1905, or 49.1 % . The first See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement was made about 1845, and in 1849 it was named See also:

• WORCESTER
• WORCESTER, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF
• WORCESTER, JOHN TIPTOFT, EARL OF (1427—1470)
• WORCESTER, WILLIAM (c. 1415-c. 1482)

Worcester; but "Marquette" was soon substituted in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of Jacques Marquette . It was incorporated as a See also:

• VILLAGE

village in 1859, and chartered as a city in 1871 .