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MARQUETTE

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 752 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MARQUETTE , a See also:

city, a See also:port of entry and the See also:county seat of Marquette county, See also:Michigan U.S.A., on the See also:south See also:shore of See also:Lake See also:Superior. Pop. (1900), 10,058 (3460 See also:foreign-See also:born) ; (1910) , 11,503. It is served by the See also:Duluth, South Shore & See also:Atlantic, the Marquette & South-Eastern, the See also:Chicago, See also:Milwaukee & St See also:Paul, the Chicago & See also:North-Western, and the Lake Superior & Ishpeming See also:railways. The city, which is situated on a See also:bluff roo ft. above the lake, in a region characterized by rounded hills and picturesque irregularities, has a delightful See also:climate, and is a popular summer resort. Presque Isle See also:park (400 acres), a headland north of the city, is one of its See also:principal attractions. Marquette is the seat of the See also:Northern See also:State Normal School (established 1899) and of the state See also:house of correction and See also:branch See also:prison (established 1885). A county-See also:court-house, the See also:Peter See also:White library, and the Federal See also:building are the most prominent public buildings. Marquette is the seat of See also:Roman See also:Catholic and See also:Protestant Episcopal bishoprics. The city is best known as a See also:shipping centre of one of the richest See also:iron-ore districts in the See also: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 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.

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machine-shops, See also:lumber and planing-See also:mills, brewery and bottling See also:works, and quarries of brownish-red See also:sandstone contribute largely to the city's economic importance. The See also:charcoal iron blast-furnaces of the city manufacture See also:pig-iron, and, as by-products, See also:wood See also:alcohol and acetic See also:acid, recovered from the See also: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 was made about 1845, and in 1849 it was named See also:Worcester; but "Marquette" was soon substituted in See also:honour of Jacques Marquette. It was incorporated as a See also:village in 1859, and chartered as a city in 1871.

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