Marji Gesick, the Ojibwe guide who led prospectors to iron
In 1845 Marji Gesick showed a prospecting party iron ore near present-day Negaunee. His family later fought for decades over his share of the mine.
Bishop Frederic Baraga, the Snowshoe Priest
Frederic Baraga traveled the Upper Peninsula on foot and snowshoe for decades and became the first bishop of the diocese now based in Marquette.
Charles Kawbawgam, the Ojibwe chief buried on Presque Isle
Charles Kawbawgam lived through Marquette’s founding and its growth into a city. He died in 1902 and is buried at Presque Isle Park.