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Marquette County, Michigan
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Marquette County is located along the southern shores of Lake
Superior in Michigan�s central Upper Peninsula. It is Michigan�s largest
county in geographical size, covering 1841 square miles. It was named after
Father Marquette, the famous Jesuit missionary who came here during the late
1600�s. The terrain varies from flat and swampy to a rocky mountain range in
the north, filled with iron ore, discovered early by fur traders and which
helped supply the Union during the Civil War.
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