The Marquette Regional History Center presents “A Neighborhood Apart-A Stroll through the Piqua Location”. Come join Jim Koski and the Marquette Regional History Center for a tour of one of Marquette’s lost ethnic neighborhoods. The tour will start at the Range Bank on McClellan Avenue on Wednesday, June 19th at 7:00 p.m.
The Piqua walk will deal with the story of Marquette’s last “original’ (pre-WWII) neighborhood, centered around the city’s “Civil War” streets (streets like McClellan, Grant, Sherman, and Sheridan). We’ll learn about the inhabitants of the area (mainly, but not totally, families of Finnish descent) and how they lived growing up 80 or 90 years ago in an area that was physically separated from most of the rest of the city. We’ll hear tales of Friday night saunas, home-made ski jumps, and hitching a ride on a train just to go swimming. We’ll also find out about things like one of Marquette’s first golf courses, and the factory that gave the area it’s name–the Piqua Wood Products Plant.
There is a suggested $5.00 donation for this event. For more information call 226-3571 or visit www.marquettehistory.org.
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