Marquette, capital of Marquette county, Michigan, is on the southern shore of Lake Superior, 430 miles by rail N. of Chicago. It has foundries, blast-furnaces, &c., besides sawmills and machine-shops, and a slate-quarry. Iron ore in very large quantities is mined in the county and shipped from here. Marquette is the seat of a Roman Catholic bishop. Pop. (1890) 9093.
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