1936 - A forest fire burned several miles east of the town of Bandon, Oregon. The fire was far enough away that residents were not particularly worried. A sudden shift in the winds drove the flames westward and through town. The fire, caused by summer drought and fueled by the abundant Gorse Weed found in many of the empty spaces between buildings in Bandon, caused so much destruction that only a handful of structures were left standing when the fire finally died down.
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Night: Mostly clear. Low around 48, with temperatures rising to around 51 overnight. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Day: Mostly sunny. High near 72, with temperatures falling to around 68 in the afternoon. West wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 51. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 71. Southwest wind 0 to 5 mph.
Night: Mostly clear. Low around 53, with temperatures rising to around 56 overnight. Southwest wind 0 to 5 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 73.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 55.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 67.
Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52.
Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 64.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 51.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 66.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers after 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 54.
Day: A chance of rain showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 69.
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Marquette ( mar-KET) is the county seat of Marquette County and the largest city in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, United States. Located on the shores of Lake Superior, Marquette is a major port known primarily for shipping iron ore from the Marquette Iron Range. The city is partially surrounded by Marquette Township, but the two are administered autonomously.
Marquette is named after Jacques Marquette, a French Jesuit missionary who had explored the Great Lakes region. Marquette had a population of 20,629 at the 2020 census, making it the largest city in Michigan north of the Tri-Cities. Marquette is also the third-largest American city on Lake Superior, behind Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin. Marquette's urban area extends south toward the community of Harvey and west toward Negaunee and Ishpeming, at the base of the Huron Mountains.
Marquette is the home of Northern Michigan University (NMU), a four-year public university. NMU's athletic teams are nicknamed the Wildcats and compete primarily in the NCAA Division II Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC). The men's ice hockey team, which competes in the NCAA Division I Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA), won the Division I national championship in 1991.
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