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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFO0_university-of-michigania_Detroit-MI.html
The Catholepistemiad, or university, of Michigania resided in a building near this site from 1818 to 1837. Conceived of by the Reverend John Montieth, Father Gabriel Richard and Judge Augustus Woodward, the university was established by territoria…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEG4_general-casimir-pulaski_Detroit-MI.html
This monument to General Casimir Pulaski, who on Oct. 11, 1779 gave his life at Savannah, Georgia, in the cause of America independence, is a gift to the city of Detroit from the Central Citizens Committee in behalf of 400,000 Americans of Polish …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEFN_fort-pontchartrain_Detroit-MI.html
The first permanent French settlement in the Detroit region was built on this site in 1701. The location was recommended by Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, who wished to move the fur trade center south from Michilimackinac. Cadillac's plan was appro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEFH_the-battle-of-bloody-run_Detroit-MI.html
Near this site, in late July 1763, the British and Indians fought the fiercest battle of Chief Pontiac's uprising. As Captain James Dalyell led about 260 soldiers across Parent's Creek, the Indians launched a surprise attack which devastated the B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEFG_elmwood-cemetery_Detroit-MI.html
In 1846 when this was a farm on the outskirts of Detroit, a group of gentlemen formed a corporation and purchased the land for use as a public cemetery. The trustees patterned the grounds after Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMECZ_war-of-1812-dead_Detroit-MI.html
Hardship struck soon after American troops regained Detroit on Sept. 29, 1813, during the War of 1812. Soldiers quarters were lacking, and food supplies became desperately short. Then a disease resembling cholera broke out among the soldiers. By D…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMECR_fort-lernoult_Detroit-MI.html
This marks the site of the southwest bastion of Fort Lernoult. It was here, on July 11, 1796, that the American flag was first flown over Detroit. the fort was built by the British in 1778-79 to protect Detroit against possible attack by George Ro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBIH_motown_Detroit-MI.html
The "Motown Sound" was created on this site from 1959 to 1972. The company was started with an $800 loan from the savings club of the Bertha and Berry Gordy, Sr., family. Originally called Tamla Records, the company's first national release was "M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9O2_first-michigan-colored-regiment_Detroit-MI.html
The First Michigan Colored Regiment was organized at Camp Ward, which originally stood at this location. Formed from August through October 1863, a year of draft riots and protests against the war, this Negro regiment consisted entirely of volunte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9NU_gabriel-richard_Detroit-MI.html
Father Gabriel Jacques Richard, S. S., (1767-1832) — pastor, educator and public servant — arrived in Detroit in 1798. In 1802 he became the pastor of Ste. Anne Church. He brought a printing press to the area and in 1809 printed Michig…