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Roswell Everett
Roswell Everett, a native of New York State, came to Michigan in 1834. In 1841 he moved to Ingham County and immediately involved himself in public affairs. Everett (1790 - 1871) is credited with naming Delhi Township, which he he…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YS3_michigan-manufacturers-association_Lansing-MI.html
Side ASince its 1902 founding, the Michigan Manufacturers association has dealt with many important business issues. Beginning in 1908, the MMA organized employers to establish a system for compensating injured workers. In 1912, based on a proposa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YS2_michigan-optometric-association_Lansing-MI.html
The state's professional optometry association was founded as the Michigan Optical Society in Muskegon in 1896. Benson W. Hardy, Jay W. Gould, Ernst Elmer, Nelson K. Standart, Emil H. Arnold were its first directors. In 1904 the group was incorpor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YS0_michigan-pharmacists-association_Lansing-MI.html
On November 14,1883, seventy-seven druggists met in the State Capitol to organize the Michigan State Pharmaceutical Association. Jacob Jesson of Muskegon led the effort to establish a professional association to participate in national professiona…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YRJ_theater-district-the-strand_Lansing-MI.html
The StrandOn April 21 1921, this building opened as the Strand Theater and Arcade. The 2000-seat theater boasted one of the largest vaudeville stages in the state and a screen for viewing motion pictures. The building was the pride of theater mo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YPE_malcolm-x-homesite_Lansing-MI.html
Side 1Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1925, lived on this site in the 1930's. His early life was marked by the violent death of his father, the Reverend Earl Little, on the Michigan Avenue streetcar tracks. Under severe econo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YPD_the-grand-river-grand-river-history_Lansing-MI.html
The Grand River and its valley were formed by the melting of the continental glacier that retreated from this area some 12,000 years ago. Known by Chippewa Indians as Washtanong (further country) and by the French as le Riviere Grand, the Grand is…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YOU_grand-trunk-depot_Lansing-MI.html
Constructed in 1902, this castle-like building with its square tower was the Lansing station for the Grand Trunk Western Railroad until 1971. For decades passengers streamed through its doors. Here servicemen left and returned from military duty. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YOQ_muzyad-yahkoob-danny-thomas-1914-1991_Lansing-MI.html
Danny Thomas's first audiences on Detroit radio knew him as Amos Jacobs, the anglicized form of his Lebanese birth name. His CBS radio show in the late 1940s made him nationally known, but he is best known as a television producer and star, and es…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YOP_gordie-howe-b-1928_Lansing-MI.html
Known as Mr. Hockey, Gordie Howe scored his first professional goal in his 1946 National Hockey League debut. Howe established the most records by any athlete in any sport, including 2,589 career points, 1,071 goals and 29 all-star appearances. He…