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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DKS_old-michigan-southern_Monroe-MI.html
One of the pioneer rail lines of the west, the Michigan Southern transported during a colorful but brief period a vast army of settlers who crossed Lake Erie by boat. Trains waited at the piers to carry the travelers and their possessions west to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DKR_editor-ellis-1825_Monroe-MI.html
Newspaper history in Monroe has been continuous since 1825 when Edward Ellis, an exceptionally able editor, came west from Buffalo with his press and printing equipment.Ellis' pioneer paper was unique for that day, holding itself independent of po…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DKP_historical-museum_Monroe-MI.html
The Monroe County Historical Society began to collect local historical artifacts in 1938, housing them in a storied homestead, the Sawyer House on East Front Street, before presenting them to the Historical Commission established in 1967 by Monroe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DJP_first-presbyterian-church_Monroe-MI.html
This Church, the first Protestant Church in this area and the first Presbyterian Church in Michigan, was organized January 13, 1820. "Minuteman" George Alford, of the Revolutionary War, was one of the charter members.The Rev. John Monteith, who la…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DJN_dr-martin-luther-king-jr_Monroe-MI.html
"If you are cut down in a movement that is designed to save the soul of a nation, then no other death could be more redemptive. We must somehow believe that unearned suffering is redemptive. We must work passionately and indefatigably to bridge th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19ZE_st-mary-of-the-immaculate-conception_Monroe-MI.html
This church is the immediate successor to the first church of Monroe County, St Antoine aux Riviere Raisin (October 15, 1788), which was located two miles upriver.Construction of this church was begun in 1834. It was consecrated in 1839. The name …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19Z6_newton-strike_Monroe-MI.html
In spring 1937, the eyes of the nation were on Monroe. The Steel Workers Organizing Committee had organized a handful of workers at Republic's Newton facility. On June 10, about 120 pickets confronted over 1,000 non-unionized workers and "special …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIFW_indian-trading-post_Monroe-MI.html
Site of earlyIndian Trading PostTablets placedBy the Womenof theCivic ImprovementSocietyOf Monroe
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIFT_old-whipping-post_Monroe-MI.html
Public whipping for minor crime was a custom brought from New England by Monroe's earliest American settler's. Not general in the midwest, the punishment was administered here chiefly to ne'er-do-wells whom the citizens wished to be rid of.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIDK_doctor-eduard-dorsch_Monroe-MI.html
Although Dr. Dorsch, born in Bavaria, was a competent physician with degrees from Munich & Vienna, he was exiled when the 1848 Germain Revolution failed. In Monroe his love of freedom led him to make this home a station on the Underground Railroad…