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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDSU_artillery-january-22-1813_Monroe-MI.html
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British Artillery on January 22nd consisted of six small cannons, mostly 3-pounders, with some small howitzers. The artillery pieces were first positioned about 400 yards north of here, just south of Mason Run Creek. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDSR_col-francis-navarre_Monroe-MI.html
First IndianGrant of land to theFirst White SettlerIn MonroeCol. Francis Navarre1785First White Child BornIn MonroeGen. Winchester'sHeadquarters 1813.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDSQ_michigans-tribute-to-kentucky_Monroe-MI.html
This Monument is dedicated to theMemory of the heroes whoLost their lives in our country's defense,in theBattle and Massacre of the River Raisin,January 22nd, and 23rd, 1813.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDSO_major-general-george-armstrong-custer_Monroe-MI.html
Born in New Rumley, Ohio, George A. Custer grew up in Monroe in the home of his half-sister, Mrs. David Reed. February 9, 1864, in the Presbyterian Church here, he married Libbie Bacon, only daughter of Judge Daniel S. Bacon.
During the Civil W…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDSM_a-storied-homestead_Monroe-MI.html
Here, Francois Navarre, first white settler in Monroe, built his home. His 500 acre farm, acquired by deed from the Indians in 1785, afforded a center for the River Raisin colony, by 1790 an important frontier community.
Col. Navarre was friend…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDS7_skirmish-line_Monroe-MI.html
In this vicinity and parallel to the driveway, a line of scattered human remains were detected in 2000, which may mark the main skirmish line of the 17th U.S. Infantry. The bodies of those killed lay exposed to the elements for some time after the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDS6_tecumsehs-headquarters_Monroe-MI.html
The Great Indian Chief Tecumseh headquartered near here for over a month after the unsuccessful British And Indian siege of Fort Meigs in Ohio, July 1813. The British strategy was to use the Indians at the River Raisin to slow down any American in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDS2_first-district-court_Monroe-MI.html
Here in the log house of Jean Baptiste Jereaume the Federal Court of the Erie District, Territory of Michigan, held its first session July 3, 1805. President Thomas Jefferson named Judge Augustus B. Woodward to preside.
Beginning in 1807 the He…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDRY_after-the-battle_Monroe-MI.html
In the words of Laurent Durocher, "after the defeat of Winchester, many of the inhabitants fled with their families to the frontier of Ohio. Others went to Detroit. The British made several attempts to persuade the Indians to destroy what was left…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDRX_u-s-17th-infantry-campsite_Monroe-MI.html
Elements of the U.S. 17th Infantry were camped in an open field just north of here when the British and Indians launched their surprise counterattack at dawn, January 22, 1813. The Americans held their ground here for 20 minutes before the Canadia…