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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMFN_st-anthonys-catholic-church_Hillsdale-MI.html
The origins of Catholicism in Hillsdale County date to the 1840s when Irishmen who worked for the Southern Railroad settled here. In 1853 the Reverend Joseph Kindekens of Adrian and eighty-five people organized St. Anthony's parish. The former Pre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMFL_hillsdale_Hillsdale-MI.html
The plat for the village of Hillsdale was filed in July, 1839, though the first settlement probably occurred a few years previously. Before that time this area had been inhabited mainly by a band of Potawatomi Indians led by their chief, Baw Beese…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMAY_w-h-l-mccourtie-w-h-l-mccourtie-estate_Somerset-Center-MI.html
W. H. L. McCourtieSomerset Center native W. H. L. McCourtie (1872-1933) was introduced to the cement industry by W. F. Cowham of Jackson in 1897. McCourtie soon went to Dallas, Texas, where he made a fortune speculating in oil and established the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLMJ_the-will-carleton-poor-house_Hillsdale-MI.html
This stone building is a part of the poorhouse that inspired Will Carleton's well-known poem "Over the Hill to the Poorhouse."
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLJR_college-baptist-church_Hillsdale-MI.html
This church was incorporated as the First Free Will Baptist Church on November 24, 1855. The congregation met at the Hillsdale College Chapel until the present church was constructed in 1867-68. This Romanesque building was designed by a Chicago a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLJ2_father-gabriel-richard_Jonesville-MI.html
PriestEducator-StatesmanSecured funds in 1825 through the United States Congress for the survey of the Great Sauk Trailnow U.S. Highway 112 thus opening this artery of civilization into the west
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLIE_grace-episcopal-church_Jonesville-MI.html
William N. Lyster, Irish-born missionary, preached in Jonesville in 1836, and Darius Barker organized the parish in 1838. A church featuring Classical and Gothic styling was begun in 1844 and consecrated by Bishop Samuel McCoskry in 1848. Panellin…