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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19GG_michigan-and-ohio-railroad-depot_Jonesville-MI.html
A grand celebration and a baseball game greeted the Michigan and Ohio Railroad when its track reached Moscow on September 4, 1883. This Stick Style station, completed the following month, was "quite an ornament to the place," according to the Hill…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19GF_mosherville-church-mosherville-school_Jonesville-MI.html
(Obverse Side)Mosherville ChurchThe Mosherville Church was built in 1861-62 on land donated by Joseph and Mary Riggs. Originally part of the Litchfield circuit of the Methodist Episcopal Church, it became the home church of a separate circuit in 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19GB_allen-civil-war-monument_Allen-MI.html
Forty two years after the surrender at Appomattox, this monument is dedicated to the memory of heroic men who imperilled their lives for the preservation of the Union
Erected by a comrade who, by the fortunes of war, was permitted to return hom…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19GA_allens-own-congressional-medal-of-honor-recipients_Allen-MI.html
Civil WarCaptainWilliam G. Whitney1840 - 1915Born: Allen, MichiganCompany B EleventhMichigan InfantryMedal of Honor Award:September 20, 1863Chickamauga, Georgia
Vietnam WarStaff SergeantJames Leroy Bondsteel1947 - 1987Born: Jackson, MichiganCom…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19G0_captain-moses-allen_Allen-MI.html
Moses Allen fought in the War of 1812, later serving as a captain in the Michigan militia. He became the first "white settler" in present-day Hillsdale County, settling here in April 1827, two years after working on the Chicago Road (present-day U…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM170Q_congregational-church-of-litchfield_Litchfield-MI.html
Twenty charter members, led by the Reverend Elisha Buck, established this church on July 14, 1839. Founded as a Presbyterian mission, it was reorganized under the congregational polity by the Reverend J.J. Bliss in 1844. At first, worship services…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMV3_hillsdale-college_Hillsdale-MI.html
In 1844 a group of Freewill Baptists organized Michigan Central College at Spring Arbor. This college was the first in Michigan to grant degrees to women. Moved to Hillsdale in 1853 and chartered by the legislature in 1855, the school was renamed …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMON_sultana_Hillsdale-MI.html
Dedicated to the memory of the 280 Michigan Civil War soldiers who lost their lives in America's worst maritime disaster, the sinking of the steamship "Sultana."
These men were among more than 2,200 Union soldiers returning home from Confederat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMGZ_grosvenor-house_Jonesville-MI.html
Side 1Completed in 1874, this structure of High Victorian Italianate design is one of the most magnificent residences in Michigan. The interior, an excellent example of a living museum of the 1870s, contains thirty-two rooms with twelve-foot ceili…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMFO_saint-peters-episcopal-church_Hillsdale-MI.html
In 1839 Episcopalians held the first church service in Hillsdale. Saint Peter's Church was organized in 1844. The original Gothic Revival church dates from 1859 and forms the sanctuary of the present church. Saint Peter's housed the first pipe org…