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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20TN_boy-and-girl-under-the-umbrella_Ludington-MI.html
For generations of Ludington residents, the statue of the "Boy and Girl Under the Umbrella" was the center piece of the City Park.
The statue, made entirely of a cast metal, originally had been positioned on the front lawn of the James Foley re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20RY_first-mason-county-courthouse_Ludington-MI.html
Erected in 1849
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20MJ_swedish-lutheran-church_Ludington-MI.html
During the 1870s and 1880s, Ludington Swedes, Danes and Norwegians worshipped together as the Scandinavian Lutheran Society. In 1873 the society built a church where all three languages were spoken. The Swedes, who formed their own congregation on…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20LS_scottville_Scottville-MI.html
White settlers came to this area around 1860. In 1876 a station on the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad opened. In 1879, James Sweetland built a sawmill adjacent to the railroad, which precipitated the establishment of a post office for the commu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1USV_the-abbie-historical_Ludington-MI.html
The "Abbie" was the last schooner built at the Ludington docks in 1886 for Rasmus Rasmussen. At 88 feet long, 22 feet wide, and with a 6 foot draft, this double-masted, 88-ton schooner was typical of those that sailed the Great Lakes. On most vo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1USK_sport-fishing-historical_Ludington-MI.html
In the 1960's, the introduction of Coho and Chinook Salmon into Lake Michigan was the beginning of great expansion of sport fishing.
In 1964, over 600,000 Coho smolts were stocked in the Platte River and Bear Creek, both tributaries of Lake Mic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1US0_s-s-city-of-flint-32-historical_Ludington-MI.html
In memory of the carferry "S.S. City of Flint 32," driven ashore during the Great Armistice Day Storm of November 11, 1940 about 500 feet off shore of this location. Vessel returned to service.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1URZ_s-s-pere-marquette-18-historical_Ludington-MI.html
At least twenty-nine persons died when this vessel sank in Lake Michigan twenty miles off the Wisconsin coast on September 9, 1910. One of the Ludington carferry fleet, the 350 foot S.S. Pere Marquette 18 was traveling from this port to Wisconsin.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1URU_world-war-memorial-a-war-memorial_Ludington-MI.html
These elms were planted by
the Auxiliary of
Edwin H. Ewing Post No. 76
American Legion
in honor of the men
of Mason County who served
in the World War of 1914-1918
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1URT_war-memorial-a-war-memorial_Ludington-MI.html
Dedicated in grateful tribute
to the living and dead who
through their valiant efforts
and bitter sacrifice
have made and kept
America great
Spanish-American War 1898-1899
World War I 1917-1918
World War II 1941-1945
Korean Conflict 195…