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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O5O_lake-huron-water-supply-project-tunnel-explosion_Fort-Gratiot-Township-MI.html
Lake Huron Water Supply Project
In 1968, to serve the water needs of a growing population, the Detroit Metro Water Department began work on the Lake Huron Water Supply Project. This massive feat involved erecting a submerged intake crib connected…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FVK_hammond-american-legion-post-8-memorial_Port-Huron-MI.html
Dedicated to the memory
of all the departed Post 8
Legionnaires, Auxiliary and
Sons of the Legion members
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FVI_port-huron-public-library_Port-Huron-MI.html
In 1902 the city of Port Huron secured money from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie to erect a municipal library. Two years later, this grand, Beaux-Arts-style building was completed at a cost of $45,000. Chicago architects Patton and Miller designed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FVH_harrington-hotel_Port-Huron-MI.html
The Harrington Hotel opened amid much fanfare in 1896.
A unique blend of Romanesque, Classical and Queen Anne architecture, the hotel thrived for many years. As business declined due to the popularity of automobile travel, expressways and roadside…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FVG_customhouse_Port-Huron-MI.html
October 6, 1988
This structure, which has served as
the Port Huron, Michigan Customhouse since
1874, was dedicated as a Historic Bicentennial
Customhouse in honor and recognition
of U.S. Customs steadfast and vigilant
service to the United States…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FVF_civil-war-memorial_Port-Huron-MI.html
This boulder and tablet
were placed here by
The Department of Michigan
Woman's Relief Corps
in memory of and dedicated to
The Civil War Veterans.
1861 - 1865
"They are sleeping in the valleys,
They are sleeping 'neath the sea,
They are sleeping b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FVE_intersection-of-military-road-and-indian-reservation_Port-Huron-MI.html
This tablet marks the intersection of the eastern line of the Indian Reservation surveyed in 1810 provided by the treaty made Nov. 17, 1807 between the U.S. Government and the Chippewa, Ottawa, Pottawattamie [sic], and Wyandotte Indians with the e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FVD_keepers-duties_Port-Huron-MI.html
Daily Duties of a Keeper......
? Hand carry fuel up to the lantern room and fueling the lamp.
? Trimming the wicks (later, replacing the mantles and pumping up the oil vaporizer).
? Regularly cleaning and polishing (with jeweler's rouge and whi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FUX_sending-a-signal_Port-Huron-MI.html
Dense fog on Lake Huron could spell disaster to vessels filled with passengers and valuable cargo. When fog was present and visibility was poor, mariners were forced to rely on sound to navigate their way into the St. Clair River. Early fog signal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FUV_learning-from-lake-huron_Port-Huron-MI.html
Lake Huron's basin was formed by glacier movement over 20,000 years ago. The lake was created when melting ice filled the basin gouged by the glaciers. Lake Huron took its present shape around 3,000 years ago.
Lake Huron is the second largest Grea…