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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FT6_immigration_Port-Huron-MI.html
Many people coming to the United States from other lands entered through this depot. By 1881, more than 77,000 immigrants first stepped foot on American soil here. Port Huron folks gathered here to see and hear the new arrivals, fascinated by thei…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FT5_tom-edison-at-grand-trunk_Port-Huron-MI.html
The Grand Trunk Railroad depot to the right is where 12-year-old Tom Edison departed daily on the Port Huron-Detroit run. In 1859, the railroad's first year of operation. Tom persuaded the company to let him sell newspapers and confections on the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FT4_native-americans_Port-Huron-MI.html
Archaeologists found evidence of a native village (circa 1000 A.D.) located one block north of where you are standing. These prehistoric people fished the waters of Lake Huron and the St. Clair River, hunted game and gathered foods in nearby woodl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FT3_ships-on-the-st-clair_Port-Huron-MI.html
The St. Clair River has always been an important part of the Great Lakes system. For centuries native people traveled throughout the region in canoes, as did the early French fur traders. In 1679, LaSalle's Griffon was the first sailing ship to pa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FT2_bridging-the-blue-waters_Port-Huron-MI.html
People first crossed the St. Clair River using logs, rafts and canoes. Steam-powered ferries began carrying freight and people in the 1840s. The river current pushed tethered swing ferries from shore to shore. Later other ferries were used, and in…