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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM182K_burnetts-post_St-Joseph-MI.html
William Burnett, an American patriot from New Jersey, established a trading post on the bank of the St. Joseph River immediately east of this point between 1775 and 1782. He was the first permanent white resident of this area. He married Kakima, d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1823_fort-miami_St-Joseph-MI.html
Here in November 1679, on the Miami River, as the St. Joseph was then called, La Salle, the French explorer built a fort as a base for his western explorations. Here he awaited the Griffin, the upper lakes' first ship. When the ill-fated vessel di…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1821_portage-prairie-united-methodist-church_Niles-MI.html
(Side 1)Persuaded by reports of good land from the Reverend John Seybert, Bishop of the Ohio Conference, the Jacob and David Rough families came to Portage Prairie from Pennsylvania in the spring of 1849. In 1851 they organized the Zion Evangelica…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM181W_lakeside-inn_Three-Oaks-MI.html
Known as Ames Grove, this property served as a picnic ground and recreation area beginning in the 1880s. John Aylesworth purchased the property in 1901 and opened the Lakeside Inn in this building as early as 1915. The hotel once had its own zoo a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM181V_gordon-beach-inn_Union-Pier-MI.html
Built in 1924 by Louis and Lena Gordon, and expanded four years later, Gordon Beach Inn was the centerpiece of the Jewish resort subdivision of the same name. The Gordons operated the inn for a decade before losing it during the Great Depression. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM181F_the-fruit-belt_Benton-Harbor-MI.html
Because of Lake Michigan's moderating effect, a narrow coastal strip from Indiana to Grand Traverse Bay, 300 miles north, is blessed by a climate uniquely suited to fruit growing. This fact was observed by the 1840's when peaches already were bein…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM181C_israelite-house-of-david-marys-city-of-david_Benton-Harbor-MI.html
(Obverse Side)Israelite House of DavidBased on the teachings of the Christian Israelite tradition begun by Joanna Southcott in England in 1792. Benjamin and Mary Purnell founded the House of David communal religious community in Benton Harbor in 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17UU_parc-aux-vaches_Niles-MI.html
Known as Parc aux Vaches, or "cow pasture," this area was named by the French for the wild buffalo that once grazed here. Two major Indian trails crossed here: the Sauk Trail, also called the old Chicago Trail, which linked Detroit and Chicago; an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15CG_west-michigan-pike_New-Buffalo-MI.html
(side 1)At the turn of the twentieth century, deep ruts and sand made West Michigan roads nearly impassable. In 1911 the West Michigan Lakeshore Highway Association was founded to promote the construction of the first improved highway along Lake M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTIE_la-salle-memorial_St-Joseph-MI.html
This Glacial Boulder found in the bed of the St. Joseph River was erected in 1902 by the Algonquin Chapter Daughters - American Revolution to commemorate the landing of Rene Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle and the building on this point. Fort Mi…
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