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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM200J_iron-horse_Mackinaw-City-MI.html
The long-anticipated railroads finally arrived in the Straits in 1881 and 1882. Their arrival, originally expected before the Civil War, was delayed by the War and then by shifting priorities. Once here, they brought many jobs, many visitors, and …
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In 1634 Samuel de Champlain sent Jean Nicolet from Quebec to explore this area and make peace with the Ottawa and Ojibwa Indians. French traders were in the area in 1673, but they left when conflict with the Indians ensued. The French retu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZZ8_the-algomah_Mackinaw-City-MI.html
The Algomah sank at the Cheboygan docks in July 1942 and was raised two years later. She was towed to Mackinaw City, filled with stone, and sunk to form the breakwall at the end of Shelpler's ferry dock. In 1947, Captain William Shepler, Jr., foun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZZ6_mackinaws-civil-war-canons_Mackinaw-City-MI.html
During the Civil War and after the battle in Mobile Bay, naval historians called this gun, the 9-inch Dahlgren, the gun "that won the Civil War". We are very lucky to have these three relics from the Civil War here in Makinaw City, Michigan. The t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-096a6_mackinaw-mackinac-or-michilimackinac_Mackinaw-City-MI.html
The entire Mackinac Straits region derives its name from a French translation of the Ojibway name for Mackinac Island; Missilimakinak, where missi (also michi or mishi) means great or many and Mackinac means turtle. Although it has been spelled ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14QR_old-mill-creek_Mackinaw-City-MI.html
In 1780 the British garrison at Fort Michilimackinac moved to Mackinac Island as a safer location during the American Revolution. Robert Campbell built a sawmill on this site to furnish lumber for the new fort and settlement. His sawmill and dam w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQSH_old-mackinac-point-lighthouse_Mackinaw-City-MI.html
This light is opposite the turning point for ships making the difficult passage through the Straits of Mackinac, one of the busiest crossroads of the Great Lakes. McGulpin's Point light, two miles to the west, had been established in 1856, but it …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM6M_inland-waterway_Indian-River-MI.html
The glaciers of the last Ice Age retreated to the north some 25,000 years ago, leaving behind the lakes that rank as Michigan's most notable geographical feature. Among the state's largest inland lakes is Burt Lake, named after William A. Burt, wh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMX_island-hopping-the-straits_Cheboygan-MI.html
In 1920 the need for extensive highways in Michigan was becoming evident and Horatio S. Earle, highway commissioner, suggested a submerged, floating tunnel. A counter-proposal was made by C. E. Fowler, a consulting engineer from New York City.
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