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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DJN_dr-martin-luther-king-jr_Monroe-MI.html
"If you are cut down in a movement that is designed to save the soul of a nation, then no other death could be more redemptive. We must somehow believe that unearned suffering is redemptive. We must work passionately and indefatigably to bridge th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19ZE_st-mary-of-the-immaculate-conception_Monroe-MI.html
This church is the immediate successor to the first church of Monroe County, St Antoine aux Riviere Raisin (October 15, 1788), which was located two miles upriver.Construction of this church was begun in 1834. It was consecrated in 1839. The name …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19Z6_newton-strike_Monroe-MI.html
In spring 1937, the eyes of the nation were on Monroe. The Steel Workers Organizing Committee had organized a handful of workers at Republic's Newton facility. On June 10, about 120 pickets confronted over 1,000 non-unionized workers and "special …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIH1_erie-and-kalamazoo-railroad_Ottawa-Lake-MI.html
On April 22, 1833, the Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad was granted a charter by the Legislature of the Territory of Michigan and was built and in operation a year before Michigan was a state. It was to connect Toledo (then called Port Lawrence and con…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIFW_indian-trading-post_Monroe-MI.html
Site of earlyIndian Trading PostTablets placedBy the Womenof theCivic ImprovementSocietyOf Monroe
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIFT_old-whipping-post_Monroe-MI.html
Public whipping for minor crime was a custom brought from New England by Monroe's earliest American settler's. Not general in the midwest, the punishment was administered here chiefly to ne'er-do-wells whom the citizens wished to be rid of. Pet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIDK_doctor-eduard-dorsch_Monroe-MI.html
Although Dr. Dorsch, born in Bavaria, was a competent physician with degrees from Munich & Vienna, he was exiled when the 1848 Germain Revolution failed. In Monroe his love of freedom led him to make this home a station on the Underground Railroad…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIDI_monroe-county-since-1817_Monroe-MI.html
Monroe County was established in July, 1817, as one of the first steps in the organization of Michigan Territory after the War of 1812. Then the old settlement of Frenchtown which centered upon this square took the name of Monroe and became the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMICP_laplaisance-bay-settlement_Monroe-MI.html
When the War of 1812 began, LaPlaisance Bay settlement consisted of 14 homes along the creek. Medard LaBadie, considered a hero for his participation in the Battles of the River Raisin and those at Fort Meigs and Thames, was a French settler here.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI5L_navarre-anderson-trading-post_Monroe-MI.html
[Front side of Marker] You are approaching the oldest surviving wooden structure in Michigan. Built in 1789, it was moved from its original Monroe site in 1894. In 1969 its history was discovered. We are exceptionally grateful to the following …
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