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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D7T_eisenmann-enteman-building_Monroe-MI.html
Eisenmann-Enteman Building. Built circa 1860's. United States Department of the Interior Certified Historic Property Old Village Historic District Reborn 1986 River Raisin Properties Limited Partnership.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D7C_joseph-loranger-1817_Monroe-MI.html
Joseph Loranger 1817. . This ground and the Public Square was granted by Joseph Loranger in 1817 to the County of Monroe for public puroses.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D5O_monroe-bank-and-trust_Monroe-MI.html
Monroe Bank and Trust. Michigan Centennial Business. This plaque is issued by the Historical Society of Michigan in recognition of Monroe Bank and Trust founded in 1858 for more than 100 years of continuous operation in service to the people…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AKQ_lutherans-in-monroe-county_Monroe-MI.html
German pioneers who began settling this area in 1828 formed Monroe County's first Lutheran church here in 1834. The Rev. Friedrich Schmid became their first pastor, traveling by horseback from Ann Arbor. The growing congregation incorporated as Zo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20WL_laplaisance-bay_Monroe-MI.html
LaPlaisance Bay - the pleasant bay - was named in 1679 by Robert De LaSalle. After the War of 1812, it became part of the United States. In 1820 Maj. John Whipple was appointed keeper of the LaPlaisance Bay lighthouse. April 19, 1825 Col. John And…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WJ4_michigan-historic-crossroads-michigan-twenty-sixth-state-historical_Monroe-MI.html
Michigan: Historic Crossroads
Because of its location in the heart of the upper Great Lakes, Michigan has been a historic crossroads. Its waterways and trails were favorite routes of Indians many centuries ago. French explorers first entered Mich…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DP5_historic-crossroad_Monroe-MI.html
From the earliest days of Michigan settlement this corner has witnessed travel of many sorts signaling important events in the history of Michigan.
East lies Monroe's port on Lake Erie where waves of immigrant traffic came from New England by …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DOT_monroe-street-bridge_Monroe-MI.html
A covered toll bridge first spanned this section of the River Raisin in 1819. Destroyed by high water and ice in 1832, the bridge was replaced with a conventional wooden span, which lasted 30 years before being replaced in the late 1860's.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DMA_monroes-soldiers_Monroe-MI.html
Local historians credit Monroe County with the largest proportionate enrollment of volunteers in the Civil War of any county in the United States.Military enrollments have been proportionately large in Monroe County in every war, due no doubt to t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DKS_old-michigan-southern_Monroe-MI.html
One of the pioneer rail lines of the west, the Michigan Southern transported during a colorful but brief period a vast army of settlers who crossed Lake Erie by boat. Trains waited at the piers to carry the travelers and their possessions west to …