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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM99Z_fort-wayne_Detroit-MI.html
No hostile shots have ever been fired from this star-shaped fort built in the 1840s to guard against a British invasion from Canada which never came. This third bastion to protect the river approach to the city was named for General "Mad" Anthony …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM99X_eloise-poorhouse-hospital_Westland-MI.html
(Front):In 1839 Wayne County purchased the Black Horse Tavern, a stagecoach stop, Located here on the Chicago road, for use as a poorhouse. Early on the poorhouse accepted not only the county's indigent, but the infirm and mentally ill as well. Du…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM96S_polar-bears_Huntington-Woods-MI.html
Dedicated to the American North Russian Expeditionary Forces known as the "Polar Bears".
From September 4, 1918, to June 15, 1919, fifty-five hundred American Soldiers of the 339th Infantry regiment (with elements of the 310th Engineers and the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM96M_grand-army-of-the-republic-building_Detroit-MI.html
Memorial to the Soldiers and Sailors of 1861-1865
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM96L_ypsilanti-civil-war-memorial_Ypsilanti-MI.html
This Statuewas presented byMary-Ann Starkweather
1861-1865Erected by the Women'sRelief Corps of Ypsilantiin memory of the men who inthe War of the Great Rebellionfought to uphold theircountry's flagMemorial Day 1895They died to make their count…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM963_19th-u-s-infantry_Detroit-MI.html
In memory ofourdeceased comradesof the19th U.S. Infantryand other Regts.Erected by the19th U.S. Inf. Veteran Assn.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6EQ_lake-shore-drive-bridge-eagle-river_Columbus-MI.html
Lake Shore Drive Bridge. This bridge, completed in 1915, was one of two bridges erected simultaneously by the Michigan State Highway Department across the Eagle River. The second was located in nearby Phoenix. Prior to 1915 a Pratt through truss b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4R9_fort-michilimackinac_Mackinaw-City-MI.html
This fort, built about 1715, put French soldiers at the Straits for the first time since 1701. French authority ceased in 1761 when the British troops entered the fort. On June 2, 1763, during Pontiac's uprising, Chippewa Indians seized the fort, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2MJ_grand-trunk-western-bridge-approach-signal_Grand-Haven-MI.html
This signal for many years guarded the east-end approach to the Grand Trunk Western Swing Bridge over the entrance to the Spring Lake channel.
This electrified signal with its colored lights indicated to the engineer of the train whether the br…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2MI_pere-marquette-steam-locomotive-no-1223-class-n-1-2-8-4-berkshire-type_Grand-Haven-MI.html
Built by the Lima Locomotive Works, Lima, Ohio in November 1941. The boiler number is 7837.
This is one of two surviving steam engines of its type that were used in fast freight service between Chicago, Saginaw, Detroit and Toledo. Engine 1223 …