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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FUS_fort-gratiot-light_Port-Huron-MI.html
In 1825, A lighthouse was established near the mouth of the St. Clair River, at the southern end of Lake Huron. It sat just north of Fort Gratiot, a military outpost that would give the lighthouse its name. That light, of poor construction and loc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FUR_seeing-the-light_Port-Huron-MI.html
Evolution of Lighting the Way
It has long been documented that the first shoreline lights were wood burning fires set on hillsides. Later, these wood fires were moved to the top of man-made towers. Wood however proved to be inefficient, as it woul…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FUJ_great-storm-of-1913-and-sailors-memorial_Port-Huron-MI.html
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On November 7-10, 1913, two major storms collided over the Great Lakes. This created hurricane like winds that lasted over 16 hours, producing waves over forty feet tall. As the storm intensified, temperatures dropped below freezing, trig…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FUI_thomas-alva-edison_Port-Huron-MI.html
[Bas relief panels highlight significant events in Edison's life, including]
Edison the railroad entrepreneur
Edison the young scientist
Edison inventions
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FU1_underground-railroad_Port-Huron-MI.html
Prior to the Civil War, African American slaves, in brave and desperate attempts to flee from slave owners in the Southern states, passed through Port Huron via the Underground Railroad. It was not a real railroad but a system of routes where peop…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FU0_edison-homesite_Port-Huron-MI.html
Thomas Alva Edison was seven years old in 1854 when he and his family moved to Port Huron. They moved into a house on the Fort Gratiot Military Reservation, a short distance south of here. This is where young "Al" conducted his first experiments i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FTZ_wilderness-outpost_Port-Huron-MI.html
Fort Gratiot was built by the U.S. Army in 1814 to guard the strategic junction of Lake Huron and the St. Clair River. Troops stood ready to defend Michigan and the U.S. against British forces in Canada.
As settlement moved westward, the fort was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FTX_making-tracks_Port-Huron-MI.html
The Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada opened the first track between here and Detroit in 1859. As years passed, other railroads reached Port Huron. A line to Flint opened in 1871. Another extended into the Thumb in 1879.
In 1886, the Port Huro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FT6_immigration_Port-Huron-MI.html
Many people coming to the United States from other lands entered through this depot. By 1881, more than 77,000 immigrants first stepped foot on American soil here. Port Huron folks gathered here to see and hear the new arrivals, fascinated by thei…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FT5_tom-edison-at-grand-trunk_Port-Huron-MI.html
The Grand Trunk Railroad depot to the right is where 12-year-old Tom Edison departed daily on the Port Huron-Detroit run. In 1859, the railroad's first year of operation. Tom persuaded the company to let him sell newspapers and confections on the …