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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DKR_editor-ellis-1825_Monroe-MI.html
Newspaper history in Monroe has been continuous since 1825 when Edward Ellis, an exceptionally able editor, came west from Buffalo with his press and printing equipment.Ellis' pioneer paper was unique for that day, holding itself independent of po…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DKP_historical-museum_Monroe-MI.html
The Monroe County Historical Society began to collect local historical artifacts in 1938, housing them in a storied homestead, the Sawyer House on East Front Street, before presenting them to the Historical Commission established in 1967 by Monroe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DJP_first-presbyterian-church_Monroe-MI.html
This Church, the first Protestant Church in this area and the first Presbyterian Church in Michigan, was organized January 13, 1820. "Minuteman" George Alford, of the Revolutionary War, was one of the charter members.The Rev. John Monteith, who la…
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/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/HMI4Z_indian-attack_Monroe-MI.html
The Second Battle of the River Raisin Jan. 22, 1813, found nearly 400 American soldiers caught in retreat down this old road to Ohio. Those few who made it to this point, over a mile south of their camp, were ambushed by hidden Indians. The 40 Ame…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH8R_historic-river-raisin_Monroe-MI.html
"Remember the River Raisin" became a national battle cry in the War of 1812 after settlers and Kentucky soldiers were massacred by Indians on the river's banks in violation of protection promised by the British,
The stream here was the center o…