historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AXX_whats-buried-down-below_Grand-Ledge-MI.html
Looking down hill from this area you may notice a pond. Once two types of shale were processed from this quarry and used for brick making. It was said that at one time this quarry was over 60 feet deep and that during the last years of operations …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SEK_michigans-capital_Grand-Ledge-MI.html
Ahead lies Lansing, capital of Michigan. In 1835, when the state was organized, Detroit was the capital, as it had been when Michigan was a territory. The capital, after much debate, was moved to its present, more centally located site in 1847. Th…