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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDUI_memorial-place_Monroe-MI.html
Here were buried unidentified remains of victims of the River Raisin Massacre of 1813.
In 1872 surviving veterans of that war gathered in Monroe from Ohio and Kentucky. They headed a colorful civic pageant which halted solemnly at this spot whi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDUD_boston-custer-autie-reed_Monroe-MI.html
Gen. George A. Custer's brother, Boston, and his nephew, Harry (Autie) Armstrong Reed, accompanied the ill-fated Little Big Horn Expedition into Montana as civilian Quartermaster employees. While at the rear of the cavalry column they learned Gen.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDSR_col-francis-navarre_Monroe-MI.html
First IndianGrant of land to theFirst White SettlerIn MonroeCol. Francis Navarre1785First White Child BornIn MonroeGen. Winchester'sHeadquarters 1813.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDSQ_michigans-tribute-to-kentucky_Monroe-MI.html
This Monument is dedicated to theMemory of the heroes whoLost their lives in our country's defense,in theBattle and Massacre of the River Raisin,January 22nd, and 23rd, 1813.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDSM_a-storied-homestead_Monroe-MI.html
Here, Francois Navarre, first white settler in Monroe, built his home. His 500 acre farm, acquired by deed from the Indians in 1785, afforded a center for the River Raisin colony, by 1790 an important frontier community.
Col. Navarre was friend…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDRT_capture-of-gen-winchester_Monroe-MI.html
Under attack by the British and Indians before dawn on Jan. 22, 1813, in the second Battle of the River Raisin, the U.S. 17th Infantry soon broke and fled south across the frozen river. Gen. James Winchester, the American commander, tried several …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDRS_death-of-col-john-allen_Monroe-MI.html
Col. Allen tried vainly to rally the retreating Americans at the second Battle of the River Raisin, Jan. 22, 1813. Exhausted and disabled by a thigh wound, he faced the pursuing Indians near here. The colonel desperately defended himself at swordp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDRD_the-old-hull-road_Monroe-MI.html
"The Old Hull Road"over whichThe American Troopswere driven by theEnglish & Indian AlliesJan. 22, 1813