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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29V4_s-s-edmund-fitzgerald_Detroit-MI.html
The S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald known as one of the largest ships on the Great Lakes, passed by this location transporting taconite iron ore to ports in Detroit, Toledo and beyond. November 10, 2015 marked 40 years since this 729-foot steamer succu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20AR_police-radio-dispatch_Detroit-MI.html
During the early twentieth century, Detroit police and their criminal foes both adopted the automobile as their preferred means of transportation. To regain an advantage, Detroit police pioneered a novel use for radio. In 1921, under Commissioner …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20AQ_st-johns-presbyterian-church_Detroit-MI.html
On April 27, 1919, thirty-nine people met in the First Presbyterian Church on Woodward Avenue and organized St. John's Presbyterian Church. Reverend John W. Lee, a field missionary, led the formation of the church to serve Detroit's growing black …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A2A_st-albertus-church_Detroit-MI.html
Polish immigrants arrived in Detroit as early as the 1850s, but not until the Reverend Simon Wieczorek founded St. Albertus Roman Catholic Parish in 1872, did their community have a center. In 1885 the present Gothic Revival building replaced the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOU6_ss-edmund-fitzgerald_Detroit-MI.html
The flagship of the Oglesbay-Norton fleet sailed for 6857 days on the Great Lakes carrying iron ore to feed the steel mills of Michigan and Ohio. She was built at the Great Lakes Engineering Works at River Rouge, Michigan- Nine miles west of here.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMP2_antoine-laumet-de-la-mothe-sieur-de-cadillac_Montreal-QC.html
[The coat of arms of Quebec] "Je Me Souvien"Ici v?cut — Here lived Antoine Laumet de Lamothe Sier de Cadillac (1658-1730),Fondateur de — Founder of D?troit, — Detroit,Governeur de — Governor of La Louisiane — Louisia…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMP1_glimpses-of-detroits-riverfront-history_Detroit-MI.html
Stone 1:St. Aubin Park RiverwalkGlimpses of Detroit's Riverfront History This walk made possible by: Friends of PartnersDetroit Recreation DepartmentDedicated July 1969Stone 2:The Many Names of Detroit1880: City of the Straits (Major Great L…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMCR_chapman-abraham-jewish-soldiers-in-the-civil-war_Detroit-MI.html
(front side):Chapman AbrahamDuring the French and Indian War (1754-1763), the British took Canada from France and with it possession of French forts in the western Great Lakes region, including Detroit. The post remained an important center of tra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMCP_the-black-presence-in-detroit_Detroit-MI.html
This hallowed land was early Detroit. First came the Indians, then Cadillac and French settlers with their Black and Indian slaves. These early Blacks were French speaking Catholics with French names. History recorded that our first Black inhabita…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMCC_peter-wetherill-stroh_Detroit-MI.html
Peter Wetherill Stroh (1927-2002) was a Detroit business leader, civic activist and philanthropist. A great grandson of the founder of The Stroh Brewery Company, he became Chairman and CEO of the family business while at the same time maintaining …
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