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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PXT_woodward-avenue-cultural-heritage-tour_Detroit-MI.html
In the earliest days of Detroit, Campus Martius, which means "military ground," served as a drill ground for militia. When Judge Augustus Woodward created his street plan for Detroit in 1807, he began at Campus Martius.
Campus Martius became th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PW3_stearns-telephone_Detroit-MI.html
On September 22, 1877, a Bell telephone was installed on this site in the drugstore operated by Frederick Stearns. An iron wire strung along the rooftops connected the store with the Stearns laboratory a half mile away at the foot of Fifth Street.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PVE_the-detroit-free-press_Detroit-MI.html
Older than the state of Michigan, the Detroit Free Press began publishing as the Democratic Free Press and Michigan Intelligencer May 5, 1831. The Free Press supported the drive for statehood, helped establish the Associated Press and sent reporte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PVA_the-detroit-news_Detroit-MI.html
On August 23, 1873 James E. Scripps began publishing The Evening News, one of the first popular, low-priced evening newspapers in Michigan. The News specialized in short, local, human interest stories. Resolutely independent, it has continuously c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PV7_detroit-free-press_Detroit-MI.html
This plaque is issued by the Historical Society of Michigan in recognition of Detroit Free Press founded in 1831 for more than 150 years of continuous operation in service to the people of Michigan and for contribution to the economic growth and v…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PV5_fort-street-presbyterian-church_Detroit-MI.html
Second Presbyterian Church was organized in 1849 by the Reverend Robert K. Kellogg and twenty-six charter members. The present limestone building, dedicated in 1855, was designed by Octavius and Albert Jordan in Gothic Revival style. Renamed in 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PL5_james-a-bailey_Detroit-MI.html
Circus entrepreneur James A. McGinnis was born near this site on July 4, 1847. At fourteen he joined a circus and adopted the name "Bailey". Developing a striking talent for advertising and management, he bought the Cooper & Bailey Shows which tou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PHA_ford-building_Detroit-MI.html
Among Detroit's first skyscrapers, the nineteen-story Ford Building was built between 1907 and 1909. The Chicago architectural firm Daniel H. Burnham and Company designed it and two other Detroit buildings, the Majestic and the Dime. One of the fi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSDV_spirit-of-detroit_Detroit-MI.html
The inscription on the symbol wall is from II Corinthians, 3:17 "Now the Lord is that spirit and where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty."
The sculpture by Marshall Fredericks was designed to continue the thought conveyed by the inscr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSDU_henry-the-hatter_Detroit-MI.html
This plaque is issued by the Historical Society of Michigan in recognition of Henry the Hatter. Founded in 1893, for more than 100 years of continuous operation in service to the people of Michigan and for contributing to the economic growth and v…