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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFO0_university-of-michigania_Detroit-MI.html
The Catholepistemiad, or university, of Michigania resided in a building near this site from 1818 to 1837. Conceived of by the Reverend John Montieth, Father Gabriel Richard and Judge Augustus Woodward, the university was established by territoria…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEG4_general-casimir-pulaski_Detroit-MI.html
This monument to General Casimir Pulaski, who on Oct. 11, 1779 gave his life at Savannah, Georgia, in the cause of America independence, is a gift to the city of Detroit from the Central Citizens Committee in behalf of 400,000 Americans of Polish …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEFN_fort-pontchartrain_Detroit-MI.html
The first permanent French settlement in the Detroit region was built on this site in 1701. The location was recommended by Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, who wished to move the fur trade center south from Michilimackinac. Cadillac's plan was appro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMECZ_war-of-1812-dead_Detroit-MI.html
Hardship struck soon after American troops regained Detroit on Sept. 29, 1813, during the War of 1812. Soldiers quarters were lacking, and food supplies became desperately short. Then a disease resembling cholera broke out among the soldiers. By D…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMECR_fort-lernoult_Detroit-MI.html
This marks the site of the southwest bastion of Fort Lernoult. It was here, on July 11, 1796, that the American flag was first flown over Detroit. the fort was built by the British in 1778-79 to protect Detroit against possible attack by George Ro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9EH_george-debaptiste-homesite_Detroit-MI.html
George DeBaptiste, a long-time Mason, and one of Detroit's most active and impassioned black community leaders, lived on this site during the 1850s and 60s. Born in Virginia about 1815, he moved to Madison, Indiana in 1838 and became involved in t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9EG_frederick-douglas-john-brown-meeting_Detroit-MI.html
In the home of William Webb, 200 feet north of this spot, two famous American's met several Detroit Negro residents on March 12, 1859, to discuss methods of abolishing American Negro slavery. John Brown (1800-1859), fiery antislavery leader, arden…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM96M_grand-army-of-the-republic-building_Detroit-MI.html
Memorial to the Soldiers and Sailors of 1861-1865
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