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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ANJ_charles-r-maxwell_Paw-Paw-MI.html
(Front Side)Dedicated in honor to the life of Charles R. Maxwell
Born in Lawton, MI April 8, 1927. Charlie was the youngest of four children of Tom and Isa Maxwell. He graduated from Lawton High School and received a baseball scholarship from W…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ANI_territorial-road_Paw-Paw-MI.html
One of the three great east-west routes of pioneer days, the Territorial Road from Detroit to St. Jos tapped the rich lands of the second "tier" of counties. Approved in 1829, the road was not surveyed through Van Buren County until 1835. Although…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ANH_st-marks-church-the-reverend-darius-barker_Paw-Paw-MI.html
(Obverse Side)St. Mark's ChurchSt. Mark's parish, organized at the county courthouse on February 22, 1851, is Paw Paw's oldest Episcopal congregation. The Reverend Voltaire Spaulding conducted the first service in a vacant store. The present churc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ANG_paw-paw-public-library_Paw-Paw-MI.html
This building opened as the Paw Paw Public Library on June 26, 1920. Jackson architect Claire Allen designed the library, as well as the nearby county courthouse. Pennsylvania industrialist Andrew Carnegie donated $10,000 toward construction and r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AM3_william-killefer-jr-wade-killefer_Paw-Paw-MI.html
(Obverse Side)This memorial is dedicated to the life of William Killefer Jr.
Born in Bloomingdale, MI, October 10, 1887 and moved to Paw Paw (1888). "Reindeer Bill" Killefer played catcher for Paw Paw HS state champions of 1904-05. One of the g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14C9_warner-wine-haus_Paw-Paw-MI.html
Completed in 1898, this structure was built as a waterworks station for the village of Paw Paw. Water from artesian wells powered the plant, first by steam and after 1908 by hydro-electricity. In the 1920s the wells were capped, and the structure …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14C5_van-buren-county-van-buren-county-courthouse_Paw-Paw-MI.html
Van Buren CountySettlers attracted by lumbering came to this area in the 1830s. By the 1860s a mild climate, rich soil and easy access to the Chicago markets created a thriving fruit industry in Van Buren County. The county was one of thirteen pla…