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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BXC_mackinac-county-soldiers-sailors-war-memorial-a-war-memorial_Saint-Ignace-MI.html
Erected by the
Citizens of Mackinac County
in honor of our
Soldiers and Sailors
and in appreciation of their
sacrifice and service in the
World War
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZSG_south-tower-fog-bell_Saint-Ignace-MI.html
When the Mackinac Bridge was constructed, a bell was placed at the base of each tower to guide approaching vessels during poor visibility. In March of 1961, a fog horn was installed. The bells have been silent ever since. On April 24, 2002, the So…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZSF_prentiss-m-brown-michigan-lawyer-mackinac-visionary_Saint-Ignace-MI.html
Prentiss Marsh Brown dreamed of what it would take to bridge the Mackinac Straits. He grew up in St. Ignace at the dawn of the 20th century and often gazed south across the Straits, a daunting stretch of cold, deep water. He could not know then th…
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Designed by David B. Steinman, and representing a new level of aerodynamic stability in suspension bridges for its time, the Mackinac Bridge was the first suspension bridge to incorporate specific design features to manage the forces imposed on it…
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Designer of the Mackinac Bridge, firmly believed that man made structures should be beautiful. From this vantage point it is clear that he achieved his goal. It is to his memory that this plaque has been dedicated.
June 11, 1967
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YOW_gros-cap-and-st-helena-island_Saint-Ignace-MI.html
French fishermen who came to Gros Cap (on the shore below) early last century also participated in its offshore settlement, St. Helena Island, where ships obtained wood fuel and other supplies. There in 1850, Archie and Wilson Newton set up a fish…
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Here on West Moran Bay, a large 17th century Ottawa village was directly connected by trail and water with Michilimackinac center on Moran Bay, Lake Huron. Both bays were named for Trader Morin whose post was at this settlement. The original buria…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WM0_mackinac-straits-historical_Saint-Ignace-MI.html
Nicolet passed through the Straits in 1634 seeking a route to the Orient. Soon it became a crossroads where Indian, missionary, trapper, and soldier met. From the 1600's through the War of 1812 first Frenchman and Englishman, then Briton and Ameri…
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Pere Marquette established in 1671 the Mission of St. Ignace. French troops soon after built Fort Buade. The state's second oldest white village guarded the Straits while serving as the most important French fur post in the northwest. By 1706 both…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DF_lake-michigan_St-Ignace-MI.html
This lake, the sixth largest in the world, was discovered in 1634 by Jean Nicolet, who explored this north shore to Green Bay but found no Orientals as the French in Quebec had hoped he would. The general size and outline of the lake was establish…