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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFRQ_salvation-army_Detroit-MI.html
Founded by William Booth in London, England. The Salvation Army came to Michigan in 1883. When organizing the Detroit corps in 1887 Captain Fink wrote to her British superiors: "This is the Metropolis of Michigan ? a beautiful city, but oh, the si…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFRP_shrine-circus_Detroit-MI.html
Near this site, on February 26, 1906, some 3,000 spectators watched the nation's first Shrine Circus. Detroit's Moslem Shrine temple's one-ring show was the beginning of a major fund-raising venture for Shrine temples throughout the country. In 19…
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/HMF93_harris-family_Oshtemo-MI.html
Among the earliest pioneers of Oshtemo Township was a Black family, that of Enoch and Deborah Harris. Born in the East in the late 1700's, they settled in the Ohio wilderness about 1810. Moving westward with the advancing frontier, they claimed la…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF2E_george-armstrong-custer_Monroe-MI.html
[Side A]:George Armstrong Custer
Raised in Monroe, George Armstrong Custer graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1861. In 1863 he became a brigadier general and commanded the Michigan Cavalry Brigade. "Come On You …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF18_the-custer-home_Monroe-MI.html
This 116 acre "French ribbon farm", purchased by General George Armstrong Custer, his brother, Nevin, and their wives August 22, 1871, ran northerly from the River Raisin. Nevin Custer farmed it until his death. The present Custer Airport, created…
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/HMEFH_the-battle-of-bloody-run_Detroit-MI.html
Near this site, in late July 1763, the British and Indians fought the fiercest battle of Chief Pontiac's uprising. As Captain James Dalyell led about 260 soldiers across Parent's Creek, the Indians launched a surprise attack which devastated the B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEFG_elmwood-cemetery_Detroit-MI.html
In 1846 when this was a farm on the outskirts of Detroit, a group of gentlemen formed a corporation and purchased the land for use as a public cemetery. The trustees patterned the grounds after Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, an…