Hull's Trace

Hull's Trace (HM1RTN)

Location: Brownstown Charter Township, MI 48173 Wayne County
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Country: United States of America
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N 42° 2.597', W 83° 12.78'

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Side AIn April 1812, as the United States prepared for a possible war with Great Britain, Michigan Territorial Governor William Hull, became the commander of the Army of the Northwest. His first task was to lead his army from Dayton, Ohio, to Detroit, building Hull's Trace, a two hundred mile long road, as it marched. The army left Dayton on June 1. As it cut the trace through the wilderness from Urbana north, it laid logs crosswise across swampy areas to create a rough but stable corduroy roadbed that could support supply wagons. In late June, a detachment from Frenchtown commanded by Hubert Lacroix also worked on the road, attempting to follow a route laid out under an 1808 territorial Legislative Council act. On June 1812, war was declared; Hull's army arrived at Detroit on July 5th
Side B
Hull's Trace, which linked Detroit and Ohio, was to be the Michigan Territory's inland lifeline during the war of 1812. However, the Detroit River and Lake Erie gave the British easy access to the Michigan portion of the road. American efforts to use the road to bring supplies and men from Frenchtown, present-day Monroe, were foiled twice before Hull surrendered Detroit on August 16, 1812. After the war the Hull's Trace route was used for ever-improving roads, beginning in 1817 with a new military road. In 2000 low water levels in the Huron River revealed a quarter mile of the old corduroy road, lying three to six feet under Jefferson Avenue. Axe marks were visible on some of the logs. This rare example of a surviving corduroy road is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
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HM NumberHM1RTN
Marker Number8725
Year Placed2012
Placed ByMichigan Historical Commission-Michigan Historical Center
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Friday, April 22nd, 2016 at 9:02am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17T E 316844 N 4656951
Decimal Degrees42.04328333, -83.21300000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 42° 2.597', W 83° 12.78'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds42° 2' 35.82" N, 83° 12' 46.8" W
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Area Code(s)734
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling North
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 36495 W Jefferson Ave, Brownstown Charter Township MI 48173, US
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