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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B28_blakes-opera-house_Grand-Ledge-MI.html
Constructed in 1884 as a roller skating rink, this building was purchased by Peter Blake and opened as Blake's Opera House in 1886. Here, audiences enjoyed talent shows, vaudeville, silent movies and athletic contests. Between 1928 and 1984, the S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B26_shane-jewelry-company_Grand-Ledge-MI.html
This plaque is issued by the
Historical Society of Michigan
in recognition of
Shane
Jewelry Company
founded in 1883
for more than 100 years of
continuous operation in service
to the people of Michigan
and for contributing to the
economic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AZN_governor-frank-d-fitzgerald-home_Grand-Ledge-MI.html
Governor Frank D. Fitzgerald Home
Here lived Frank D. Fitzgerald who served his first term as governor 1935-36. His second term, starting in January 1939, was cut short by his death in this house in March of that year. Born in Grand Ledge in 1885…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AZ5_bring-bricks-back-to-nature_Grand-Ledge-MI.html
With over 40,000 bricks produced a day there were bound to be a few bad bricks. As you walk deeper into the wooded trails look closely at what appears to be hills of trees and vegetation. LOOK AGAIN - these hills are the remains of discarded brick…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AZ4_why-lincoln-bricks-were-better_Grand-Ledge-MI.html
This building, known as the New Boiler room, was attached to a unit known as the gas producers. This gas was produced from coal. Producer gas was different from illuminating gases because no by-products such as smoke or coal tar were released. The…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AZ3_through-fire-depression-and-war-the-legend-lives-on_Grand-Ledge-MI.html
Although currently only a partial wall of this 300 foot kiln remains, this brick factory has withstood over a century of brick production through five separate owners, a fire which spread throughout the plant in 1927, the depression era of the '30…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AZ2_fitzgerald-park_Grand-Ledge-MI.html
Migrant Indian tribes led by the famous Chief Okemos called this area "Big Rocks." They came here in early spring to tap the sugar maples. Later, the beauty of the ledges and woods attracted the Grand Ledge Spiritualist Camp Association which, in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AY3_quarrying-and-carrying_Grand-Ledge-MI.html
The large pieces of shale rock that were dynamited from the quarry were carried up to the top of this hill by mining carts and dumped into the crusher which pulverized these 400 pound slabs into a dusty chalk which was sent down to the Pug Mill ro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AY1_where-you-are-standing-wasn-t-always-woods_Grand-Ledge-MI.html
Looking at this wooded park it is hard to imagine that from 1914 to 1947 this area was cleared of trees and was the home of up to 11 buildings which made up a brick factory. The longest of which was the kiln reaching some 300 feet from this point …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AXY_the-old-boiler-room-and-sand-house_Grand-Ledge-MI.html
The structure in front of you was referred to by many of the workers as the old boiler room, being the original boiler room for the factory. Through changes in ownership and updating of equipment this building was turned into a storehouse once the…