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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UNU_the-hessler-log-home-historical_Traverse-City-MI.html
In 1854-1856 this log home was built in the southern part of the Old Mission Peninsula by early settlers, Mary & Joseph Hessler. The huge logs cut from pine trees were hand hewn and stacked on top of each other to form the walls, while modified do…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UNR_the-old-mission-church-historical_Traverse-City-MI.html
This building is a replica of the original mission church which was erected in 1839 by the Reverend Peter Dougherty, a Presbyterian missionary, who came here from Mackinaw to establish the first mission in this part of the country. Originally the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UNP_welcome-home-vietnam-veterans-a-war-memorial_Traverse-City-MI.html
The Traverse City Auto Dealers are proud to honor the Veterans of Vietnam at this park site marking the entrance to the Central Business District. Welcome to Traverse City. [Auto Dealers not transcribed] "Armed Forces Day" - May 21, 1988
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UNG_hesler-log-house-historical_Traverse-City-MI.html
(Side A) The Hesler house is a rare surviving log house dating from the early settlement of the Old Mission Peninsula. From 1854 to 1856, Joseph and Mary Hesler built the house of hand hewn pine and hemlock logs fourteen miles south of here on th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UNE_site-of-lighthouse-privy-historical_Traverse-City-MI.html
The bathroom of earlier days was not much like the bathrooms of today. With no indoor plumbing, most privies or outhouses were holes in the ground with sheds and seats over them and were located several feet from the main home. When the hole fille…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UND_oil-house-historical_Traverse-City-MI.html
When lighthouses first operated, sperm whale oil used to fuel the lamps was kept in the basement. However, in the late 1800s, when kerosene was introduced as fuel for the lights, it was much too flammable and dangerous to store in the Lighthouse, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UNC_a-light-at-old-mission-historical_Traverse-City-MI.html
By the mid 1850's, shipping on Grand Traverse Bay had grown substantially. A Lighthouse on the northern tip of Old Mission Peninsula, to warn of the rocky point, was necessary. In 1859 Congress appropriated the funds, however the Light was not com…
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