This fort, built about 1715, put French soldiers at the Straits for the first time since 1701. French authority ceased in 1761 when the British troops entered the fort. On June 2, 1763, during Pontiac's uprising, Chippewa Indians seized the fort, …
1954 - 1958State of MichiganHon. G. Mennen Williams · GovernorMackinac Bridge Authority Prentiss M. Brown · ChairmanCharles T. Fisher, Jr. · Deceased; George A. OsbornMead L. Bricker; Murray D. Van WagonerWilliam J. Cochran; F…