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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XO6_milk-river-settlement-historical_Saint-Clair-Shores-MI.html
The strip of land at the mouth of the Milk River was named Pointe a Guignolet for a grape-link berry that the French fermented into brandy. It later became known as Gaukler Point. The 1702 map of Lac Sainte Claire, attributed to Detroit founder An…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XNQ_blossom-heath-inn-historical_Saint-Clair-Shores-MI.html
Matthew Kramer, a hotelier and yachtsman, built this roadhouse in 1911, naming it the Kramerhof. In 1920 the building was sold to William McIntosh, who renamed it the Blossom Heath Inn and added two large wings, which included an ornate ballroom. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XNP_shore-line-interurban-railway-historical_Saint-Clair-Shores-MI.html
The Detroit, Lake Shore, and Mt. Clemens Railway, also known as the Shore Line, began interurban rail service on September 28, 1898. The twenty-six mile route from Detroit followed Jefferson Avenue through Grosse Pointe and St. Clair Shores to Cro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XN4_selinsky-green-log-house-historical_Saint-Clair-Shores-MI.html
In 1868, when this area was covered with small farms, Prussian immigrants John and Mary Selinsky bought farm land in Erin Township and built this salt-box house using solid log construction covered with clapboard. The Selinskys gave the house to t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XMW_lake-st-clair-lac-sainte-claire-historical_Saint-Clair-Shores-MI.html
French explorers discovered and named Lake Saint Clair on August 12, 1679. Among the party of 34 men were voyageur Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle and Roman Catholic friar Father Louis Hennepin. Aboard the Griffon, the first sailing vessel…