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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XPY_st-johns-episcopal-church-historical_Clinton-MI.html
In 1835, under the leadership of the Reverend William N. Lyster, this church was founded as St. Patrick's Episcopal Church. The Reverend Lyster had organized a church in nearby Tecumseh in 1833, and this church was a mission of that pioneer parish…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XPW_clinton-woolen-mill-historical_Clinton-MI.html
The Clinton Woolen Mill was a vital part of the economy of this area for over 90 years. Clinton's original mill was completed in 1867 at a cost of $95,000. Fire destroyed that structure in 1886. In less than a year, the mill was back in operation …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LJ5_st-josephs-church-st-josephs-shrine_Onsted-MI.html
St. Joseph's Church
St. Joseph's Church originated as a missionary church during the 1850s. Priests from Adrian, Clinton, Manchester, Tecumseh and Monroe served the parish until the first resident priest arrived in 1954. The original church, whic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LGO_st-michael-and-all-angels-church_Brooklyn-MI.html
The Reverend William Narcissus Lyster founded St. Michael and All Angels Church in 1843. One of only four Episcopal clergy in Michigan at the time, Lyster established several churches in the area. In 1855 the Right Reverend Samuel A. McCoskry, the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN72_woodstock-manual-labor-institute_Addison-MI.html
Prior Foster, an Ohio Negro, began this school "in the woods" in 1844 and four years later it was incorporated. Designed to serve "colored people and others," the Institute taught a full range of subjects and was one of the nation's first integrat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIHX_erie-kalamazoo-railroad_Blissfield-MI.html
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The first railroad operated west of the Alleghenies, the Erie and Kalamazoo, was chartered on April 22, 1833 to connect Port Lawrence (later named Toledo) with the Kalamazoo River via Adrian. A horse-drawn car made the fi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIHU_erie-and-kalamazoo-rail-road-rail-road_Blissfield-MI.html
[Front side of Marker]:Erie and Kalamazoo Rail Road
The first railway in the Northwest Territory, the Erie and Kalamazoo Rail Road linked the east coast with the Michigan Territory and points westward. The E&K was chartered on April 22, 1833, t…