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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D7T_eisenmann-enteman-building_Monroe-MI.html
Eisenmann-Enteman Building. Built circa 1860's. United States Department of the Interior Certified Historic Property Old Village Historic District Reborn 1986 River Raisin Properties Limited Partnership. var plainText = doc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D7C_joseph-loranger-1817_Monroe-MI.html
Joseph Loranger 1817. . This ground and the Public Square was granted by Joseph Loranger in 1817 to the County of Monroe for public puroses. var plainText = document.getElementById('inscription1').innerText; docume…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D5O_monroe-bank-and-trust_Monroe-MI.html
Monroe Bank and Trust. Michigan Centennial Business. This plaque is issued by the Historical Society of Michigan in recognition of Monroe Bank and Trust founded in 1858 for more than 100 years of continuous operation in service to the people…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AKQ_lutherans-in-monroe-county_Monroe-MI.html
German pioneers who began settling this area in 1828 formed Monroe County's first Lutheran church here in 1834. The Rev. Friedrich Schmid became their first pastor, traveling by horseback from Ann Arbor. The growing congregation incorporated as Zo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20WL_laplaisance-bay_Monroe-MI.html
LaPlaisance Bay - the pleasant bay - was named in 1679 by Robert De LaSalle. After the War of 1812, it became part of the United States. In 1820 Maj. John Whipple was appointed keeper of the LaPlaisance Bay lighthouse. April 19, 1825 Col. John And…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20WC_lake-erie_Monroe-MI.html
Named for the Erie Indians, this was the last of the Great Lakes discovered by white men. The French were exploring the upper lakes as early as 1615, but they avoided the region to the south, which was the realm of hostile Iroquois Indians. Then i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM205Z_milan-village-hall-and-fire-barn_Milan-MI.html
Constructed in 1897
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WJ4_michigan-historic-crossroads-michigan-twenty-sixth-state-historical_Monroe-MI.html
Michigan: Historic Crossroads Because of its location in the heart of the upper Great Lakes, Michigan has been a historic crossroads. Its waterways and trails were favorite routes of Indians many centuries ago. French explorers first entered Mich…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WH4_dundee-hub-of-the-highways-historical_Dundee-MI.html
The first land patent for land in the Village of Dundee, was issued to William Remington, from Livingston County, New York, on July 23, 1823. Riley Ingersoll, Dundee's first white settler, settled here in 1824. The settlement was named Dundee by E…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WGW_dundees-old-mill-historical_Dundee-MI.html
Dundee's first saw mill was built here in 1828, by Riley Ingersoll and Samuel and William Gale, on land acquired by William Remington, July 28, 1823. A brush and dirt dam was constructed across the River Raisin in 1827, by Riley Ingersoll and Geor…
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