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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X0N_juniata-house-historical_Vassar-MI.html
In 1851, Patrick McGlone (1810-1884) settled near here. Later, he built a one-story building that he named "Juniata House" where he provided lodging and food for travelers, as well as "good Barns" stocked "with hay and grain." His family served tr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X0M_watrousville-united-methodist-church-historical_Caro-MI.html
Circuit riders, who traveled through local villages, served the Watrousville United Methodist Church when it was established in 1856. The congregation became known as the Wastrousville Charge in 1861. In 1865 the first trustees of the congregation…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X0J_watrous-general-store-historical_Vassar-MI.html
Aaron Watrous and his crew of loggers came here in 1852 to cut the virgin pine of the Cass River Valley. In 1860 he platted the town, naming it Watrousville, and a few years later constructed this building as a general store. The flagpole in front…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X04_frankenhilf-historical_Reese-MI.html
In 1849 Pastor Ferdinand Sievers of Bay County purchased over fifteen hundred acres of virgin forest here in Tuscola County to establish a colony of immigrants from revolution-torn Germany. A year later two families under the leadership of Pastor …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X02_the-bavarian-colony-of-frankenhilf-historical_Reese-MI.html
One of four Bavarian settlements in the Saginaw Valley was founded here in June 1850, with the arrival of two families and a pastor. Frankenhilf, which means "Help of the Franconians" remained the community name until it later was changed to Richv…