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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VWG_americas-first-bessemer-steel-mill-historical_Wyandotte-MI.html
Eber B. Ward, pioneer industrialist in many fields, built the Eureka Iron Works in Wyandotte in 1854. Here iron ore from Upper Michigan was smelted into iron in furnaces that were heated by charcoal made from wood cut in the surrounding forests. H…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VV7_preservation-park-historical_Canton-MI.html
In 1989, the Bartlett Travis house was relocated to this site from Warren and Canton Center and in 1993, restoration commenced. After a complete restoration it was dedicated to the community in 2002. In 1995, the Canton Historical Society built a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VV6_palmer-shed-historical_Canton-MI.html
This shed, built in the 1830's was donated by Richard and Joan Palmer, from their family farm which was located on the south side of Warren Rd., between Beck and Ridge Roads.
This farm was land granted by the U.S. Government to Arunah Bradner i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VV2_the-historic-cady-barn-historical_Canton-MI.html
Dedicated to
The Canton Community
October 2006 as
The Cady - Boyer Barn
Originally built before the Civil War, this barn was enlarged and remodeled in 1908 by Aruna Cady, son of one of Canton's first pioneering families. This Barn has been m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VV1_canton-pioneer-home-historical_Canton-MI.html
In the late 1820's, pioneers began settling the Cherry Hill area of Canton, following an Indian trail - a high, sandy and dry ridge that once was the beach of an Ice Age Lake, which today is known as Ridge Rd.
In 1827 Hugh Clyde received a land…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VUB_farming-in-canton-historical_Canton-MI.html
Canton's loamy soil was a natural draw
to the region's settlers. From 1825 to the 1960s farming was the main vocation in Canton. At first, self-sustaining farms provided the only food and income for a family. By the 1920s, automobiles, tractors a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VR3_bartlett-travis-house-historical_Canton-MI.html
The Barlett[sic]-Travis house embodies three distinct architectural periods of S.E. Michigan. Donated to Canton in 1988, it was moved to this site in 1989 and restoration began in earnest in 1993. In 2002, the house was completed and opened to the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VOK_cherry-hill-village-historical_Canton-MI.html
Cherry Hill Village originated in the 1830s
at the crossroads of Cherry Hill and Ridge Roads. As the economic and social center for the area, local families came here to trade at the general store, to pick up mail, to get shoes for themselves and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VNR_cherry-hill-cemetery-historical_Canton-MI.html
1828 - Granted from the U.S. government
1867 - Property deeded to trustees as a burial ground
1905 - Cherry Hill Cemetery Association was formed.
Managed by the Cherry Hill Cemetery Association as a non-profit association.
This marker placed 1991
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VN7_cherry-hill-cemetery-historical_Canton-MI.html
Walking among the headstones
of Canton's pioneer families, one cannot escape their contribution to American history. You see the Hustons, the Lewises, the Gills, and veterans from every war, beginning with the War of 1812 through modern times. Th…