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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZD2_richard-l-bettinger-memorial-gardens_Coldwater-MI.html
The gardens in the library park have been donated by the family of Richard L. Bettinger in honor of donors who contributed $500 or more to the renovation of the Naomi Davis Home, Branch County's shelterhouse. Individuals and organizations who made…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YCI_h-c-lewis-art-gallery-masonic-temple_Coldwater-MI.html
H.C. Lewis Art Gallery Businessman Henry Clay Lewis and his wife, Alma, built the original part of this structure in 1869 to house their extensive art collection and make it available to the public. The Italianate building complimented the Lewise…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B1H_state-public-school-at-coldwater-coldwater-regional-center_Coldwater-MI.html
State Public School at ColdwaterIn 1871 the Michigan legislature authorized the building of a special state public school to furnish temporary support and instruction for dependent and neglected children between the ages of four and sixteen until …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19ZK_harriet-quimby_Coldwater-MI.html
(Front Side)According to a long-standing Quimby family tradition, early aviatrix Harriet Quimby was born in the Coldwater area on May 1, 1875, to Ursula (Cook) and William Quimby. She spent her childhood in Arcadia, Michigan, and Arroyo Grande, Ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19FX_branch-cemetery_Coldwater-MI.html
The plat for the Village of Branch was signed the 16th day of March 1832 in Detroit by Sol. Sibley a Supreme Court judge for the Territory of Michigan. The proprietors Elisha Warren, De Gormo Jones, and Ebenezer S. Sibley also signed.  &…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19FW_branch-county-korean-and-vietnam-wars-memorial_Coldwater-MI.html
In honor of the men and women who served their God and Country during the Korean and Vietnam Wars
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19FV_branch-county-world-war-ii-memorial_Coldwater-MI.html
MemorialTo honor those valiant men and women of World War II who gave their lives for God and Country Paul Keller · Richard Symons · Donald Perry · Rollin Johnson · Marion Nutt · Donald Russell · Sidney…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19FT_first-presbyterian-church_Coldwater-MI.html
Organized in 1837, the same year that Coldwater became a village, the local Presbyterian society held services in various quarters until 1844 when it erected its first church. It completed the present Romanesque Revival-style brick church in 1869 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19FO_wing-house-museum_Coldwater-MI.html
(Front Side)This impressive Second Empire style home with mansard roof was constructed in 1875 for Jay M. Chandler (1850-1884) and his young bride Frances. On this site from 1847-1871 had stood the Parrish flouring mill. Jay, the fourth son of loc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19FN_governor-cyrus-gray-luce_Coldwater-MI.html
On this site lived Cyrus Gray Luce, twenty-seventh Governor of Michigan. Born in Ohio in 1824, he moved to Branch County about 1849. He soon became involved in township, local and state politics, serving on the Board of Agriculture, in the legisla…
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