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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FRY_picketts-corner_Dowagiac-MI.html
Tavern and Postoffice
Built by Selah Pickett 1844
Humphrey Stagecoach Line Stop
1844 - 1868
Placed by Captain Samuel Felt Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
And Lyell J. Wooster, Great Grandson
1955
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FC9_willis-m-farr_Dowagiac-MI.html
Farr Park is named for Michigan native and Civil War veteran Willis M. Farr, born August 1, 1844, who was an industrialist and a Dowagiac city alderman in the 1880's. Mr. Farr was a partner in Dowagiac Manufacturing Co., a maker of grain drills. L…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FC8_dowagiac-world-war-ii-korean-conflict-vietnam-war-memorial_Dowagiac-MI.html
Proudly we pay tribute to those who made the supreme sacrifice in World War II and Korea.
World War II
Arthur F. Abendroth · Charles W. Ball · John C. Clancy Jr. · Raymond Cowham · Alvin Cox · Bernhardt Dahlk…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FC7_19th-michigan-infantry-memorial_Dowagiac-MI.html
1861 - 1865
???The 19th Mich. Inf. Was organized at Dowagiac, ?62. Henry C. Gilbert, Colonel, left camp Sept. 14, ?62 with 995 men. Mustered out of service Jun. 10, ?65
???Total Enrollment ?????1206
???Killed in Action ?????54
???Died of Wounds …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FC3_dowagiac-world-war-i-memorial_Dowagiac-MI.html
(Southeast Panel)
"It is an investmentnot a losswhen a man gives his lifefor his country."
(Northeast Panel)
City of Dowagiac
Floyd Ibbotson ? Avery B. Wilkinson ? David H. Starrett ? Otis Messenger ? Elmer Matthews ? Maurice G. Lyon ? August K.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FBZ_indian-lake-cemetery_Dowagiac-MI.html
Indian Lake Cemetery has been in use since the 1840s and contains the remains of many of the earliest settlers of Silver Creek Township. Many of the community first funerals were held in a log schoolhouse immediately to the south of here. In 1852 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1808_dowagiac-civil-war-monument_Dowagiac-MI.html
(South Side)Erected byH.C. Gilbert Post No. 47 G.A.R.Comrs.Fred E. Lee, Prest.J. Edwards, 1st Vice Prest.H. Goddings, 2nd Vice Prest.H.S. McMaster, Sec.Willis M. Farr, Tres.
1861-1865
(North Side)Cass Countie's Tributeto the soldiers and sai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17ZO_first-methodist-episcopal-church_Dowagiac-MI.html
Circuit-riding ministers established a Methodist class in Silver Creek Township in 1843. Five families attended the earliest meetings, held in the home of Leroy L. Curtis, the first class leader. In 1844 the Reverend David Whitlock was appointed m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17ZM_sacred-heart-of-mary-catholic-church_Dowagiac-MI.html
Chief Leopold Pokagon and his tribe of Potawatomi Indians built a log church here in 1838 and deeded the forty acres of land on which it stood to the Catholic Bishop of Detroit. Pokagon, who came to Silver Creek Township from his village outside o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17ZI_st-pauls-church-episcopal-church_Dowagiac-MI.html
(Obverse Side)St. Paul's ChurchUnder the leadership of Justus Gage (1805-1875), this structure was built as a Universalist church. Completed at a cost of $3,000, it is Dowagiac's oldest public building. At the time of completion, it was the town's…