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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIHU_erie-and-kalamazoo-rail-road-rail-road_Blissfield-MI.html
[Front side of Marker]:Erie and Kalamazoo Rail Road
The first railway in the Northwest Territory, the Erie and Kalamazoo Rail Road linked the east coast with the Michigan Territory and points westward. The E&K was chartered on April 22, 1833, t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIH1_erie-and-kalamazoo-railroad_Ottawa-Lake-MI.html
On April 22, 1833, the Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad was granted a charter by the Legislature of the Territory of Michigan and was built and in operation a year before Michigan was a state. It was to connect Toledo (then called Port Lawrence and con…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIGC_birthplace-of-old-rugged-cross_Albion-MI.html
"The Old Rugged Cross," one of the world's best-loved hymns, was composed here in 1912 by the Rev. George Bennard (1873-1958). The son of an Ohio coal miner, Bennard was a lifelong servant of God, chiefly in the Methodist ministry. He wrote the wo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIGB_albion-college_Albion-MI.html
Methodists obtained a charter for Spring Arbor Seminary from the Territorial Council of Michigan in March, 1835. Later the institution was established in Albion on land donated by Jesse Crowell, a leading Albion pioneer and benefactor. In 1841 the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIGA_the-observatory_Albion-MI.html
The Albion College Astronomical Observatory was built in 1883-84 at the urging of Dr. Samuel Dickie, who later became president of the college. Dickie helped raise $10,000 to build and equip the facility. The observatory still harbors its original…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIG9_birthplace-of-famed-song_Albion-MI.html
It was in the spring of 1911 that two freshmen at Albion College, Byron D. Stokes and F. Dudleigh Vernor, wrote the words and music for a song they called "The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi." The song made a hit with their fraternity brothers, and reque…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIFW_indian-trading-post_Monroe-MI.html
Site of earlyIndian Trading PostTablets placedBy the Womenof theCivic ImprovementSocietyOf Monroe
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIFT_old-whipping-post_Monroe-MI.html
Public whipping for minor crime was a custom brought from New England by Monroe's earliest American settler's. Not general in the midwest, the punishment was administered here chiefly to ne'er-do-wells whom the citizens wished to be rid of.
Pet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIDK_doctor-eduard-dorsch_Monroe-MI.html
Although Dr. Dorsch, born in Bavaria, was a competent physician with degrees from Munich & Vienna, he was exiled when the 1848 Germain Revolution failed. In Monroe his love of freedom led him to make this home a station on the Underground Railroad…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIDI_monroe-county-since-1817_Monroe-MI.html
Monroe County was established in July, 1817, as one of the first steps in the organization of Michigan Territory after the War of 1812.
Then the old settlement of Frenchtown which centered upon this square took the name of Monroe and became the…