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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BTZ_st-clair-river-habitat-restoration_Marine-City-MI.html
The St. Clair River is part of the connecting channels between Lake Huron and Lake Erie. It is a 40 mile strait that flows south from Lake Huron to Lake St. Clair. The river serves as a navigational passage as well as an ecosystem for a great dive…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BQX_site-of-gumm-furniture-store_Rogers-City-MI.html
From 1897 until 2006, this corner lot at the center of Rogers City's business district was occupied by the imposing two-story, frame building shown in the photo. Originally a furniture store operated by Julius Gumm, the building was purchased in 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BQU_emergency-steering-wheel_Rogers-City-MI.html
An emergency steering wheel like this would have been found on steam-powered freighters operated by the Rogers City-based Bradley Transportation Line, which carried limestone from the Port of Calcite to locations throughout the Great Lakes from 19…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BQQ_site-of-rogers-citys-first-flour-mill_Rogers-City-MI.html
The earliest building on this site seems to have been Rogers City's first flour mill, where wheat grown locally was ground into flour. That mill was destroyed by fire in the fall of 1913.
Sometime after that, David McKenzie operated an auto serv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BQN_port-of-calcite-entry-light_Rogers-City-MI.html
For many decades, the "Calcite Light" greeted ships entering the harbor at Rogers City's Port of Calcite, the world's largest limestone quarry. Although the early history of this light is unknown, when it was manufactured in the early 19…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BQL_site-of-emil-lizzie-poch-hardware-store_Rogers-City-MI.html
Emil and Lizzie Poch purchased this property in 1890. The following year they had a building erected, in which they operated a hardware store. They later also sold dry goods and groceries.
In 1925, the owners of Lee's Hardware in Alpena leased t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BQJ_site-of-frederick-denny-larke-home_Rogers-City-MI.html
This parcel of property is historically important for several reasons. The home of Frederick Denny Larke was located along the Third Street side of the lot. Larke was one of the founders of Rogers City and a successful businessman with diverse com…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BP7_saint-andrews-parish-saint-andrews-church_Algonac-MI.html
Saint Andrew's Parish
Beginning in 1845 the Reverend Andrew Jamieson, an Anglican missionary, served Saint John the Baptist Church on nearby Walpole Island, Ontario. In the early 1860s, Jamieson (1814-1885) established a mission in Algonac. He co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BP6_clay-township-library_Algonac-MI.html
This Greek Revival home was built by Charles H. Beers around 1849. In 1914 it became the home and office of Dr. Walter E. Bostwick, who died in 1943. His widow, Cordella Sheill Bostwick, lived in the house until her death in 1948. In 1949 the buil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BOQ_water-speed-capital_Algonac-MI.html
For more than a century, Algonac has played a leading role in ship building, from sailing cargo ships to large pleasure craft, racing boats and World War II landing craft. Between 1921 and 1932 Christopher Smith and Gar Wood built ten Miss America…