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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM28Y0_first-congregational-church-and-society_Owosso-MI.html
In 1840 thirteen people founded a Presbyterian congregation on the principles of opposition to slavery and "total abstinence from all intoxicating liquors as a beverage." It was the first church established in Owosso. In 1853 the congregation reorganized as…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM29R3_lake-huron_Millersburg-MI.html
This, the fifth largest lake in the world, was the first of the Great Lakes seen by white men. By following the Ottawa River route, Samuel de Champlain in 1615 came to the "Freshwater Sea." It was half a century before the French fully understood …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM29R4_forty-mile-point-lighthouse-lake-huron-graveyard-of-ships_Rogers-City-MI.html
side 1: Forty Mile Point Lighthouse
During the late 1800s, the U.S. Lighthouse Board created a system of coastal lights along Lake Huron's Michigan shore so that mariners would always be within sight of at least one.
With a light south of Forty Mile Po…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM29UU_bishops-residence_Detroit-MI.html
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This Tudor Revival residence was constructed in the mid-1920s. The Boston architectural firm of Maginnis and Walsh designed the house for the Catholic bishop of Detroit during the tenure of Michael J. Gallagher. Its ecclesiastical origins are visibl…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2A43_st-pauls-episcopal-church_Flint-MI.html
The Reverend Daniel Brown came to this area in 1839 to help form a new Episcopal parish. He became the first rector of St. Paul's in 1840 when it received canonical sanction. The congregation met in a temporary chapel and then in a small church before the p…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2A55_first-congregational-church-of-charlotte_Charlotte-MI.html
This handsome brick church was completed in 1881. Seven persons organized the congregation in 1851 in nearby Carmel Township. Moving to Charlotte the next year, they held services in the wooden courthouse and in 1856 built the city's first place of worship.…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2A5J_lawrence-avenue-methodist-episcopal-church_Charlotte-MI.html
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Served for many years by circuit riding ministers, the Methodist congregation dates from 1838, making it Charlotte's oldest religious society. People worshipped at the home of Jonathan Searles, in a temporary courtroom in the Eagle Hotel, and in the…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2AHS_greenbush-school_Greenbush-MI.html
Built in 1870, across from the township hall, Greenbush School is one of Alcona County's pioneer schools. It remained a part of the Alcona County educational system until 1947. The school began with twenty-five students, kindergarten through eighth grade. D…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2AN7_st-bernard-catholic-church_-.html
In 1861 Bishop Frederic Baraga (1797-1868) trod through snow and icy waters from Sault Ste. Marie to Alpena where he founded a Catholic church. However, it was not until 1866 that Father Patrick Murray became the first resident pastor of the church dedicate…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2AN8_alpena-city-hall_Alpena-MI.html
Located on the Government Square, City Hall remains one of Alpena's most prominent structures. In 1904 when the city council chose to construct the building of Bedford (Indiana) limestone rather than local limestone or concrete from Alpena's blossoming ceme…