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A camp in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, was named after MG Lucas in honor of his service. [12] The polo field at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, was renamed Lucas Field in his honor. Lucas was widely known as a polo player in his youth. Lucas Street at Fort Sill is also named in his honor. On June 28, 1962, Lucas Place at Fort Eustis was named in his honor.
In the late 1800s, the shipping canal at Sault Ste. Marie was widened, and the original site of Fort Brady was no longer deemed adequate. [3] General Philip Sheridan selected a more strategic site nearby, on higher ground, and in 1886 work began on constructing a new fort. [3] The new fort, known as "New Fort Brady," was completed in 1893. [3]
The mission of Kinross AAF was to serve as a refueling stop for aircraft headed for Alaska as well as to defend the locks of Sault Ste. Marie. However, no tactical units were assigned there during the war and the few support personnel who were stationed there were under the command of the 4250th Army Air Force Base Unit at Alpena AAF.
Sault Ste. Marie: The SS Valley Camp is a freighter boat that was launched in Lorain, Ohio, in 1917. The Valley Camp stretches 550 feet (170 m) overall with a 525-foot (160 m) keel. It served on the Great Lakes for almost 50 years, and in 1968 was turned into a museum ship. 25
Purchased by Le Sault de Sainte Marie Historical Sites, Inc., for $10,000, the ship was towed from Wisconsin to Sault Ste. Marie on July 6, 1968, during Sault Ste. Marie's tri-centennial celebration. As a museum ship, Valley Camp is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Sault Ste. Marie (/ ˈ s uː s eɪ n t m ə ˈ r iː / SOO-saynt-mə-REE) is a city in northern Ontario, Canada, on the north shore of the St. Mary's River directly across from its "twin city," Sault Ste. Marie, in the state of Michigan. The city's population was 72,051 at the 2021 census, making it the third most populous city in northern Ontario.
Based on a 1993 compact with the state, the tribe operates five casinos under the Kewadin Casinos name in Sault Ste. Marie, St. Ignace, Manistique, Christmas and Hessel. The tribe also owns and manages hotels at the Christmas, Sault Ste. Marie and St. Ignace casino sites. These tribal enterprises operate at a profit, generating revenues for the ...
Sault Ste. Marie was chosen as the county seat. [2] The Chippewa County Courthouse was built in 1877 for $20,000, [2] using a design by Detroit architect William Scott [3] and his son John. In 1904, a rear addition costing $25,000, [2] designed by R. C. Sweat, was added to the structure. A second addition was constructed in approximately 1930. [3]