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Augustus Woodward's plan for the city following 1805 fire. Detroit, settled in 1701, is one of the oldest cities in the Midwest. It experienced a disastrous fire in 1805 which nearly destroyed the city, leaving little present-day evidence of old Detroit save a few east-side streets named for early French settlers, their ancestors, and some pear trees which were believed to have been planted by ...
2.5 miles (4.0 km) North of Manistique on Leduc Road, less than .25 miles (0.40 km) west of M-94, at Arrowhead Inn Point: Manistique vicinity April 2, 1957: Blaney Inn: 4395 State Hwy M77 Mueller Township: July 23, 1987: Manistique Pumping Station† Deer Street (US-2) Manistique: March 19, 1980: Seul Choix Pointe Lighthouse†
The Doughty House was built in about 1865 and purchased by Wilkinson Doughty, an early civic leader in Mt. Pleasant, in 1869. He was a founder of Central Michigan Normal School (now Central Michigan University), and lived here until his death in 1909. 2: Michigan Condensed Milk Factory: Michigan Condensed Milk Factory
Michigan's first NHLs were designated on October 9, 1960, when three locations were chosen. The latest designation was made on January 13, 2021. Eleven Historic Landmarks in Michigan are more specifically designated National Historic Landmark Districts, meaning that they cover a large area rather than a single building. [4]
Michigan Territory's legislative council voted to survey land for a route from the east to the west side of the territory in 1829, [6] following the St. Joseph Indian Trail. The road began at Sheldon Inn at the corner of what is now Michigan Avenue and Geddes Road (named for Washtenaw County settlers Robert and John Geddes) and ended at its ...
They generally lived in peace, trading European metal and textile goods for fur pelts. In 1806, Joseph and his wife Madeline La Framboise, who was Métis, traveled by canoe from Mackinac and established the first trading post in West Michigan in present-day Grand Rapids on the banks of the Grand River, near what is now Ada Township. They were ...
The house was originally built in 1927 and redesigned in 1984 by businessman Mark Slotkin. The property boasts a pool and private tennis court, alongside a two-story guesthouse and two-car garage.
The Michigan meridian is the principal meridian (or north–south line) used as a reference in the Michigan Survey, the survey of the U.S. state of Michigan in the early 19th century. It is located at 84 degrees, 21 minutes and 53 seconds west longitude. [1] It forms the boundary between several counties in the state.