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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
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†
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 ...
James T. Milliken (1882–1952), mayor of Traverse City and member of the Michigan Senate; James W. Milliken (1848–1908), member of the Michigan Senate; William Milliken (1922–2019), 44th and longest-serving Governor of Michigan [15] Howard Walker (born 1954), member of the Michigan House of Representatives and Michigan Senate
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 ...
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 ...
Montcalm County (/ ˈ m ɒ n t k ɔː l m / MONT-kawlm) is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 66,614. [2] The county is geographically located in the West Michigan region of the Lower Peninsula. The county seat is Stanton, and the largest city is Greenville. [3]
Dearborn Heights is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. An inner-ring suburb of Detroit, Dearborn Heights is located about 12 miles (19 km) west of downtown Detroit. The city shares a small border with Detroit, and is considered a bedroom community. [5] As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 63,292. [6]