On Business U.S. 127 at North/South Main Street, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 127Business .
This county was named for Gen. Charles Gratiot, builder of Fort Gratiot at Port Huron in 1814. A few Chippewas and other Indians lived in the area in 1831 when the county was laid out. A Lutheran Indian mission was set up in 1846 near what is now . . . — — Map (db m90001) HM
On West Center Street at North Maple Street, on the right when traveling west on West Center Street.
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Henry R. Pattengill (1852-1918) was Michigan superintendent of public instruction from 1893 to 1897. As a textbook author, an orator and editor of Moderator-Topics, a journal for educators, he shaped Michigan's . . . — — Map (db m91669) HM
On West Center Street near North Maple Street, on the right when traveling west.
Superintendent of Ithaca public schools from 1876 to 1884.
He devoted the best years of his young manhood to the lasting benefit of Gratiot's girls and boys who passed under his instruction.
This monument is erected on the site of the old . . . — — Map (db m91670) HM