This arch was built in 1928 by O.E. Mott. The base was constructed of hollow Terra Cotta block with cement coating to resemble rock. The 22 foot concrete arch was designed in the El Trabajo rustic style, making the 20 inch lighted Clearwater . . . — — Map (db m159991) HM
Dedicated to the men and women who served in the armed forces of our nation
Rollin Township dedicates this monument to all veterans — — Map (db m165592) WM
This bicentennial memorial is dedicated
to commemorate all those patriots living
and dead-who offered their lives in service to this country, to win and preserve
our cherished freedom and liberty
may those who follow us strive with diligence to . . . — — Map (db m165665) WM
Murray D. Van Wagoner Memorial Bridge
The Michigan State Highway
Department built the steel - beamed
Murray D. Van Wagoner Bridge over
Silver Creek in 1935 at a cost of
$35,700. The federal relief project
helped the community by . . . — — Map (db m165599) HM
Seneca Township children
attended school here, on
the Wilson Farm, as early
as 1857. As school
inspector, Simon Wilson
oversaw construction and
maintenance of schools
for fifteen years. In
1899 his son Charles sold
land to the district, . . . — — Map (db m165615) HM
This tablet is placed here by the members of the
Ogden United Methodist Church as of the closing
on June 7, 1992.
This is the site of the Ogden Evangelical Church
begun in 1868.
In 1957 it became the Ogden Evangelical United
Brethren . . . — — Map (db m188439) HM
In 1850 the Reverend Robert
Wooden built this school,
located in Cambridge School
District No. 6. It is an example
of early fieldstone construction, commonly found in the
southern part of the Lower
Peninsula. The school closed
in 1955, and in . . . — — Map (db m161144) HM
Dedicated
July 4th 1932
in memory of the
undaunted faith
of the
Irish pioneers
whose bodies rest in
this hallowed ground
and of Father
Gabriel Richard,
pioneer missionary,
who in 1826 sponsored
the building of the
Chicago Pike
which . . . — — Map (db m165614) HM
Annie Oakley's real name was Phoebe Moses and she was born in Darke County, Ohio in 1860. She helped her family survive by hunting and selling game, or wild animals. Though she learned to use a rifle for practical reasons, she eventually became a . . . — — Map (db m228054) HM
Bill Pickett was born December 5, 1870 in Williamson County, Texas. He was an American rodeo cowboy who introduced bulldogging, a modern rodeo event that involves wresting a running steer to the ground. Pickett was descended from American Indians . . . — — Map (db m228051) HM
,br>The oldest evidence of the use of a bow and arrow was
found in South Africa from about 64,000 years ago. The
earliest use of the bow and arrow in the Americas was by
the Native Americans for hunting and tribal warfare.
Archery was very . . . — — Map (db m228010) HM
Born near LeClaire in Scott County, Iowa, on February 26, 1846, William F. Cody worked for a freight company as a messenger and wrangler before trying his luck as a prospector in the Pikes Peak Gold Rush in 1859. the next year, at age 14, Cody . . . — — Map (db m228012) HM
Robert Leroy Parker was a train robber and outlaw who went by the name of "Butch Cassidy." He was born in 1866 after his parents settled in Mormon Country in Utah. As a teenager he fell under the influence of a cowboy rustler named Mike Cassidy . . . — — Map (db m228014) HM
Calamity Jane was born on May 1, 1852 near Princeton, Missouri. The myths and fabrications concerning the life of Calamity Jane are so numerous it is difficult to discover her true story. Legend has it that at various times Jane worked as a . . . — — Map (db m228049) HM
David Crockett was a celebrated 19th-century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier, and politician. He represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives, served in the Texas Revolution, and died as a result of the Battle of the Alamo. . . . — — Map (db m228053) HM
John Henry "Doc" Holliday was a gambler, gunman, and loyal friend to Wyatt Earp. He was born in Georgia in 1851 and it is believed he graduated from a dental college in Pennsylvania or Maryland around 1872. He practiced dentistry for a short time . . . — — Map (db m228018) HM
George Armstrong Cuter is one of the best known figures in American history and in popular mythology long after his death at the hands of Lakota and Cheyenne Warriors at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Custer was born in New Rumley, Ohio, but . . . — — Map (db m228016) HM
In 1829, Geronimo was born in southern Arizona given the name Goyathlay, meaning "one who owns yawns." The Mexicans later gave him the name Geronimo, which is Spanish for Jerome. After his mother, wife, and children were massacred by Mexicans in . . . — — Map (db m228021) HM
"Mystery Hill" has been entertaining and amazing folks since 1952. Thousands have driven miles and miles to see and feel the amazing force of gravity, and to witness how the laws of nature have seem to have gone wacky. Enjoy your visit and tell a . . . — — Map (db m226831) HM
Seen by some as a vicious murderer and others as a gallant Robin Hood, the famous outlaw Jesse Woodson James was born September 5 in 1847, in Cay County, Missouri. Jesse and his older brother Franklin lost their father in 1849, when the Reverend . . . — — Map (db m228055) HM
This boulder marks La Plaisance Bay Pike from Monroe to Cambridge Junction surveyed 1830 also Springville Inn built 1841 used by Irish Hills and Cambridge pioneers as a center for political and debating - gatherings, etc. — — Map (db m228060) HM
Lassos are typically used to catch large animals like horses and bulls. Some people say Native Americans invented the lasso, but others say ancient Greeks used them first. Ancient Greeks were said to use them to fight people in wars, but in the . . . — — Map (db m228052) HM
In its early days, the town of Deadwood took pride in being lawless, murdering anyone who dared to bring civility. After the death of Wild Bill Hickock and the acquittal of his killer, Jack McCall, it became apparent that Deadwood needed law and . . . — — Map (db m228011) HM
Born in the Grand River Valley in what is now South Dakota, Sitting Bull, or Tatanka Yotanka, received early recognition from his tribe as a warrior and man of vision. During his youth he joined in the usual tribe as a warrior and man of vision. . . . — — Map (db m228008) HM
St. Joseph's Church
St. Joseph's Church originated as a missionary church during the 1850s. Priests from Adrian, Clinton, Manchester, Tecumseh and Monroe served the parish until the first resident priest arrived in 1954. The original church, . . . — — Map (db m165289) HM
Born in Illinois in 1837, James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok first gained notoriety as a gunfighter in 1861 when he coolly shot three men who were trying to kill him. A highly sensationalized account of the gunfight appeared six years later in the . . . — — Map (db m228017) HM
Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp was born in 1848 in Monmouth, Illinois. The third of five sons born to Nicholas and Virginia Ann Earp, he spent his early life in Illinois and Iowa. As a young teenager, Wyatt repeatedly tried to run away and join his . . . — — Map (db m228015) HM
Sixteen persons from Presbyterian congregations in Tecumseh, Blissfield and Adrian founded this church in 1836. The following year the Reverend John Walker became their minister. They held services in a schoolhouse on the west side of the River . . . — — Map (db m132040) HM
This memorial is dedicated to the residents of Riga Township
who served their country in times of war and peace and
to those who gave up their lives to protect our country
Dedicated Memorial Day May 30, 1994 — — Map (db m165610) WM
In memory of
the men and women,
both living and dead,
who served their
country.
When you speak our name
we are not forgotten
Clarence Bixler 26, Nov. 1943 •
Miller C. Green 11, Dec. 1944 •
Rexford J. Hayes 20. Dec. 1944 •
Robert M. Munk . . . — — Map (db m216348) WM
Side 1
Al Meyers, a native of Allenhurst, New Jersey, settled in this area in 1939, after accepting a government contract to manufacture planes for pilot training. Prior to that he had visited the area as a barnstormer, selling airplane . . . — — Map (db m176745) HM
Musgrove Evans built this dwelling in 1826. It is the oldest frame house in
Tecumseh and believed to be the oldest still standing in Lenawee County. Evans was a pioneer settler in this area. He platted the village of Tecumseh, served as its first . . . — — Map (db m159742) HM
"Let us go to work at once to prepare a suitable monument to their memory. Let the monument be located in a conspicuous place in our beautiful village cemetery." - May 31, 1865 letter to the editor, Tecumseh Herald
Tecumseh was one of . . . — — Map (db m160904) HM
In 1832 the Federal Government appropriated funds for
survey and construction of a road which was to begin
at La Plaisance Bay, near Monroe. The road was to pass
through Tecumseh, and join with the Chicago Road at Cambridge Junction. The road . . . — — Map (db m165594) HM
This boulder marks the location of the first house in Lenawee County erected by Musgrove Evans and his wife Abi Evans
June 2 1824
Dedicated June 2 1909
by The Pioneers Association — — Map (db m165596) HM
1. Sutton Opera House (1879-1968) (Northwest Block)
2. Beardsley House (1832) (Corner of Chicago Blvd. & North Union Street)
3. Carnegie Library (1905) (Corner of Maiden Lane & Chicago Blvd.)
4. The Old Stone Church (1913) (Corner of Oneida . . . — — Map (db m165631) HM
Erected to the honor
of
the men and women of Tecumseh
who served in
the Army and Navy
of
the United States
during
the World War
1914 — 1918
★ ★ ★
Presented by . . . — — Map (db m160906) WM
In Memoriam
U.S.S. Maine
Destroyed in Havana Harbor
February 15th 1898
This tablet is cast from metal recovered from the U.S.S. Maine — — Map (db m160908) WM
Plaque 1:
"We here highly resolve
that these dead shall
not have died in vain"
Abraham Lincoln
Edward Brazee 1934
Orville Gove 1931
Jack Hammel 1939
Nelson Hoekstra 1939
James O'Neil 1942
Gale Taylor 1943 . . . — — Map (db m160907) WM
Dedicated to those
who served in the
War on
Global Terrorism
Kosovo • Gulf War - Desert Storm
Bosnia • Afghanistan
Somalia • Iraq War — — Map (db m160902) WM
In 1834 Henry W. Sisson of New York settled here and built a log tavern, located on Evans Lake where the Chicago Road enters the Irish Hills. The tavern was purchased in 1839 by John Davenport, who owned the property until 1864. During this time the . . . — — Map (db m103701) HM
Rev. Jehiel Wisner
1762-1839
American Soldier
1779-1781
and his wife
Susanna Chandler
Abram C. Wisner
1799-1867
and wife
Sarah Wisner
Came from Niagara
County, New York by ox
team across Canada to
Michigan in 1862 and . . . — — Map (db m165634) HM
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