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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Ingham County, Michigan
Adjacent to Ingham County, Michigan
▶ Clinton County (6) ▶ Eaton County (24) ▶ Jackson County (30) ▶ Livingston County (30) ▶ Shiawassee County (25)
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| On South Jefferson Street at Ingham Court, on the right when traveling north on South Jefferson Street. |
| | Named for Samuel Ingham, Secretary of the Treasury under Andrew Jackson, Ingham County was organized in 1838. In 1840 Mason became the county seat. The town’s wide public square had been designed as the county’s political and business center. The . . . — — Map (db m142680) HM |
| On Okemos Road at Mt. Hope Road, on the right when traveling north on Okemos Road. |
| | Erected to the memory
of
Chief Okemos
of the Chippewas
whose tribe once occupied the ground
upon which this school now stands.
* Brave in battle * Wise in council *
* Honorable in peace *
After his people became . . . — — Map (db m103011) HM |
| On Okemos Road at Hamilton Road, on the right when traveling north on Okemos Road. |
| | Chief Okemos
Okemos was born in Shiawassee County around 1775. He distinguished himself at the Battle of Sandusky during the War of 1812 and won the respect of the Saginaw Chippewa people. Chief Okemos later signed several treaties on behalf . . . — — Map (db m84683) HM |
| On State Highway 43 0.1 miles east of South Putnam Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | (Side 1)
Williamston grew where two Native American trails crossed. In 1834, settlers Hiram and Joseph Putnam built the north-south road that became Putnam Street. Construction of the Grand River Turnpike from Detroit to Grand Rapids in . . . — — Map (db m84507) HM |
| On High Street at North Cedar Street, on the right on High Street. |
| | (Side 1)
Beginning in the 1850s, Williamston Catholics worshipped with visiting priests. They often traveled ten miles by carriage or horseback on rutted, muddy roads to Saint Patrick Church in Woodhull (present-day Shaftsburg) to worship . . . — — Map (db m84588) HM |
| On North Putnam Street at High Street, on the left when traveling north on North Putnam Street. |
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1842: The wooden bridge
Though no records exist of Williamston's first bridge, there must have been bridges to move supplies and traffic between the mills and farms on the north side.
One entering our Village from the north, . . . — — Map (db m118899) HM |
| On North Putnam Street at High Street, on the left when traveling north on North Putnam Street. |
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In early times, communities grew up around mills, particularly sawmills and grist mills. Settlers needed to make regular trips to grist mills in order to convert their grain crops into flour or meal for their families, livestock and sale. . . . — — Map (db m118900) HM |
| On State Highway 43 at Meridian Road, on the right when traveling west on State Highway 43. |
| | The old Grand River Indian Trail, now US-16, became a plank road in 1848. A toll gate and Red Bridge Post Office were located here. Nearby were homes of John Mullett, pioneer surveyor, and John Forester, explorer, north Michigan mine pioneer. . . . — — Map (db m84681) HM |
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