Congregational churches originated with the Puritan and Separatist churches of New England. Soon after “Michigan” (present-day Lansing) was chosen as the site of the state capital in 1847, the Reverend S. S. Brown, a Congregationalist with the . . . — — Map (db m195625) HM
This memorial is erected
to honor the service men
and women who have perished
fighting for our nation
since September 11, 2001
Gone but never forgotten!
United States Army
United States Marine Corp
United States Navy
United . . . — — Map (db m214356) WM
Ransom Eli Olds Born in Geneva, Ohio, Ransom E. Olds came to Lansing in 1880. He worked in his father's machine and repair shop, where he experimented with small steam engines. In 1887, Olds drove for a distance of one block, Lansing's first . . . — — Map (db m103920) HM
P.F. Olds founded a prosperous machine shop here on River Street, repairing and building steam and gasoline engines. His was one of many Lansing Manufacturing plants that produced small engines, carriages, windmills and other equipment used by . . . — — Map (db m104130) HM
Dedicated to the courage, strength and indomitable American spirit of those who perished and those who persevered during the events of September 11, 2001.
Lansing Remembers. — — Map (db m103972) HM WM
REO Motor Car Company In 1904 Ransom Eli Olds founded the REO Motor Car Company and built a factory on this site. In 1897 Olds had organized the Olds Motor Vehicle Company, the forerunner of Oldsmobile. REO soon became a leading automobile . . . — — Map (db m103922) HM
First known as the Grand Trunk Western Railway Station, Lansing Depot, this impressive structure,
built in 19th and 20th century architectural styles, was designed by the Detroit architectural firm Spier
and Rohns, with construction beginning in . . . — — Map (db m214342) HM
Lansing architect Darius B. Moon built this Queen Anne style house in 1891 for realtor H. M. Rogers. Purchased by Lansing merchant M. R. Carrier in 1905, the house was occupied by the Carrier family until 1964. In 1966, Lansing Community College . . . — — Map (db m103621) HM
Rosa Parks became an icon of the modern Civil Rights movement for refusing to give up her Montgomery, Alabama, bus seat to a white passenger in December 1955. That defiant act fueled the movement that ended legal segregation in America. Because . . . — — Map (db m104194) HM
Roswell Everett
Roswell Everett, a native of New York State, came to Michigan in 1834. In 1841 he moved to Ingham County and immediately involved himself in public affairs. Everett (1790 - 1871) is credited with naming Delhi Township, which . . . — — Map (db m103501) HM
Side A In 1848, soon after the Michigan legislature relocated the state capital to Lansing Township, an Episcopal society met in the new capitol, located at Washington Avenue and Allegan Street. The society which became a parish in 1856, . . . — — Map (db m103358) HM
The State Bar of Michigan was established by the legislature in 1935 as an organization dedicated to improving the administration of justice and the delivery of legal services. Every lawyer licensed to practice in Michigan is required to be a . . . — — Map (db m99958) HM
State Highway Department
Created in 1905, the State Highway Department, the precursor to the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT), revolutionized U.S. highway travel. Working with the Wayne County Road Commission, the agency paved . . . — — Map (db m214721) HM
In the early 1960’s, he was “Little Stevie Wonder,” a Motown prodigy enrolled at the Michigan School for the Blind. As a young adult, the Saginaw native began writing songs and producing records independently. He said, “When creating music, you . . . — — Map (db m103931) HM
This horse drawn steam engine was purchased in 1895 by Traverse City, Michigan. A city whose slogan was "Queen City of the North".
It was the city's first steam pumper and was called out possibly 4000 times before being replaced by a gasoline . . . — — Map (db m215912) HM
The Grand River and its valley were formed by the melting of the continental glacier that retreated from this area some 12,000 years ago. Known by Chippewa Indians as Washtanong (further country) and by the French as le Riviere Grand, the Grand is . . . — — Map (db m104018) HM
The building was designed by Darius
Moon, Lansing architect. It was built in
1895. Through the years it has served as a
residence for three well-known Lansing
families (Wm. Brown, Lawrence Price and
Bernard Lavey). — — Map (db m214729) HM
The Pulver Brothers
As demand for oil and automobiles increased in the early 1920s, brothers Benjamin A. (1875-1960) and Elmer E. (1880-1965) Pulver formed the Pulver Oil Company to distribute Sinclair Oil products. In 1923 they built this . . . — — Map (db m214714) HM
Marion Turner joined the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) when it formed in Lansing in 1874. It was also called the White Ribbon Society. In 1902, the Lansing WCTU purchased a fountain in memory of Francis E. Willard who served as president . . . — — Map (db m214724) HM
The Strand On April 21 1921, this building opened as the Strand Theater and Arcade. The 2000-seat theater boasted one of the largest vaudeville stages in the state and a screen for viewing motion pictures. The building was the pride of . . . — — Map (db m103633) HM
As a boy in Port Huron, Thomas Edison spent hours in the laboratory he created in his parents basement. A technological genius, his passion for inventing devices that met practical needs led to more than 1,000 patents and laboratories that helped . . . — — Map (db m103716) HM
Town of Michigan )
In 1847, required by Michigan's 1835 constitution to choose a permanent capital site within the first decade of statehood, the legislature voted to move the capital from Detroit. Convinced that the governmental seat should be . . . — — Map (db m182190) HM
Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church of Lansing is the oldest black church in the city. Its first services were held in a building on North Washington Avenue. The church formally organized by the Reverend Mr. Henderson of the British . . . — — Map (db m103654) HM
Side A
James Turner, a Lansing pioneer, originally owned this property. A native of New York, Turner came to Lansing in 1847 from nearby Mason, where he was a merchant. He immediately opened a general store in the Seymour House, the . . . — — Map (db m103655) HM
The Union Depot began passenger service for the Michigan Central and Pere Marquette Railroads in 1902. The Detroit architectural firm of Spier and Rohns, which planned many Michigan Central stations, designed the building with Chateauesque conical . . . — — Map (db m103659) HM
Walter Reuther was a skilled die maker in Ford auto plants. Following a family heritage of labor and political activism, he joined the young United Auto Workers (UAW) in 1936 and quickly emerged as a leader. He gained national attention in May 1937 . . . — — Map (db m103708) HM
Unlike most automotive pioneers, Flint’s William Durant was not an inventor. Co-owner of the nation’s largest horse-drawn carriage company, he was a super salesman who saw the sales and marketing potential of the automobile.
Impressed with a . . . — — Map (db m182346) HM
Wolverine Boys' State: The American Legion
On November 28, 1937, the board of directors of The American Legion established Wolverine Boys' State. American Legion departments in other states, including Ohio and Indiana, had existing programs. . . . — — Map (db m104318) HM
Darius B. Moon, prominent turn-of-the century Lansing architect, designed this Queen
Anne house in 1896 for Chester E. Woodbury, founder of the Lansing Capitol Savings
and Loan Association. The structure’s last residential owner was William G. . . . — — Map (db m103322) HM
In 1945 attorney Samuel Charfoos founded a workers´ compensation association in Detroit, "filling a vacuum" for injured workers´ legal representation in the State of Michigan. It became the first chapter of the National Association of Claimants´ . . . — — Map (db m215371) HM
The site of the first house erected in the city of Lansing in the year 1848, by John W. Burchard was located one block south and one-half block west of this point. — — Map (db m239726) HM
Malcom Little (1925-1965) was an African-American Muslim minister and civil rights activist who spent his early years in Lansing and Mason, Michigan.
His father was killed in Lansing and his mother later institutionalized, leaving Malcolm Little . . . — — Map (db m239761) HM
A Brief History
Ransom Eli Olds was born in Geneva, Ohio in 1864 on the family farm. At an early age he decided that life would be better without horses. He began tinkering with engines in his spare time while working at the P.F. Olds & Son . . . — — Map (db m239762) HM
Little Family Homesite
On this site, in 1930, Earl and Louise Little built the house that was home to Malcolm X and his siblings: Wilfred, Hilda, Philbert, Reginald, Yvonne, Wesley, and Robert. Malcolm was born in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1925. . . . — — Map (db m214849) HM
In March 1836, Elijah Woodworth established the first settlement in the township of Leslie. From this beginning in the wilderness, a community grew. First known as Meekersville, the name was later changed to Leslie. — — Map (db m171859) HM
On April 12, 1839, eight people met in the Leslie schoolhouse and organized the First Baptist Church. Elijah K. Grout, a charter member, became the church’s first pastor in November 1841. Between 1856 and 1858 this church, the first built in Leslie, . . . — — Map (db m171862) HM
In 1845 local Catholics began holding Mass in the home of Irish immigrant James Markey in Bunker Hill Township. Father Kelly from Ann Arbor traveled on horseback to provide religious services. After the death of a neighbor’s son in 1849, Markey gave . . . — — Map (db m171703) HM
In 1922, Arthur J. Tuttle, a federal judge and prominent Leslie citizen, donated this land to the Village of Leslie.
Beginning in 1946, memorials were placed to honor military casualties of Leslie following World War I, World War II, Korea and . . . — — Map (db m171863) WM
The city of Mason became the County Seat to Ingham County in 1840 and is the only site in the Nation where the state capitol is not located in its County Seat — — Map (db m171660) HM
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
This handsome brick structure, said to be the oldest remaining house in Mason, is one of the most elaborate and best preserved Greek Revival houses in Ingham County. Pioneer John Rayner, a native of New York State, began construction of this . . . — — Map (db m171718) HM
Established 1844
Maple Grove Cemetery
Has been placed on the
National Register
Of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of Interior
Listed June 6, 1985 — — Map (db m171677) HM
This depot was built by the Michigan
Central Railroad, Saginaw Division.
It was opened November 24, 1902 Serving
this area for over 50 years. — — Map (db m171674) HM
Michigan Centennial Business
This plaque is issued by the
Historical Society of Michigan
In recognition of
Mason State Bank
Founded in 1886
For more than 100 years of
continuous operation in service
to the people of Michigan
and . . . — — Map (db m176440) HM
The Pink School Fractional Dist. 5, Vevay & Aurelius Twps. was organized on July 3, 1853. Built on N.E. corner of College & Columbia Roads. Opened June 27, 1854.
Serving our community for 111 Years. — — Map (db m171650) HM
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
In 23 years with the Michigan Department of Transportation
(1956-1979), Mr. Carroll was recognized as one of the most
able and far-sighted of Michigan's transportation planners.
His skills and leadership helped lay the groundwork for a . . . — — Map (db m203855) HM
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
Heathmann-Herre House
William Turner constructed this building in 1877 for his son, Charles, to use as a blacksmith shop. The walls were two-bricks thick and iron rods ran the width and length of the building to hold the walls together. . . . — — Map (db m174980) HM
Basic education
For children
“Readin’, (w)ritin’, and (a)rithmetic” were the “3 R’s” of pioneer learning. Pioneers rarely had time for more advanced or specialized subjects, such as history or literature. With one teacher for all eight . . . — — Map (db m174994) HM
This cemetery was used to bury residents of the Ingham County Poor Farm from the late 1800s until the early 1940s. These people lived in the Poor Farm because they were unable to care for themselves. Their tombstones are a reminder of their lives . . . — — Map (db m174754) HM
The Michigan Dental Association was organized on January 8, 1856, by fourteen dentists who met in Detroit at the office of Hiram Benedict and Lorain Christopher Whiting. According to the American Dental Association, it was the first state dental . . . — — Map (db m174750) HM
About 1839 Joseph H. Kilbourne settled in this vicinity on land previously occupied by Chief Okemos and several hundred Indians. He became the first postmaster of Sanford (present-day Okemos) in 1840 and served in the Michigan legislature from 1847 . . . — — Map (db m176008) HM
Perkins-Copland Log Cabin
The first dwelling for most pioneers was a log cabin, usually built from trees that had been cut down to clear the land. In the mid 1800s Jim and Alice Perkins started a farm in Williamstown Township, and built their . . . — — Map (db m174979) HM
Once a common sight in rural America, the windmill was primarily used to pump water. The mechanical energy generated by the windmill was also used to run machines to chop cornstalks for fodder shell corn, or grind grain into flour. With the advent . . . — — Map (db m174995) HM
The Farmstead
Meridian Township was primarily settled by German families. The Grettenbergers, Unruhs, Brays, and Proctors came to an area covered in forests and wetlands. The tree needed to be cut down in order to get seed in the ground. . . . — — Map (db m174993) HM
Travel in the 1800s
Travel in the early 1800s was by water or land trails developed by native peoples. Many of these trails were portage routes from one river to another and often included swampy sections.
The pioneers who settled in this . . . — — Map (db m174982) HM
Purchased by the Ingham
County Taxpayers For
Your Pleasure
This Memorial in Honor
of the
Baldwin Pioneers,
who settled on
this Indian Camping Ground
September 1836
Placed . . . — — Map (db m171834) HM
This plaque is issued by the
Historical Society of Michigan
in recognition of
First Presbyterian
Church of Stockbridge
founded in 1901
for more than 100 years of
providing continuous service
to the people of Michigan . . . — — Map (db m210485) HM
In early 1834, David and Mary Ann Rogers moved from New Jersey to Michigan. While living with Mary Ann's father in Lima, Washtenaw county, they bought land in Ingham county. By March, Rogers had built the frame for a house. He then moved it and . . . — — Map (db m213473) HM
Designed by Elijah E. Myers, the Stockbridge Town Hall was constructed by Mitter & Heuderlong in 1892. This stately Romanesque structure was built to house local township offices and a community center. In addition to local township business, the . . . — — Map (db m167966) HM
Michigan farmers began to hire seasonal laborers to plant, weed and harvest crops in the early twentieth century.
From 1910 to 1950, most workers came from the Appalachian Mountain region of the U.S. At the end of the harvest, workers would . . . — — Map (db m221705) HM
In 1856 Webberville’s first school was built on the Lansing and Howell plank road, present-day Grand River Avenue. In 1872 the William McPherson family recorded the first plat for the village, originally named LeRoy. Four years later a three-room . . . — — Map (db m174719) HM
This Century Old Church was organized in 1877 with 72 members as the Methodist Episcopal Church. The building was erected in 1880 on land donated by the Wm. Mcpherson Family. — — Map (db m174722) HM
The ministry of the Millville Methodist Church began in 1840. Class meetings were formed and met in the old log school house and in homes. In 1898, the church chartered with 27 members and built the brick church that still serves today Since that . . . — — Map (db m171700) HM
(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
Since 1931, improvements to Williamston's McCormick Park
are the result of citizens and groups who care.
Click on photo to read details. — — Map (db m174723) HM
In the early 1900s, this Gazebo stood in the intersection of Grand River and Putnam. Positioned on posts, it stood high above the street, over a water trough for passing horses. Its position made it a platform for speeches, concerts, and civic . . . — — Map (db m233602) HM
In the early 1900s, this Gazebo stood in the intersection of Grand River and Putnam. Positioned on posts, it stood above the street, over a water trough for passing horses. Its position made it a platform for speeches, concerts, and civic . . . — — Map (db m233651) HM
This shelter was originally built to shade a drinking fountain near the center of the park. It was built in the classic U.S. Forest Service design using locally lumbered timbers.
Although the shelter was repaired and stabilized many times, . . . — — Map (db m233654) HM
In July 1896, 101 farmers and teams of horses delivered 219 wagonloads of fieldstone to this site. The farmers participated in the “Great Stone Bee,” a contest to gather and deliver “hard heads” with which to build this Methodist Episcopal Church. . . . — — Map (db m174725) HM
(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
This building was erected about 1887 for John Forster, an early surveyor in the Lake Superior Copper Country. In 1888 the chapel, named in memory of Forster’s daughter Kitty, was presented to the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Michigan. Simple in . . . — — Map (db m174733) HM
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
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
Dedicated in Memory of
Those Who Made The
Supreme Sacrifice in World War II
Locke Township
Dansby, Robert G.
La Preze, Robert R.
Powers, Milford
Leroy Township
Swartz, James William
White, Kenneth H.
Wheatfield . . . — — Map (db m182479) WM
Wall of Honor
Dedicated by the American Legion Post 296
To the Williamston area men and women
Who gave their lives for our country
And to all of those who have served in
The Armed Forces of this great Nation
Past, Present and Future . . . — — Map (db m215091) WM
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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