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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Monroe County, Michigan
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On LaPlaisance Road at Lake Street, in the median on LaPlaisance Road. |
| | When the War of 1812 began, LaPlaisance Bay settlement consisted of 14 homes along the creek. Medard LaBadie, considered a hero for his participation in the Battles of the River Raisin and those at Fort Meigs and Thames, was a French settler here. . . . — — Map (db m27601) HM |
| On Tecumseh Street at Park Place, on the right when traveling east on Tecumseh Street. |
| | The first land patent for land in the Village of Dundee, was issued to William Remington, from Livingston County, New York, on July 23, 1823. Riley Ingersoll, Dundee's first white settler, settled here in 1824. The settlement was named Dundee by . . . — — Map (db m100794) HM WM |
| On Toledo Street at West Monroe Street (Michigan Highway 50), on the right when traveling south on Toledo Street. |
| | Dundee's first saw mill was built here in 1828, by Riley Ingersoll and Samuel and William Gale, on land acquired by William Remington, July 28, 1823. A brush and dirt dam was constructed across the River Raisin in 1827, by Riley Ingersoll and George . . . — — Map (db m100791) HM |
| On Riley Street at Plank Street, on the right when traveling south on Riley Street. |
| | In 1860 the Reverend A.D. Herzberger of Monroe chartered this church with twenty-two members. The predominantly German congregation worshipped in a schoolhouse until the first church was completed in 1863. The present Gothic church, originally . . . — — Map (db m100784) HM |
| On South Dixie Highway 0.1 miles north of East Temperance Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Michigan troops made heir headquarters here during the bloodless Toledo "war" in 1835.
Intense rivalry between the settlers of the two states fanned a controversy near flame. Original U. S. surveys had put in Monroe County the mouth of the . . . — — Map (db m21010) HM |
| On Edgewater Drive, in the median. |
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George Romney • James A. Rhodes
Governor of Michigan • Governor of Ohio
50th Anniversary of
Michigan-Ohio Boundary Survey
On 18 September, 1965 officials of the States
of Michigan and Ohio, and leaders of both
states in . . . — — Map (db m82614) HM |
| On Monroe Road at Secor Road, on the right when traveling east on Monroe Road. |
| | The first school bus safety crossing mirror in the world was
installed on a Bedford Rural Agricultural School bus in 1950
at Lambertville, MI. Inventor Reid Stout was principal,
teacher, and bus driver. The morror was designed to save
children’s . . . — — Map (db m132037) HM |
| On East Main Street at County Street, on the left when traveling east on East Main Street. |
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Constructed in 1897 — — Map (db m106198) HM |
| On East Elm Avenue west of Detroit - Toledo Expressway (ramp) (Interstate 75), on the right when traveling west. |
| | In spring 1937, the eyes of the nation were on Monroe. The Steel Workers Organizing Committee had organized a handful of workers at Republic’s Newton facility. On June 10, about 120 pickets confronted over 1,000 non-unionized workers and . . . — — Map (db m67513) HM |
| On East Front Street 0 miles east of Scott Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Here, Francois Navarre, first white settler in Monroe, built his home. His 500 acre farm, acquired by deed from the Indians in 1785, afforded a center for the River Raisin colony, by 1790 an important frontier community.
Col. Navarre was friend . . . — — Map (db m20933) HM |
| Near East Elm Street at Detroit Avenue. |
| | In the words of Laurent Durocher, "after the defeat of Winchester, many of the inhabitants fled with their families to the frontier of Ohio. Others went to Detroit. The British made several attempts to persuade the Indians to destroy what was left . . . — — Map (db m20905) HM |
| On East Elm Avenue (State Highway 50) at North Macomb Street, on the right when traveling west on East Elm Avenue. |
| | On this property in 1812 was the trading post of John Anderson, famed Scottish pioneer of the River Raisin.
Anderson, Colonel of the Militia in 1812, was taken prisoner at Detroit, later escaped.
Mrs. Anderson, alone at the time of the . . . — — Map (db m27262) HM |
| Near East Elm Street 0.2 miles west of Detroit Avenue. |
| | [Marker side facing south]
British Artillery on January 22nd consisted of six small cannons, mostly 3-pounders, with some small howitzers. The artillery pieces were first positioned about 400 yards north of here, just south of Mason Run . . . — — Map (db m20941) HM |
| Near East Elm Street 0.2 miles west of Detroit Avenue. |
| | [Marker side facing south]
Describing the American victory of January 18, 1813, Capt. John McCalla of the 5th Kentucky, wrote: "I have seen the enemy, and I have seen him defeated. I have seen my fellow soldiers extended lifeless bloody . . . — — Map (db m20945) HM |
| Near Jerome Street 0.2 miles south of East 4th Street. |
| | Gen. George A. Custer's brother, Boston, and his nephew, Harry (Autie) Armstrong Reed, accompanied the ill-fated Little Big Horn Expedition into Montana as civilian Quartermaster employees. While at the rear of the cavalry column they learned Gen. . . . — — Map (db m21001) HM |
| Near North Dixie Highway (State Highway 50) at Detroit Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | From near this spot on Jan. 22, 1813, 525 British soldiers and Canadian militiamen from Fort Malden under Col. Henry Proctor and some 800 Indians under Chiefs Roundhead and Walk-In-The-Water launched a pre-dawn attack on the sleeping American camp a . . . — — Map (db m27254) HM |
| On Kentucky Avenue at East 3rd Street, on the right when traveling south on Kentucky Avenue. |
| | Under attack by the British and Indians before dawn on Jan. 22, 1813, in the second Battle of the River Raisin, the U.S. 17th Infantry soon broke and fled south across the frozen river. Gen. James Winchester, the American commander, tried several . . . — — Map (db m20899) HM |
| On East Front Street 0 miles east of Scott Street. |
| | First Indian
Grant of land to the
First White Settler
In Monroe
Col. Francis Navarre
1785
First White Child Born
In Monroe
Gen. Winchester's
Headquarters 1813. — — Map (db m20938) HM |
| On East Elm Avenue (State Highway 50) at Riverview Avenue, on the right when traveling west on East Elm Avenue. |
| | The American Capt. John Woolfolk hid in one of the French homes just east of here during the massacre at the River Raisin, Jan. 23, 1813. Indians searching the settlement found him. They claimed him as their prisoner and forced him to this spot. . . . — — Map (db m20882) HM |
| On Winchester Street at East 2nd Street, on the right when traveling north on Winchester Street. |
| | Col. Allen tried vainly to rally the retreating Americans at the second Battle of the River Raisin, Jan. 22, 1813. Exhausted and disabled by a thigh wound, he faced the pursuing Indians near here. The colonel desperately defended himself at . . . — — Map (db m20898) HM |
| On East First Street west of Washington Street. |
| | Although Dr. Dorsch, born in Bavaria, was a competent physician with degrees from Munich & Vienna, he was exiled when the 1848 Germain Revolution failed. In Monroe his love of freedom led him to make this home a station on the Underground Railroad, . . . — — Map (db m27636) HM |
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“If you are cut down in a movement that is designed to save the soul of a nation, then no other death could be more redemptive. We must somehow believe that unearned suffering is redemptive. We must work passionately and indefatigably to . . . — — Map (db m72501) HM |
| On West 1st Street at South Monroe Street, on the right when traveling east on West 1st Street. |
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Newspaper history in Monroe has been continuous since 1825 when Edward Ellis, an exceptionally able editor, came west from Buffalo with his press and printing equipment.
Ellis’ pioneer paper was unique for that day, holding itself independent . . . — — Map (db m127982) HM |
| On East Front Street at Washington Street, on the right when traveling west on East Front Street. |
| | United States Department of the Interior
Certified Historic Property Old Village Historic District
Reborn 1986 River Raisin Properties
Limited Partnership — — Map (db m128043) HM |
| On North Monroe Street at West Elm Street, on the right when traveling south on North Monroe Street. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m25964) HM |
| Near East Front Street 0.3 miles east of Winchester Street. Reported missing. |
| | Over this ground, Jan. 18, 1813, 667 Kentuckians and nearly 100 local Frenchmen charged across the frozen river toward the British and Indian positions. The 63 British and Canadian soldiers and 200 Potawatomi Indians made a brief stand there, then . . . — — Map (db m27660) HM |
| On East Elm Street 0.1 miles east of North Dixie Highway, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Here in the log house of Jean Baptiste Jereaume the Federal Court of the Erie District, Territory of Michigan, held its first session July 3, 1805. President Thomas Jefferson named Judge Augustus B. Woodward to preside.
Beginning in 1807 the . . . — — Map (db m20909) HM |
| On West Elm 0.1 miles west of Godfroy Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Near the site
of the
First Indian
Trading Post
in
Monroe — — Map (db m27309) HM |
| On Washington Street at East 1st Street, on the left when traveling north on Washington Street. |
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This Church, the first Protestant Church in this area and the first Presbyterian Church in Michigan, was organized January 13, 1820. “Minuteman” George Alford, of the Revolutionary War, was one of the charter members.
The Rev. . . . — — Map (db m127983) HM |
| On North Monroe Street (State Highway 50) at West Elm Street, on the right when traveling south on North Monroe Street. |
| | Born Dec. 5, 1839, New Rumley, Ohio.
Graduated U.S. Military Academy, June 1861.
Brigadier General Volunteers June 29, 1863.
Brevet Major General Volunteers Oct., 1864.
Commanded Michigan Brigade of cavalry at Battle of . . . — — Map (db m20878) HM |
| On North Monroe Street (State Highway 50) at West Elm Avenue, on the right when traveling south on North Monroe Street. |
| | [Side A]:George Armstrong Custer
Raised in Monroe, George Armstrong Custer graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1861. In 1863 he became a brigadier general and commanded the Michigan Cavalry Brigade. . . . — — Map (db m22787) HM |
| On West Front Street at South Monroe Street, on the left when traveling west on West Front Street. |
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From the earliest days of Michigan settlement this corner has witnessed travel of many sorts signaling important events in the history of Michigan.
East lies Monroe’s port on Lake Erie where waves of immigrant traffic came from New England . . . — — Map (db m127984) HM |
| On North Monroe Street (State Highway 50) 0 miles south of Elm Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | “Remember the River Raisin” became a national battle cry in the War of 1812 after settlers and Kentucky soldiers were massacred by Indians on the river’s banks in violation of protection promised by the British,
The stream here was . . . — — Map (db m25963) HM |
| On South Monroe Street (State Highway 125) north of West 2nd Street, on the right when traveling south. |
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The Monroe County Historical Society began to collect local historical artifacts in 1938, housing them in a storied homestead, the Sawyer House on East Front Street, before presenting them to the Historical Commission established in 1967 by . . . — — Map (db m127646) HM |
| On Kentucky Avenue at East Eighth Street, on the right when traveling south on Kentucky Avenue. |
| | The Second Battle of the River Raisin Jan. 22, 1813, found nearly 400 American soldiers caught in retreat down this old road to Ohio. Those few who made it to this point, over a mile south of their camp, were ambushed by hidden Indians. The 40 . . . — — Map (db m27294) HM |
| On East Elm Street west of Tremont Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Site of early
Indian Trading Post
Tablets placed
By the Women
of the
Civic Improvement
Society
Of Monroe — — Map (db m27729) HM |
| On East 1st Street at Washington Street, on the right when traveling east on East 1st Street. |
| | This ground and the Public Square was granted by
Joseph Loranger in 1817 to the
County of Monroe for public puroses — — Map (db m127989) HM |
| Near State Park Road. Reported missing. |
| | Named for the Erie Indians, this was the last of the Great Lakes discovered by white men. The French were exploring the upper lakes as early as 1615, but they avoided the region to the south, which was the realm of hostile Iroquois Indians. Then in . . . — — Map (db m107150) HM |
| On Lake Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | LaPlaisance Bay - the pleasant bay - was named in 1679 by Robert De LaSalle. After the War of 1812, it became part of the United States. In 1820 Maj. John Whipple was appointed keeper of the LaPlaisance Bay lighthouse. April 19, 1825 Col. John . . . — — Map (db m107143) HM |
| On West Albain Road 0.2 miles west of South Telegraph Road (U.S. 24), on the left when traveling west. |
| | German pioneers who began settling this area in 1828 formed Monroe County's first Lutheran church here in 1834. The Rev. Friedrich Schmid became their first pastor, traveling by horseback from Ann Arbor. The growing congregation incorporated as Zoar . . . — — Map (db m121795) HM |
| On West Elm Avenue at North Monroe Street (Michigan Highway 50), on the right when traveling east on West Elm Avenue. |
| | Born in New Rumley, Ohio, George A. Custer grew up in Monroe in the home of his half-sister, Mrs. David Reed. February 9, 1864, in the Presbyterian Church here, he married Libbie Bacon, only daughter of Judge Daniel S. Bacon.
During the Civil . . . — — Map (db m20935) HM |
| On South Monroe Street at West 7th Street, on the right when traveling south on South Monroe Street. |
| | Here were buried unidentified remains of victims of the River Raisin Massacre of 1813.
In 1872 surviving veterans of that war gathered in Monroe from Ohio and Kentucky. They headed a colorful civic pageant which halted solemnly at this spot . . . — — Map (db m21006) HM |
| | Michigan: Historic Crossroads
Because of its location in the heart of the upper Great Lakes, Michigan has been a historic crossroads. Its waterways and trails were favorite routes of Indians many centuries ago. French explorers first entered . . . — — Map (db m100856) HM |
| On South Monroe Street at West 7th Street on South Monroe Street. |
| | This Monument is dedicated to the
Memory of the heroes who
Lost their lives in our country's defense,
in the
Battle and Massacre of the River Raisin,
January 22nd, and 23rd, 1813. — — Map (db m20937) HM |
| On East Front Street at Washington Street, on the left when traveling west on East Front Street. |
| | This plaque is issued by the Historical Society of Michigan
in recognition of Monroe Bank and Trust
founded in 1858
for more than 100 years of continuous operation in service
to the people of Michigan and for contributing to the
. . . — — Map (db m127987) HM |
| On East First Street at Washington Street on East First Street. |
| | Monroe County was established in July, 1817, as one of the first steps in the organization of Michigan Territory after the War of 1812.
Then the old settlement of Frenchtown which centered upon this square took the name of Monroe and became the . . . — — Map (db m27634) HM |
| On North Monroe Street 0.1 miles south of East Elm Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
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A covered toll bridge first spanned this section of the River Raisin in 1819. Destroyed by high water and ice in 1832, the bridge was replaced with a conventional wooden span, which lasted 30 years before being replaced in the late 1860’s.
. . . — — Map (db m72705) HM |
| On West 1st Street at Cass Street, on the right when traveling south on West 1st Street. |
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Local historians credit Monroe County with the largest proportionate enrollment of volunteers in the Civil War of any county in the United States.
Military enrollments have been proportionately large in Monroe County in every war, due no . . . — — Map (db m127985) HM |
| On North Dixie Highway (State Highway 50) 0.5 miles north of East Noble Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Captain Nathaniel G. T. Hart, brother-in-law of Henry Clay and inspector general of American Army of the Northwest under Harrison, was killed here during the massacre of the River Raisin January 22 - 23, 1813.
Captain Hart, wounded in battle, . . . — — Map (db m27260) HM |
| Near North Custer Road at Raisinville Road. |
| | [Front side of Marker]
You are approaching the oldest surviving wooden structure in Michigan. Built in 1789, it was moved from its original Monroe site in 1894. In 1969 its history was discovered. We are exceptionally grateful to the . . . — — Map (db m27317) HM |
| On North Dixie Highway at Welcome Way, on the right when traveling north on North Dixie Highway. Reported missing. |
| | General Hull's army hewed out of the wilderness the first Michigan road when it advanced from the River Raisin to Detroit at the beginning of the War of 1812.
In Monroe the original crossing of the river by Hull's Army was at a ford near the . . . — — Map (db m150949) HM |
| On West 1st Street 0.2 miles west of Cass Street, on the left when traveling east. |
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One of the pioneer rail lines of the west, the Michigan Southern transported during a colorful but brief period a vast army of settlers who crossed Lake Erie by boat. Trains waited at the piers to carry the travelers and their possessions west to . . . — — Map (db m127986) HM |
| On East First Street west of Washington Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Public whipping for minor crime was a custom brought from New England by Monroe's earliest American settler's. Not general in the midwest, the punishment was administered here chiefly to ne'er-do-wells whom the citizens wished to be rid of. . . . — — Map (db m27726) HM |
| Near East Elm Street 0 miles west of Detroit Avenue. |
| | In the temporary absence of Tecumseh, the Native-American allies of the British were led by Wyandot Chiefs Roundhead and Walk-in-the-Water. Besides the Wyandots, Native forces included warriors from the Shawnee, Potawatomi, Ottawa, Chippewa, . . . — — Map (db m21567) HM |
| On State Park Road 1.5 miles east of North Dixie Highway, in the median. |
| | Joseph Porlier Benac, Sandy Creek's first settler, was granted a tract of land here by the Potawatomi Indians Aug. 3, 1780. By the time of the War of 1812, sixteen homes lined the banks of the creek.
Retreating Indians swept through the . . . — — Map (db m27245) HM |
| On East Elm Avenue (State Highway 50) at North Dixie Highway, on the right when traveling west on East Elm Avenue. |
| | [Marker Front]
Site of Battles of Jan. 18 - 22
Gen. Winchester in Command,
and River Raisin Massacre
Jan. 23, 1813
[Marker Reverse]
800 Americans under Cols.
Allen, Lewis and Wells
Fought desperately against . . . — — Map (db m20041) HM |
| Near East Elm Street 0.1 miles west of Detroit Avenue. |
| | In this vicinity and parallel to the driveway, a line of scattered human remains were detected in 2000, which may mark the main skirmish line of the 17th U.S. Infantry. The bodies of those killed lay exposed to the elements for some time after the . . . — — Map (db m20916) HM |
| On Elm Avenue at South Monroe Street, on the right when traveling west on Elm Avenue. |
| | This church is the immediate successor to the first church of Monroe County, St Antoine aux Riviere Raisin (October 15, 1788), which was located two miles upriver.
Construction of this church was begun in 1834. It was consecrated in 1839. The . . . — — Map (db m67522) HM |
| On Tremont Street at East Elm Avenue (Michigan Highway 50), on the right when traveling south on Tremont Street. |
| | The Great Indian Chief Tecumseh headquartered near here for over a month after the unsuccessful British And Indian siege of Fort Meigs in Ohio, July 1813. The British strategy was to use the Indians at the River Raisin to slow down any American . . . — — Map (db m20914) HM |
| On North Dixie Highway (State Highway 50) at East Noble Avenue, on the right when traveling south on North Dixie Highway. |
| | Protected only by a picket fence, nearly 500 Kentucky militiamen fought off three British charges on their camp along the river and silenced the British cannon with their long rifles in the second Battle of the River Raisin, Jan. 22, 1813.
They . . . — — Map (db m27243) HM |
| On Custer Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | This 116 acre "French ribbon farm", purchased by General George Armstrong Custer, his brother, Nevin, and their wives August 22, 1871, ran northerly from the River Raisin. Nevin Custer farmed it until his death. The present Custer Airport, created . . . — — Map (db m22741) HM |
| On North Custer Road at Raisinville Road, on the left when traveling west on North Custer Road. |
| | In 1789, Heutrau Navarre, son of Detroit's Royal Notary, built this house, Michigan's oldest residence. Constructed of joined timbers, it is considered the best example of French colonial architecture in the state. Originally Navarre used it as a . . . — — Map (db m27316) HM |
| On Kentucky Avenue at East 3rd Street, on the right when traveling south on Kentucky Avenue. |
| | "The Old Hull Road"
over which
The American Troops
were driven by the
English & Indian Allies
Jan. 22, 1813 — — Map (db m20880) HM |
| Near East Elm Street 0.2 miles north of Detroit Avenue. |
| | Elements of the U.S. 17th Infantry were camped in an open field just north of here when the British and Indians launched their surprise counterattack at dawn, January 22, 1813. The Americans held their ground here for 20 minutes before the Canadian . . . — — Map (db m20904) HM |
| On Brown Street at Lovewell Street, on the left when traveling east on Brown Street. |
| | On April 22, 1833, the Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad was granted a charter by the Legislature of the Territory of Michigan and was built and in operation a year before Michigan was a state. It was to connect Toledo (then called Port Lawrence and . . . — — Map (db m27772) HM |
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