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
