Dougherty Mission House
Peter Dougherty arrived on Mackinac Island in 1838, planning to establish a Presbyterian mission to the Ojibwe and Odawa tribes in northern Michigan. He selected the Grand Traverse Bay area and settled in Elk Rapids. . . . — — Map (db m168185) HM
This building is a replica of the original mission church which was erected in 1839 by the Reverend Peter Dougherty, a Presbyterian missionary, who came here from Mackinaw to establish the first mission in this part of the country. Originally the . . . — — Map (db m98195) HM
Here Rev. Peter Dougherty and his wife, Maria Higgins, conducted their Indian mission.
Built in 1842, the first frame house in the Grand Traverse region. — — Map (db m168186) HM