On Fordney Street at Rust Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Fordney Street.
Benjamin and Adelaide Cushway
Benjamin (1810-1881) and Adelaide (1812-1877) Cushway (formerly Cauchois) were prominent settlers in the Saginaw Valley. Both descended from early French-Canadian families of Detroit. Between 1827 and 1834, . . . — — Map (db m180583) HM
Near North Harrison Street, 0.1 miles north of Catherine Street, on the right when traveling north.
Aaron T. Bliss, governor of Michigan from 1900 to 1904, donated this parkland to the city of Saginaw in 1903. The Cottage Garden Company of Queens, New York, created an artistic plan that made the park seem larger than its actual size. The completed . . . — — Map (db m168081) HM
On North Harrison Street, on the right when traveling north.
This figure is the remaining part of a fountain given to the city by former Governor Aaron T. Bliss in 1902 and placed in Old Federal Park as a memorial to his comrades who fell in the battles of the Civil War.
In 1936, prior to the . . . — — Map (db m181904) HM
On North Michigan Avenue at Court Street, on the right when traveling south on North Michigan Avenue.
This monument is dedicated to Attorney Carl Cardwell Poston, Jr. for his outstanding public and private work in the city of Saginaw. Carl C. Poston, Jr. stood as a legal pioneer in the African American community and a professional giant in the . . . — — Map (db m181912) HM
On Court Street at South Michigan Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Court Street.
The Court Street Bridge was built in 1898 and rebuilt in 1940 by W.J. Meagher of Bay City, Mich. Here lies an original piece of the bridge taken during the 1940 reconstruction. Samples were taken from each concrete load to ensure that all the . . . — — Map (db m182348) HM
On Hayden Street near South Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling east.
Members of the First Congregational Church of Saginaw formally gathered in 1857. They laid the cornerstone of this Romanesque Revival church in 1867, and the church was completed the following year according to plans by Gordon W. Lloyd of Detroit. . . . — — Map (db m180590) HM
On Court Street at South Harrison Street, on the left when traveling west on Court Street.
The Reverend Hiram L. Miller and twelve others founded this church, the first in the Saginaw Valley, on March 1, 1838. They first worshiped at a carpentry shop on the corner of Michigan Avenue and Ames Street. The congregation erected a white . . . — — Map (db m168097) HM
This tablet
marks the site of
Fort Saginaw
built in 1822
Erected by
Saginaw Federation
of Women's Clubs
and
Daughters of the
American Revolution
in 1916 — — Map (db m181840) HM
On Court Street at North Michigan Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Court Street.
This park is dedicated in honor of Judge Borchard's more than 50 years of service as a municipal judge, probate judge and circuit judge and in recognition as Michigan's longest serving jurist.
His life has been one of unselfish effort, . . . — — Map (db m181952) HM
On Houlihan Road at Cole Road, on the right when traveling west on Houlihan Road.
Spaulding Township was organized in 1858. Thirteen years later, Peter and Orissa Hess deeded this site to the first school district of the township for the sum of ten dollars. That structure was replaced in 1915. Ten years later, fire destroyed the . . . — — Map (db m180572) HM
On Hoyt Park Lower Drive east of South Washington Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
Local architect Donald A. Kimball designed this shelter and field house in 1938. Funded by the federal Works Progress Administration, it incorporated Bay Port stone from the razed Darmstaetter Brewery located at the south end of the park. With . . . — — Map (db m180588) HM
On East Genessee Avenue at South Warren Avenue, on the right when traveling east on East Genessee Avenue.
(Side 1)
The Jeffers Memorial Fountain and Park was dedicated on May 30, 1906, and named for real estate developer and early Saginaw settler Michael Jeffers (1831-1904). His heirs donated the land, then a block of storefronts, to the . . . — — Map (db m180599) HM
On South Washington Avenue (State Highway 13) at Williamson Street, on the left when traveling south on South Washington Avenue.
Begun in 1865 as a Sunday School for children of this area, the Presbyterian Church of South Saginaw was formally organized on November 10, 1866. Shortly afterwards, the congregation purchased a small building on the corner of Washington and . . . — — Map (db m180579) HM
On North Washington (State Highway 13) at Johnson Street, on the right when traveling south on North Washington.
Organized April 18, 1889, the club's membership was comprised of most of the leading business and civic figures of Saginaw. One of the first items of business was preparation for a club house. Architect W.T. Cooper furnished plans, and ground was . . . — — Map (db m180593) HM
On Court Street at South Michigan Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Court Street.
In Honor
And Memory Of Those
From Saginaw County
Who Have Honorably
Served Our Great
Nation During Time
Of War And Peace
May Their Sacrifices
Never Be Forgotten — — Map (db m182347) WM
On Weiss Street, 0.5 miles east of Bay Street (State Route 84), on the left when traveling east.
“Oil men optimistic as first well shot, shows results,” reported the August 29, 1925, edition of the Saginaw News. Michigan’s first oil field had been discovered the previous week at this site, known as Deindorfer Woods. The Saginaw . . . — — Map (db m168080) HM
On Federal Avenue at South Warren Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Federal Avenue.
(Side 1)
In 1889, at the urging of Saginaw Congressman (later governor) Aaron Bliss, the Congress appropriated one hundred thousand dollars for the construction of a new federal building in Saginaw. During the next several years the . . . — — Map (db m180597) HM
On South Michigan Avenue at Court Street, on the right when traveling south on South Michigan Avenue.
The Saginaw River Watershed has been crucial in the development of Michigan. In the 1830s when white settlers moved into the area, they discovered the rich timberlands and hundreds of miles of rivers, providing an excellent base for lumbering which . . . — — Map (db m168087) HM
On Emerson Street at South Baum Street, in the median on Emerson Street.
The need for medical facilities in fast-growing Saginaw valley led Father Francis Van der Bom and Dr. Benjamin B. Ross to organize support for a hospital. It opened with the arrival of four Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul on August 22, . . . — — Map (db m180625) HM
On South Jefferson Avenue at James Avenue, on the right when traveling north on South Jefferson Avenue.
The Saginaw Evening News declared the Hoyt Library "a noble institution" and "the pride of all Saginawians" when it opened in October 1890. The library was a gift to the people of Saginaw from New York businessman Jesse Hoyt (1815-1882), who . . . — — Map (db m180603) HM
On Gratiot Avenue (State Highway 46) at Post Street, on the left when traveling west on Gratiot Avenue.
Theodore H. Roethke Childhood Home
Distinguished poet Theodore Roethke (1908-1963) was born in Saginaw and grew up in this house. The house was built around 1911 for his parents, Otto and Helen Roethke. Otto's borther Carl lived . . . — — Map (db m106656) HM
On Court Street at South Hamilton Street, on the right when traveling east on Court Street.
On this spot
on the 24th day of
September, A.D. 1819
General Lewis Cass
made and executed a Treaty with
Chippewa Indians of Saginaw
by which they ceded
the largest part of their lands
situated in
Northeastern Michigan to the . . . — — Map (db m182296) HM
On Stroebel Road, 0.2 miles east of South Center Road, on the left when traveling east.
Woodland Trail — right side, top left panel
[Trail map]Bottomland Hardwood Forest — right side, top right panel
Less than 2 percent of Michigan's forests are forested wetlands, yet they provide . . . — — Map (db m206452) HM
