Historical Markers and War Memorials in Tecumseh, Michigan
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Tecumseh is in Lenawee County
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On North Evans Street at Macon Highway, on the right when traveling north on North Evans Street. Reported missing.
Side 1
Al Meyers, a native of Allenhurst, New Jersey, settled in this area in 1939, after accepting a government contract to manufacture planes for pilot training. Prior to that he had visited the area as a barnstormer, selling airplane . . . — — Map (db m176745) HM
On East Logan Street west of North Wyandotte Street, on the right when traveling west.
Musgrove Evans built this dwelling in 1826. It is the oldest frame house in
Tecumseh and believed to be the oldest still standing in Lenawee County. Evans was a pioneer settler in this area. He platted the village of Tecumseh, served as its first . . . — — Map (db m159742) HM
On North Union Street, 0.2 miles south of Brown Street, on the right when traveling south.
"Let us go to work at once to prepare a suitable monument to their memory. Let the monument be located in a conspicuous place in our beautiful village cemetery." - May 31, 1865 letter to the editor, Tecumseh Herald
Tecumseh was one of . . . — — Map (db m160904) HM
On East Chicago Boulevard (State Highway 50) west of Rogers Highway, on the right when traveling west.
In 1832 the Federal Government appropriated funds for
survey and construction of a road which was to begin
at La Plaisance Bay, near Monroe. The road was to pass
through Tecumseh, and join with the Chicago Road at Cambridge Junction. The road . . . — — Map (db m165594) HM
On North Evans Street north of Water Street, on the right when traveling north.
This boulder marks the location of the first house in Lenawee County erected by Musgrove Evans and his wife Abi Evans
June 2 1824
Dedicated June 2 1909
by The Pioneers Association — — Map (db m165596) HM
On S. Pearl Street at W. Chicago Boulevard (State Highway 50), on the right when traveling north on S. Pearl Street.
1. Sutton Opera House (1879-1968) (Northwest Block)
2. Beardsley House (1832) (Corner of Chicago Blvd. & North Union Street)
3. Carnegie Library (1905) (Corner of Maiden Lane & Chicago Blvd.)
4. The Old Stone Church (1913) (Corner of Oneida . . . — — Map (db m165631) HM
Erected to the honor
of
the men and women of Tecumseh
who served in
the Army and Navy
of
the United States
during
the World War
1914 — 1918
★ ★ ★
Presented by . . . — — Map (db m160906) WM
In Memoriam
U.S.S. Maine
Destroyed in Havana Harbor
February 15th 1898
This tablet is cast from metal recovered from the U.S.S. Maine — — Map (db m160908) WM
Plaque 1:
"We here highly resolve
that these dead shall
not have died in vain"
Abraham Lincoln
Edward Brazee 1934
Orville Gove 1931
Jack Hammel 1939
Nelson Hoekstra 1939
James O'Neil 1942
Gale Taylor 1943 . . . — — Map (db m160907) WM
Near North Union Street, 0.1 miles north of Chippewa Street, on the left when traveling north.
Dedicated to those
who served in the
War on
Global Terrorism
Kosovo • Gulf War - Desert Storm
Bosnia • Afghanistan
Somalia • Iraq War — — Map (db m160902) WM
