Lenawee County was first settled in 1824 at Tecumseh, which the Territorial Legislature subsequently made the county seat. Pioneers, mostly from upper New York State, then established Blissfield and Adrian, the later called Logan. The largest Indian . . . — — Map (db m102761) HM
Here on the south side of Maumee Street in 1848, Thomas M. Cooley, a giant of the Michigan Law, established his first law office. He was a partner in the firm of Beaman, Beecher and Cooley and then established a law firm with Charles M. Croswell, . . . — — Map (db m102922) HM
Prior Foster, an Ohio Negro, began this school "in the woods" in 1844 and four years later it was incorporated. Designed to serve "colored people and others," the Institute taught a full range of subjects and was one of the nation's first integrated . . . — — Map (db m34694) HM
What was the Underground Railroad?
The Underground Railroad existed from around 1830 to the Civil War (1860). It was a secret (underground) network of people organized on Moral grounds to help slaves travel to Canada to find freedom from . . . — — Map (db m103201) HM
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The acknowledged host of the Underground Railroad in Coshocton County was Prior Foster, a well respected African American who lodged fugitive slaves in his shanty at Harbaugh Corner. He fed, sheltered, and clothed them and then . . . — — Map (db m36227) HM
William Greenly was born in New York and came to Adrian in 1836. He became a lawyer and in 1838 was elected a state senator on the Democratic ticket. In 1846 Greenly was elected lieutenant governor. When Governor Alpheus Felch resigned a year . . . — — Map (db m104377) HM
"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
Thomas Cooley was the greatest lawyer and judge ever to come out of Lenawee County and is generally considered the finest legal mind Michigan produced during the nineteenth century. During the 1840s and 1850s, Cooley partnered with several local . . . — — Map (db m104514) HM
Chris Luma has been a Hudson Tiger his entire life. He began by playing junior high football in 1971, and in high school, he became a standout quarterback during Hudson's winning streak. One of his proudest moments was playing in Michigan's first . . . — — Map (db m256834) HM
Named for John Paulding, a Revolutionary War soldier whose capture of a British spy implicated Benedict Arnold in treason, Paulding County was formed in 1820 from the last remaining unorganized area of Ohio. Sparsely settled, it remained under the . . . — — Map (db m69009) HM
Laura Haviland, affectionately known as Aunt Laura, is probably the best-known and most-admired person who ever lived in Lenawee County. The reason for this admiration and acclaim lies in Mrs. Haviland's life-long devotion to helping others and in . . . — — Map (db m169285) HM
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
CIVIL WAR
Frederick Alber · Army · Germany
Frank Dwight Baldwin · Army · Manchester, MI
Frederick A. Ballen · Army · Germany
Charles L. Barrell · Army · Conquest, NY
Joseph E. Brandle · Army · Seneca Co. OH
James Isaac Christianey . . . — — Map (db m236267) WM
Charles L. Robertson, born October 27, 1880 grew in
Blissfield, Michigan. Charles started his law practice in
Lenawee County in 1902 and completed the construction
of the Robertson Building in 1960. The Building served as
the law offices of . . . — — Map (db m182368) HM
This farm was bequeathed to the County by
David R. Ramsdell, born July 11, 1886 - died
June 27, 1984, his Will in part reads,
"I give my farm of 180 acres to the Lenawee County
Parks Commission to be used as a park with nature and
hiking . . . — — Map (db m186342) HM
Frank and Elizabeth Gerber bought this 19
acre parcel in 1935 for $450.00. For many years
they made it available to youth groups and
neighborhood children for recreation / and
winter sledding, thus, the area became known
as Gerber Hill. In 1988 . . . — — Map (db m188438) HM
Gerber Hill Park contains significant remnants of Lenawee County's geologic past. As recently as 15,000 years ago, this
area was covered by glacial ice flowing to the west and northwest out of the, Erie Basin.
When the ice front began to . . . — — Map (db m188436) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
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