The Fair Labor Standards Act (the Act) was enacted by Congress in 1938 to regulate workers' hours and wages. The United States Supreme Court interpreted an important provision of the Act in 1946 in a case arising in Mount Clemens.
The Mount . . . — — Map (db m146845) HM
Selfridge, Michigan's first real airport, began operations as a training base in July, 1917. It has progressed to a leading role in America's air arm. It is often called "The Home of Generals" because Selfridge has been a springboard to success in . . . — — Map (db m157867) HM
(side 1) Near this site lived William Austin Burt, inventor, legislator, surveyor, and millwright. Born in Massachusetts in 1792, Burt settled in this area in 1824, after spending several years in Erie County, New York. There he had been a . . . — — Map (db m154165) HM
In memory of
the Eighth Mich. Vol. Cav.
Col John Stockton
1862 - 1865
Dedicated by the survivors
on
Memorial Day, May 30, 1914. — — Map (db m256906) WM
1825 - Trading post established by Louis Campau (a Frenchman) at the mouth of the Rabbit River approximately one mile upstream from what is now New Richmond.
1825 - Mack’s Landing trading post established where Purdy’s Landing is now . . . — — Map (db m73571) HM
Loren Andrus (1816-1901) came to Macomb County from New York State in 1828. He served as an assistant engineer on the survey of the Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal, but gained prominence in agricultural work. In particular he focused on the breeding of . . . — — Map (db m120833) HM
Maurice VanCoillie was born in Detroit, Michigan on February 19, 1925. His parents, Adiel and Rose, were immigrants from Belgium and he had two younger sisters, Alice and Margaret. In the 1930s and 1940s, his family farmed various locations in . . . — — Map (db m279379) HM
Peter DeWitt Bush (1818-1913), the second permanent resident of the village of Caro, donated this site for the county courthouse square in 1866. Then he, along with two other pioneer settlers, moved an old frame church to the site to serve as the . . . — — Map (db m101635) HM
In 1818 Territorial Governor Lewis Cass proclaimed the third Michigan County to be called Macomb. At that time the young General was Commander of the Fifth Military Department in Detroit. Born in that city in 1782, son of prominent local . . . — — Map (db m146870) HM
Wolcott Mill is among the oldest mills in Michigan. Built in the mid-1840s by the Arad Freeman family, early Macomb County settlers. It passed through several owners before Frederick Wolcott purchased it in 1878. The Wolcott family upgraded the . . . — — Map (db m87660) HM
Elizabeth is recognized as the first African American to purchase land in Oakland County.
Born around 1786 to an enslaved family in what would later become Macomb County, she was nicknamed "Lisette." At age twenty-one, she escaped to Canada . . . — — Map (db m256912) HM
In honoring the memory of General Alexander Macomb as a military hero of the War of 1812 and as a scholar and civil administrator of the Michigan Territory's largest county in 1818, may this statue serve as a reminder to future generations of the . . . — — Map (db m256903) HM
St. Vincent de Paul parish, established in 1851 by Bishop Peter Paul Lefevere, once included all of Oakland County and parts of Genesee, Lapeer and Macomb Counties. The parish’s first house of worship, the Academy Building, was first a private . . . — — Map (db m174290) HM
Roy Edwin O'Brien was born in Lisbon, Arkansas on August 8, 1895. On February 8, 1919, Roy married Clara Estelle Leslie, born on April 8, 1897, from Alpena, Michigan. They had three children — Mary, Gloria and Roy Jr.
In 1945, Roy O'Brien . . . — — Map (db m279326) HM
In observance of the 175th anniversary of the City of Mount Clemens, the citizens of this proud community dedicate this clock to all the individuals and families whose energies and sacrifices have made Mount Clemens one of our state's truly . . . — — Map (db m256908) HM
John DiGiorgio played high school football as a Linebacker and Running Back for Utica Eisenhower High school. He led Eisenhower to the state finals in 1999 and 2000 and was named to the All-State Team. As a senior, John was a "Dream Team Pick" . . . — — Map (db m147034) HM
Welcome to Wetzel State Recreation Area
Wetzel State Recreation Area consists of approximately 900 acres. In 1968, The (then) Dept. of Conservation appropriated $250,000 for the acquisition of a new State Park in Macomb County, near Coon . . . — — Map (db m146894) HM WM
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* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
