Historical Markers and War Memorials in Dowagiac, Michigan
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Dowagiac is in Cass County
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On Main Street at Indiana Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Main Street.
1861 – 1865
The 19th Mich. Inf. Was organized at Dowagiac, ‘62. Henry C. Gilbert, Colonel, left camp Sept. 14, ‘62 with 995 men. Mustered out of service Jun. 10, ‘65
Total Enrollment 1206
Killed in Action 54 . . . — — Map (db m75366) WM
On Beeson Street at South Front Street, on the right when traveling east on Beeson Street.
On this site in January 1893, the Beckwith and Lee families opened and dedicated the Beckwith Memorial Building in honor of Philo D. Beckwith (1825-1889). P.D. Beckwith moved to Dowagiac in 1854 and became one of the most important individuals to . . . — — Map (db m217930) HM
Near Marcellus Highway, 0.4 miles west of Gards Prairie Road.
This is the third 16 ft. section from the largest Tulip tree in Michigan. When this tree was blown down in May of 1984, it was approximately 300 yrs old and over 225 ft. tall. — — Map (db m75361)
On Main Street (Michigan Route 62) at North Lowe Street, on the left when traveling west on Main Street.
Criffield-Whiteley House
Businessman and farmer Charles M. Criffield (1867-1929) and his wife, Cora, (1865-1945) built this Queen Anne-style house in 1897. Fred Corber managed the construction. In 1920 the Criffields sold the house . . . — — Map (db m183901) HM
On Main Street (State Highway M-62) at North Lowe Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
(South Side)
Erected by H.C. Gilbert Post No. 47 G.A.R. Comrs. Fred E. Lee, Prest. J. Edwards, 1st Vice Prest. H. Goddings, 2nd Vice Prest. H.S. McMaster, Sec. Willis M. Farr, Tres.
1861-1865
(North Side)
Cass . . . — — Map (db m202750) WM
On Main Street at S. Front Street, in the median on Main Street.
(Southeast Panel)
"It is an investment not a loss when a man gives his life for his country."
(Northeast Panel)
City of Dowagiac
Floyd Ibbotson • Avery B. Wilkinson • David H. Starrett • Otis Messenger • Elmer . . . — — Map (db m75362) WM
On Main Street at Michigan Highway 62, on the left when traveling west on Main Street.
Proudly we pay tribute to those who made the supreme sacrifice in World War II and Korea.
World War II
Arthur F. Abendroth • Charles W. Ball • John C. Clancy Jr. • Raymond Cowham • Alvin Cox • Bernhardt Dahlke • Paul E. Davis • . . . — — Map (db m75367) WM
On Middle Crossing Road at Garrett Road, on the right when traveling west on Middle Crossing Road.
Circuit-riding ministers established a Methodist class in Silver Creek Township in 1843. Five families attended the earliest meetings, held in the home of Leroy L. Curtis, the first class leader. In 1844 the Reverend David Whitlock was appointed . . . — — Map (db m64737) HM
On School Street at Sink Road, on the right when traveling west on School Street.
Indian Lake Cemetery has been in use since the 1840s and contains the remains of many of the earliest settlers of Silver Creek Township. Many of the community’s first funerals were held in a log schoolhouse immediately to the south of here. In 1852 . . . — — Map (db m202752) HM
On Leach Road, 0.2 miles north of Topash Street, on the right when traveling north.
Chief Leopold Pokagon and his tribe of Potawatomi Indians built a log church here in 1838 and deeded the forty acres of land on which it stood to the Catholic Bishop of Detroit. Pokagon, who came to Silver Creek Township from his village outside of . . . — — Map (db m64735) HM
On Courtland Street, 0.1 miles west of Center Street, on the right when traveling west.
(Obverse Side)
St. Paul's Church
Under the leadership of Justus Gage (1805-1875), this structure was built as a Universalist church. Completed at a cost of $3,000, it is Dowagiac's oldest public building. At the time of completion, . . . — — Map (db m64731) HM
Near Marcellus Highway, 0.4 miles west of Gards Prairie Road.
(Side One)
The Dowagiac River Watershed
A watershed is all of the area that drains into a common body of water.
The snow and rain that falls within the watershed boundaries, and does not evaporate, will drain into the Dowagiac . . . — — Map (db m75359)
On East Division Street (Michigan Route 62) at Colby Street, on the right when traveling east on East Division Street.
Veterans
Memorial
In memory of past, present and future Veterans of Foreign Wars and to the citizens on the home front who sacrificed to support the spirited service men and women on foreign soil
All gave
some
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some gave . . . — — Map (db m217931) WM
Farr Park is named for Michigan native and Civil War veteran Willis M. Farr, born August 1, 1844, who was an industrialist and a Dowagiac city alderman in the 1880's. Mr. Farr was a partner in Dowagiac Manufacturing Co., a maker of grain drills. . . . — — Map (db m202749) HM
On Kansas Street near Vermont Street, on the right when traveling west.
"The Old Rugged Cross" composed by George Bennard was first sung in this church by a choir comprised of Frank Virgil • Olive Marrs • Clara Virgil • Wm Thaldorf • Florence Jones - organist • Arthur Dodd - violinist
1913 — — Map (db m218112) HM
On Vermont Street at Kansas Street, on the right when traveling north on Vermont Street.
The Old Rugged Cross Church has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior
1876 — — Map (db m217932) HM
