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Williamston grew where two Native American trails crossed. In 1834, settlers Hiram and Joseph Putnam built the north-south road that became Putnam Street. Construction of the Grand River Turnpike from Detroit to Grand Rapids in . . . — — Map (db m84507) HM
Since 1931, improvements to Williamston's McCormick Park
are the result of citizens and groups who care.
Click on photo to read details. — — Map (db m174723) HM
In the early 1900s, this Gazebo stood in the intersection of Grand River and Putnam. Positioned on posts, it stood high above the street, over a water trough for passing horses. Its position made it a platform for speeches, concerts, and civic . . . — — Map (db m233602) HM
In the early 1900s, this Gazebo stood in the intersection of Grand River and Putnam. Positioned on posts, it stood above the street, over a water trough for passing horses. Its position made it a platform for speeches, concerts, and civic . . . — — Map (db m233651) HM
This shelter was originally built to shade a drinking fountain near the center of the park. It was built in the classic U.S. Forest Service design using locally lumbered timbers.
Although the shelter was repaired and stabilized many times, . . . — — Map (db m233654) HM
In July 1896, 101 farmers and teams of horses delivered 219 wagonloads of fieldstone to this site. The farmers participated in the “Great Stone Bee,” a contest to gather and deliver “hard heads” with which to build this Methodist Episcopal Church. . . . — — Map (db m174725) HM
(Side 1)
Beginning in the 1850s, Williamston Catholics worshipped with visiting priests. They often traveled ten miles by carriage or horseback on rutted, muddy roads to Saint Patrick Church in Woodhull (present-day Shaftsburg) to worship . . . — — Map (db m84588) HM
This building was erected about 1887 for John Forster, an early surveyor in the Lake Superior Copper Country. In 1888 the chapel, named in memory of Forster’s daughter Kitty, was presented to the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Michigan. Simple in . . . — — Map (db m174733) HM
1842: The wooden bridge
Though no records exist of Williamston's first bridge, there must have been bridges to move supplies and traffic between the mills and farms on the north side.
One entering our Village from the north, . . . — — Map (db m118899) HM
In early times, communities grew up around mills, particularly sawmills and grist mills. Settlers needed to make regular trips to grist mills in order to convert their grain crops into flour or meal for their families, livestock and sale. . . . — — Map (db m118900) HM
Dedicated in Memory of
Those Who Made The
Supreme Sacrifice in World War II
Locke Township
Dansby, Robert G.
La Preze, Robert R.
Powers, Milford
Leroy Township
Swartz, James William
White, Kenneth H.
Wheatfield . . . — — Map (db m182479) WM
Wall of Honor
Dedicated by the American Legion Post 296
To the Williamston area men and women
Who gave their lives for our country
And to all of those who have served in
The Armed Forces of this great Nation
Past, Present and Future . . . — — Map (db m215091) WM
The old Grand River Indian Trail, now US-16, became a plank road in 1848. A toll gate and Red Bridge Post Office were located here. Nearby were homes of John Mullett, pioneer surveyor, and John Forester, explorer, north Michigan mine pioneer. . . . — — Map (db m84681) HM
