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yooperprof Says: Designed by Edward Fallis, a Toledo architect, and built in 1880-81, with a pleasant corner town in the "French Empire" style.
Historic Monroe - First Presbyterian Church
yooperprof Says: "This Church, the first Presbyterian Church is this area and the first Presbyterian Church in Michigan, was organized January 13, 1820. "Minuteman" George Alford, of the Revolutionary War, was one of the charter members.The Rev. John Monteith, who later became the first...
Historic Monroe - Old Whipping Post
yooperprof Says: "Public whipping for minor crime was a custom brought from New England by Monroe's earliest American settlers. Not general in the midwest, the punishment was administered here chiefly to ne'er-do-wells whom the citizens wished to be rid of.Peter P. Ferry, a former soldier of...
Historic Monroe - St. Mary's Church
yooperprof Says: St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception"This church is the immediate successor to the first church in Monroe County, St. Antoine aux Riviere Raisin (October 15, 1788), which was located two miles upriver.Construction of this church was begun in 1834. It was consecrated in...
Historic Monroe - Monroe County Since 1817
yooperprof Says: "Monroe County was established in July 1817, as one of the first steps in the organization of Michigan Territory after the War of 1812. Then, the old settlement of Frenchtown which centered upon this square took the name of Monroe and became the county seat, September...
Historic Monroe - River Raisin Marker
yooperprof Says: "Remember the River Raisin" became a national battle cry in the War of 1812 after settlers and Kentucky soldiers were massacred by Indians on the river's banks in violation of protection promised by the British.The stream here was the center of a sturdy French-American...
Travler409 Says: Just off the I-75 exit is Michigan's Vietnam War Memorial. One of the vets working on the new enclosed display museum told us Michigan was the first state to create such a memorial. On display are a couple of 'slip' helicopters- so called because they could slip in and out...
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Designed by Edward Fallis, a Toledo architect, and built in 1880-81, with a pleasant corner town in the "French Empire" style.
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Monroe MI was originally known as Frenchtown, in light of early French settlement here. But its main historic claim to fame is as the town where George Armstrong Custer grew up.
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It's a river. On its banks one of the most decisive battles of the War of 1812 was fought.
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