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Thomas Edison

While working as a railway newsboy on the Detroit- Port Huron line, Tom Edison often stopped in Mount Clemens. He made friends with station agent J. U. Mackenzie and in 1862 saved Mackenzie’s...

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Jackson Square

From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Jason Riedy, full page.License is Attribution License

    First International Tunnel

    At this point the Grand Trunk Western Railroad tunnel, linking Port Huron with Canada, passes underneath Gratiot Avenue. This international submarine railway tunnel—first in the world—was opened...

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    Morgan Hill

    WAITING FOR THE TRAIN BY MARLENE AMERIAN   UNVEILED AS PART OF CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS APRIL 29, 2007   THIS BRONZE SCULPTURE DEPICTS ONE OF MORGAN MILL'S EARLY FOUNDING FAMILIES, HIRAM MORGAN...

      Harold Ross

      HAROLD ROSS 1892 - 1951 The magazine editor, who said "if you can't be funny, be interesting",lived here when he founded The New Yorker in 1925. At his 1923 "housewarming" were Dorthy Parker,...

        Women Veterans Monument

        WOMEN VETERANS MONUMENT DEDICATED BY THE  DANIEL M. O'CONNELL POST NO. 272  AMERICAN LEGION AND FRIENDS,  SEPTEMBER 24, 1989 IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF ALL  THOSE WOMEN WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY IN...

          Memorial Avenue of Elms

          MEMORIAL AVENUE OF ELMSIn 1922 this avenue of elms was completed, and was dedicated as a living memorial to the men from the Manitoba Agricultural College, who had laid down their lives for...

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          Imperial Bank of Canada

          HISTORIC WINNIPEGImperial Bank of Canada1906On this site the Imperial Bank of Canada opened the first branch of the bank in Winnipeg on January 4, 1881. The original Robertson Block was replaced...

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          Fort Craillo

          2500 FEET  FORT CRAILO  "YANKEE DOODLE"  WRITTEN THERE 1758 Submitted by @portraysMadison

            Gefrin

            AT THIS PLACE WAS GEFRIN ROYAL TOWNSHIP OF THE SEVENTH CENTURY ANGLO-SAXON KINGS OF NORTHUMBRIA HERE THE MISSIONARY PAULINUS IN A.D. 627 INSTRUCTED THE PEOPLE IN CHRISTIANITY FOR THIRTY SIX DAYS...

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