Land Patent 1825 Home Circa 1850 Isaac Carrier purchased this Michigan Territory land from the U.S. Government in 1825. (Michigan Statehood 1837). Submitted by Bryan Arnold @nanowhiskers
This statue of Robert Burns, Scotland's national bard, was unveiled by J. Ramsay MacDonald, a prime minister of Britain, on 25th August, 1928. Robert Burns's sincere desire for friendship...
This memorial has been placed by the British Columbia Waterfowl Society in memory of GEORGE HENRY REIFEL July 22, 1922 - March 7, 1992 An avid sportsman and conservationist, George H....
POINT ATKINSON LIGHTHOUSE Site named by Capt. Vancouver June 14, 1792. Wall of original tower, built in 1874, still stands near present tower, completed in 1912. Tower 60 ft high - light 108...
St. Patrick was the first church to serve Brighton area Catholics, many of whom were immigrants from Ireland. A simple log structure at the corner of McCabe and Silver Lake Roads built in 1838...
FORT DENT Fort Dent was named after Colonel Frederick T. Dent of the U.S. Army. Colonel Dent, Aide-de-Camp to Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War, was said to have supervised construction...
THIS PARK IS KEPT LIVING IN FOND REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE WHOM WE HAVE LOVED LONG SINCE AND LOST AWHILE Submitted by @AmeliaTGrabow
Located on the Government Square, City Hall remains one of Alpena’s most prominent structures. In 1904 when the city council chose to construct the building of Bedford (Indiana) limestone...
In 1848 Thomas and Margaret Spencer Matthews came to Worth Township from Ontario, Canada, following other farm families who migrated from Upper Canada to Michigan. Matthews’s grandfather, Thomas...