"Doctor Eduard Dorsch - Monroe, Michigan" Waymark

Historical Name: Doctor Eduard Dorsch Description: Doctor Eduard Dorsch Although Dr. Dorsch, born in Bavaria, was a competant physician with degrees from Munich and Vienna, he was exciled when the 1848 German revolution failed. In Monroe his love of freedom led him to make this home a station on the underground railroad, later willling it for use as a public library. He was a delegate to the first Republican party convention, elector from Michigan and member of the state board of education. As U.S. Pension board Surgeon he devised long used to trace a bullet's course in the human body. He established in Monroes' marshes the spectacular American Lotus and was noted as a poet and a painter. Parking nearby?: yes D/T ratings: Registered Site #: Not official michigan Historical Date: Not listed website: Not listed

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