FIRST - Settlement in Washtenaw County - Ypsilanti, MI
N 42° 14.522 W 083° 36.793
17T E 284394 N 4679956
Marker on the side of a building which is a former Masonic Temple located at 64 North Huron Street, Ypsilanti MI 48197.
Waymark Code: WM1915B
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 11/06/2023
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A brass plaque noting the location of the first settlement in Washtenaw County being just west of the Huron River at 64 North Huron Street, Ypsilanti MI 48197. The plaque is tarnishing somewhat from being over 100 years old. The Golden Whee of the Daughters of the American Revolution can be found in the lower third of the placard between the text and erected by portion.
The text reads:
To commemorate
the first settlement
in Washtenaw County
Godfroy's on the Pottawatomie Trail
Established by Gabriel Godfroy in 1809
Erected by
Ypsilanti Chapter D. A. R.
1917
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