Michigan - Washtenaw County Markers

A lot of these were visited in 2023 and 2024, before I started this blog. Travel details will be thin to none. This page will be updated as I visit more markers.

I started out in the Chelsea area since that's where I live. These visits happened in 2023 and 2024.

Ann Arbor has its own article.

Chelsea:
Historic Downtown Chelsea








Park Street, East of Main Street


Former B&B Glazier Stove Co


Chelsea's Corner Grocery Store

Vogel's & Foster's

Vogel's & Foster's (2)

The Durand Hatch Block

McKune Block

 

US Bicentennial celebration time capsule

 
Chelsea Sesquicentennial time capsule

The Livery Lot

 
The Welfare Building

Chelsea Depot

 

First Congregational Church

Oak Grove Cemetery

Oak Grove Civil War Memorial

Notable 19th & 20th Century Downtown Chelsea Fires

 


History of the Holmes' Cutter

Veteran's Memorial Park

Lett's Creek


George and Ida Collins Palmer House


Chelsea outlying area:

North Lake Methodist Church

 

Park Lawn Beach

 
Zion Lutheran Church

George Palmer House (wide view)



The following are in Chelsea but not on the HMDB.org database.

On April 13, 2006, while providing helicopter support for a foot pursuit, Chelsea police Chief Riley Scott Sumner and Reserve Officer Matthew Tuttle were killed when the helicopter crashed.

Tuttle/Sumner memorial benches

Dexter area:

This is inside Hudson Mills Metropark:

Hudson Mills
 

These next few are also in the metropark, but are not currently on HMDB




This marker is duplicated in quite a few places along the Detroit Metropark system along walking paths:

Dexter:

 

Dexter Depot

Track Pans (obverse of Dexter Depot)

St. Joseph Catholic Church

Lost Pyramids of Dexter
History of Mill Creek Dam


The Pat and Paul Cousins Memorial Trail


Forest Lawn Cemetery

Frederick Pelham's bridge and marker

Frederick Pelham: Bridge Engineer

Alice Frances House and marker

Alice Frances House - Library

Dexter Area Civil War Memorial


Saline:

Saline - Obverse of Salt Spring

 

Salt Springs - obverse of Saline

Saline Presbyterian Church

Saline Presbyterian Church - obverse

 

Davenport House

Cook Family Cemetery

Obverse: The Cook Family

 
The Smith-Kimball Family - obverse from Jira Payne House

Jira Payne House - obverse from Smith-Kimball family

Rural areas in Washtenaw County:

Park Lyndon North:

Shaping the Land

A Good Home for Oaks

The Beauty of Biodiversity

The Power of Ice

History of Lyndon Township

Delhi Bridge


Webster United Church of Christ

Webster Township Hall



Saint Thomas Cemetery

Thomas Church - obverse of Saint Thomas Cemetery



Bethel Church

Bridgewater Town Hall

Bridgewater Town Hall



Blacksmith Shop

James A. Lynch House - obverse of Manchester Township Library

Manchester Township Library - obverse of James A Lynch House

Saint Mary Church

The German Church

Salem Church

This marker is within a state park at the start of a hiking trail.

The Beginning

 

In the Saginaw Forest preserve west of Ann Arbor:


 










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