From the city site.
** French explorer Daniel Greysolon Duluth established Fort St. Joseph near the present site of the Blue Water Bridge in 1686.
** 1814: Fort Gratiot was established at the base of Lake Huron and was considered the first organized population in the area. It was built near the site of Fort St. Joseph.
1825: Fort Gratiot Lighthouse was built. It was the first lighthouse in Michigan. The present lighthouse was built in 1829.
1854: Thomas A. Edison's family moved to Port Huron where he worked at the railroad selling newspapers and "testing" his new inventions. That explains the Thomas Edison Parkway in Port Hudson. I did not know he lived there.
More to Come. --Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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