GALVEZ, WITH THE AID OF MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS FROM LOUISIANA,WON VICTORIES AT BATON ROUGE, MOBILE, AND PENSACOLA DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. BY HIS DARING LEADERSHIP HE DROVE THE BRITISH FROM...
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The French fort built here in 1691 controlled southern Michigan’s principal Indian trade routes. Missionaries and fur traders were here already. The fort became a British outpost in 1761....
The old Grand River Indian Trail, now US-16, became a plank road in 1848. A toll gate and Red Bridge Post Office were located here. Nearby were homes of John Mullett, pioneer surveyor, and...