Located approximately fifty yards south on Coldwater Road in the Village of Union City, the historic marker reads: On March 17, 1847, the Union City Iron Company was incorporated with leading citizens of the town as stockholders. The company was formed to produce iron from the bog and kidney iron ore deposits in Union and Read More
Located at 27 S. Jefferson Street, Coldwater, The Historical marker reads: North Side – This impressive Second Empire style home with mansard roof was constructed in 1875 for Jay M. Chandler (1850-1884) and his young bride Francis. On this site from 1847-1871 had stood the Parrish flouring mill. Jay, the fourth son of locally prominent Read More
Located on the northeast corner of E. Chicago & N. Hudson Streets, the Historic Marker reads: Masonic Temple side – The Tyre Lodge #18 Free and Accepted Masons and their female relatives formed the Order of the Eastern Star Chapter that became the oldest continuous Eastern Star chapter in the world. IN 1913, Coldwater Masons Read More
The CITY OF COLDWATER 1861 – 1961 marker is located at the intersection of Chicago & Marshall Streets, the Historic Marker reads: Potawatomie Indians ceded Coldwater Prairie to the United States in 1827. The Indians called it “Chuck-sew-ya-bish”, meaning “cold water spring”. Coldwater is located at the junction of Old Sauk and Fort Wayne Indian Read More
Located at 10 E. Chicago Street in front of Library, the Historic Marker text: The first formal step toward the founding of a state library association was taken by Mary A. Eddy, of the Coldwater Free Public Library, in a letter to Henry M. Utley of the Detroit Public Library on January 13, 1891. They Read More
Located on Marshall Street in front of the First Presbyterian Church, the Historic Marker text: Organized in 1837, the same year that Coldwater became a village, the local Presbyterian society held services in various quarters until 1844 when it erected its first church. It completed the present Romanesque Revival-style brick church in 1869 at a Read More
Located on Chicago Road west of Bronson in highway park, the Historic Marker text: One of the great routes for the pioneers coming west was the Chicago Road. The survey of the road began at Detroit in 1825 and followed closely the Sauk Trail which Indians had marked and traveled for centuries before the coming Read More
31 Division Street – Coldwater This Historic Site marker is located next to the brick clock tower located at the corner of E. Pearl & Division Streets. Its location is near the north edge of the ground on which the old Branch County Jail once sat. Two previous courthouses have sit on the property that Read More
Located along the U.S. 12 Heritage Route (Sauk Trail). The city reflects a unique balance of past and present, featuring many fine old turn-of-the-twentieth century homes. The village, and later, city of Coldwater enjoyed a booming economy filled with rapid retail development and industry of many types. Coldwater was originally platted by two of the Read More
By: Dave McDonald, BCHS – President Early villages such as Coldwater and Quincy were established along an old Indian passageway referred to as the Sauk Trail, and later by settlers as the Chicago Road. Transportation in early Branch County came in the form of stage coaches. In 1837 the new state of Michigan launched improvement Read More
