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PORT HURON

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PORT See also:HURON , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Saint Clair county, See also:Michigan, U.S.A., at the confluence of the Saint Clair and See also:Black See also:rivers, and at the See also:lower end of See also:Lake Huron, about 6o m. N.N.E. of See also:Detroit. Pop. (1900), 19,158 of whom 7142 were See also:foreign-See also:born ; (1910 U.S. See also:census) 18,863. It is served by the See also:Grand See also:Trunk and other See also:railways, and by steamboat lines to See also:Chicago and other ports. A railway See also:tunnel, 6025 ft. See also:long, under the Saint Clair, connects the city with See also:Sarnia, See also:Canada. The tunnel, which has an inside See also:diameter of 20 ft., was constructed by the Grand Trunk railway in 1889-1891 at a cost of about $2,700,000, and was designed by See also:Joseph Hobson (b. 1834). Port Huron is laid out with wide streets, on both sides of the Black See also:river and along the See also:shore of Lake Huron; it has attractive parks and See also:mineral See also:water springs, and is a summer resort. Among its buildings are the See also:court See also:house, the city See also:hall, and a See also:Modern Maccabee See also:Temple--Port Huron being the headquarters of the Knights of the Modern See also:Maccabees (1881), a fraternal society which, in 1910, had a membership of 107,737. Until 1908 Port Huron was the headquarters of the Knights of the Maccabees of the See also:World (founded in 1883; 283,998 members in 191o). Port Huron has large See also:shipping interests, and since 1866 has been the port of entry of the Huron customs See also:district.

In 1go8 its exports were valued at $16,958,080 and its imports at $4,859,120. The city has shipyards, dry docks, large shops of the Grand Trunk railway, See also:

publishing houses, and manufactories of agricultural implements, See also:steel See also:ships, automobiles, foundry products, See also:paper and pulp, and toys. In 1904 the city's factory products were valued at $4,789,589. In 1686 the See also:French established Fort St Joseph, a fortified trading See also:post, which came into the See also:possession of the See also:British in 1761 and was occupied by See also:American troops in 1814. The fort was renamed Fort Gratiot in See also:honour of See also:General See also:Charles Gratiot (1788-1855), who was See also:chief-engineer in General W. H. See also:Harrison's See also:army in 1813-1814, and was chief-engineer of the U.S. Army in 1828-'838. The See also:settlement which See also:grew up See also:round the fort, and was organized as a See also:village in '84o, was also known as Fort Gratiot, and was annexed to Port Huron in 1893. The fort was abandoned during 1837-1848, during 1852-'866, and, permanently, in '879. The earliest permanent settlement, in what later became Port Huron, was made in 1790 by several French families. This settlement, distinct from that at the fort, was first called La See also:Riviere De Lude, and, after '828, See also:Desmond.

It was platted in 1835, incorporated as a village in 1840 (under its See also:

present name), and chartered as a city in '857.

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