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Fort Saint Joseph was a fort established on land granted to the Jesuits by King Louis XIV; it was located on what is now the south side of the present-day town of Niles, Michigan. Père Claude-Jean Allouez established the Mission de Saint-Joseph in the 1680s. Allouez ministered to the local Native Americans, who were primarily Odawa and Ojibwe .
Mendon, Michigan. / 42.00722°N 85.45250°W / 42.00722; -85.45250. Mendon is a village in St. Joseph County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 870 at the 2010 census. The village is located within Mendon Township .
Part of the 1977–78 North American winter. The Great Blizzard of 1978 was a historic winter storm that struck the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes regions of the United States as well as Southern Ontario in Canada from Wednesday, January 25 through Friday, January 27, 1978. It is often cited as one of the most severe blizzards in US history. [1]
The Blossomland Bridge is a bascule bridge in St. Joseph, Michigan, that carries M-63 across the St. Joseph River. Delayed by World War II, construction took place from 1947 though 1948. At the time, it was the longest bridge built by the Michigan State Highway Department. The bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
St. Joseph Swing Bridge. Coordinates: 39.7534°N 94.85831°W. The Swing Bridge from the north. It is almost always in the "open" position. The St. Joseph Swing Bridge (also known as the St. Joseph Union Pacific Bridge and the St. Joseph-Elwood Bridge) is a Union Pacific Railroad truss Swing bridge connecting St. Joseph, Missouri, and Elwood ...
Fort Miami (Michigan) Coordinates: 42°6.655′N 86°28.939′W. Fort Miami was a fort on the bank of the St. Joseph River at the site of the present-day city of St. Joseph, Michigan, in the United States . It was established in November 1679 by a band of French explorers led by René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle on the banks of what was ...
Part of the tornadoes and tornado outbreaks of 1942. On March 16–17, 1942, a deadly late-winter tornado outbreak struck a large area of the Central and Southern United States, killing 149 people and injuring at least 1,312. At least five states reported violent tornadoes, from Illinois and Indiana south to Mississippi, beginning with an F4 ...
26-59400 [1] GNIS feature ID. 1626827 [2] Website. Township website. Nottawa Township is a civil township of St. Joseph County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,685 at the 2020 census. [3] The township is named after the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi.