In 1688 it was abandoned, but the site became part of Fort Gratiot in 1814.

The land which became Shrewsbury originally belonged to Gregorie Sarpy and Charles Gratiot ; by 1890, it was divided into farms and sold to families.

Gratiot became a party to lengthy litigation against the United States government, which was appealed twice to the U. S. Supreme Court.

Concerned that they would seize the U. S. arsenal at Fort Gratiot, U. S. General Hugh Brady ordered the weapons removed by boat.

* The following are on the National Register of Historic Places: Dunkirk Light, Dunkirk Schooner Site, Point Gratiot Lighthouse Complex, School No. 7, and the United States Post Office.

MI: Store # 1 on Broadway Ave in Detroit ( aka Barton Electronics ), Store # 2 on Maple in downtown Birmingham ( store was lost due to fire ), Store # 3 on Plymouth Road in Livonia ( aka Robbie ), Store # 4 on Van Dyke in Sterling Heights, Store # 5 Ann Arbor, Store # 6 Kalamazoo ( aka Kaltronics ), << 10721 West 10 Mile Oak Park-Main Office, Warehouse and Store # 7 ( aka Eric )>>, Store # 8 Trenton, Store # 9 Farmington ( aka Nancy ), Store # 10 Grand Rapids, Store # 11 on Gratiot in Roseville, Store # 12 on M59 in Waterford, Store # 14 in Lansing.

Emil Lockwood, a noted Michigan legislator, represented Gratiot County in the Michigan Senate from 1963-1970, much of the time as Senate Majority Leader.

*, which is Gratiot Avenue (; named after engineer Charles Gratiot ) runs northeast and southwest, and ( roughly ) bisects the city as it wends from Detroit to Mount Clemens and points north.

* Utica Road is an important diagonal connector that criss-crosses the city from southeast to northwest, starting at Gratiot Avenue ( near Martin Road, or 11 Mile Road ) and extending to the city's northern boundary at 13 Mile, then to Fraser, Michigan, Clinton Township, Michigan, Sterling Heights and Utica beyond.

The post office from North Shade in Gratiot County was transferred here on August 3, 1868, with Hiram T. Sherman as the first postmaster.

The village annexed the Stanhope-Allard strip of land from what was then Gratiot Township in 1931.

Harper Woods was incorporated as a city on February 19, 1951 from what was left of Gratiot Township.

Gratiot County was also established in 1831, with land from Saginaw and Clinton counties.

In 1829, he was commissioned to rebuild the Fort Gratiot Lighthouse at the entrance to the St. Clair River from Lake Huron.

It was later used as a supply road for Fort Gratiot in Port Huron under authorization from the US Congress in the 1820s.

View of Gratiot Avenue from Detroit People Mover station in Detroit

M-3 parts from Gratiot Avenue at the intersection with 23 Mile Road, turning eastward along that roadway to an intersection with I-94.

Gratiot Avenue, then also called Detroit – Port Huron Road, was authorized by the US Congress on March 2, 1827, as a supply road from Detroit to Port Huron for Fort Gratiot.

In Detroit, Grand River is one of five major avenues ( along with Woodward, Michigan, Gratiot, and Jefferson ) planned by Judge Augustus Woodward in 1805 that extend from downtown Detroit in differing directions.

Jefferson is one of five major avenues ( along with Woodward, Michigan, Grand River, and Gratiot ) planned by Judge Augustus Woodward in 1805 that extend from downtown Detroit in differing directions.

He was the son of Charles Gratiot, Sr., a fur trader in the Illinois country during the American Revolution, and Victoire Chouteau, who was from an important mercantile family.

* This article contains public domain text from Portraits and Profiles of Chief Engineers: Colonel Charles Gratiot.

# Pine River ( Chippewa River ) rises in from Pine Lake in eastern Mecosta County, flows mostly south and east through Isabella County, then south along eastern edge of Montcalm County, then east and north through Gratiot County and Midland County, emptying into the Chippewa River at, just about two miles before it joins the Tittabawassee River near Midland.

Other popular cruising strips in the Detroit area include US-24 Telegraph Road from 12 Mile Road in Southfield to Michigan Avenue in Dearborn, and M-3 Gratiot Avenue on the East Side.

He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1826 and was commissioned a brevet second lieutenant in the 3rd U. S. Infantry, July 1, 1826, then in the 2nd U. S. Infantry in the and served on the Northern frontier at Fort Gratiot, Fort Mackinac, and Fort Brady.

* Gratiot Street Prison – St. Louis, Missouri

# Gratiot, Wisconsin – $ 16, 902

Charles Gratiot, Jr. ( August 29, 1786 – May 18, 1855 ) was born in St. Louis, Missouri.

The last gravel section of highway was paved near Fenmore by the Gratiot – Saginaw county line in the late 1950s.

* Saginaw and Gratiot County State Road / Saginaw Valley and St. Louis Railroad

St. Louis is a city in Gratiot County in the U. S. state of Michigan.

Fort Gratiot Charter Township is a charter township of St. Clair County in the U. S. state of Michigan.

es: Municipio de Fort Gratiot ( condado de St. Clair, Míchigan )

By 1859 a ferry service was established across the St. Clair River to Fort Gratiot ( now Port Huron, Michigan ).

The Interstate crosses into Roseville near the M-97 ( Groesbeck Highway ) interchange and then meets M-3 ( Gratiot Avenue ) just west of the eastern terminus at I-94 ( the Edsel Ford Freeway ) in St. Clair Shores.

* Fort Gratiot Light -- Lake Huron / St. Clair River — Port Huron

* Colonial forts such as Fort Gratiot ( north of Port Huron ) and Fort Sinclair ( near present day St. Clair ) were built along the St. Clair River.

* Gratiot Street Prison, an American Civil War prison in St. Louis, Missouri

He also rebuilt Fort St. Joseph, later renamed Fort Gratiot in his honor.

Gen. Charles Gratiot, who oversaw its re-construction in 1814 to guard the mouth of the St. Clair River at Lake Huron.

Thompson was captured in August in Arkansas, and spent time in St. Louis ' Gratiot Street prison, as well as at the Fort Delaware and Johnson's Island prisoner-of-war camps, (" Poor old Jeff, how my heart went out to him ; he a prisoner and his devoted wife in a madhouse ".