The Brown City Banner

The Brown City Banner is a Michigan historical marker in Brown City, Sanilac County, dedicated 1993.

Main St., Brown City

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Published under the motto “Our Community is our Hive. The Rights of the People, our Queen,” The Brown City Bee debuted on January 23, 1891. Owner James A. Menzies named the newspaper for the “business-like fellow” who ensures “that matters are kept `humming’ about him.” He renamed the paper The Brown City Banner in December 1891. School superintendent and businessman Loftis Howse managed The Banner from 1892 to 1912. The paper has informed Sanilac, Lapeer, and St. Clair County readers for more than a century.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1874 · Colton's Michigan (1874) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1888 · Political map of Michigan 1888 (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1889 · Ontario No. 1. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1892 · Ontario 49 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1897 · Southern Michigan. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Ontario No. 1, 1889, covering the location of The Brown City Banner, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Ontario No. 1, 1889, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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