Larke Road

Larke Road is a Michigan historical marker in Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, dedicated 2023.

Three Mile Rd east of I-75, Sault Ste. Marie

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Until 1962 Three Mile (Larke) Road was known simply as Larke Road. In 1876 Henry Larke (1824-1900) became the first settler along this road, making his home about one and one-half miles west of this site. He had emigrated from Canada, where he farmed and made wooden pumps. From 1876 until 1897, Larke operated a dairy farm near this site. His son Richard and daughter-in-law Lena maintained the farm until the 1940s. Around the turn of the century, a local glacial deposit and the local rural school were named in honor of the Larke family.

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1817 · North Western and MichiganTerritories. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1822 · Map Of Michigan Territory. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1827 · Haut Canada, Michigan. Amer. Sep. 42. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1828 · Michigan. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1874 · Colton's Michigan (1874) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Haut Canada, Michigan. Amer. Sep. 42, 1827, covering the location of Larke Road, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Haut Canada, Michigan. Amer. Sep. 42, 1827, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Larke Road

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