Fitzgerald Park

Historical marker location:

100 Fitzgerald Park Drive, Grand Ledge, Michigan

( Marker is on Fitzgerald Park Drive, 0.4 miles north of West Jefferson Street.)

Marker installed: 1978

The first European settlement in Michigan was founded by French explorer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac in 1701. He established the settlement of Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit (later known as Detroit), which became an important trading post and military stronghold for the French and later the British.