Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit - Revision history

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	The first recorded mention of the site was in 1670, when French missionaries found a stone idol venerated by the Indians there and destroyed it with an axe. Early settlers planted twelve missionary pear trees "named for the twelve Apostles" on the grounds of what is now Waterworks Park.		The first recorded mention of the site was in 1670, when French missionaries found a stone idol venerated by the Indians there and destroyed it with an axe. Early settlers planted twelve missionary pear trees "named for the twelve Apostles" on the grounds of what is now Waterworks Park.
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	The city name comes from the Detroit River (French: le détroit du Lac Érie), meaning the strait of Lake Erie, linking Lake Huron and Lake Erie; in the historical context, the strait included Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair River. The sieur de Cadillac in 1698 proposed to his government in Paris that Detroit be established as a shelter for displaced Indian allies. Paris approved and in 1701 Cadillac led a party of 100 Frenchmen to establish a post called Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit, naming it after his sponsor the comte de Pontchartrain, Minister of Marine under Louis XIV. In 1704 he was given ownership over the strenuous opposition of officials in New France. An investigation by de Pontchartrain showed Cadillac was a tyrannical profiteer whose mischief hurt the French cause, so Cadillac was removed and sent to faraway New Orleans as governor of Louisiana.		The city name comes from the Detroit River (French: le détroit du Lac Érie), meaning the strait of Lake Erie, linking Lake Huron and Lake Erie; in the historical context, the strait included Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair River. The sieur de Cadillac in 1698 proposed to his government in Paris that Detroit be established as a shelter for displaced Indian allies. Paris approved and in 1701 Cadillac led a party of 100 Frenchmen to establish a post called Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit, naming it after his sponsor the comte de Pontchartrain, Minister of Marine under Louis XIV. In 1704 he was given ownership over the strenuous opposition of officials in New France. An investigation by de Pontchartrain showed Cadillac was a tyrannical profiteer whose mischief hurt the French cause, so Cadillac was removed and sent to faraway New Orleans as governor of Louisiana.

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Bruce at 04:24, 26 July 2020

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Bruce at 04:23, 26 July 2020

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	:<span style="color:maroon;"> ''"Sylvestre commanded that a storehouse and stockade be built for his protection, that project was handed over to Lamothe Bardigues, for the Toreador elder did not entirely trust the capabilities of the Gascon Laumet. Despite, Lamothe's best efforts, the first building completed was Ste. Anne's Church and so Sylvestre d'Esparbes took refuge from the day in a pit beneath the church where the corpses of the settlement's first casualties were laid to rest. Perhaps not as timely as his master might have wished, Lamothe did complete the stockade next, constructing it of logs with defensive bastions or towers in each corner. After the fort was established, some Ottawa and Huron moved into the area for the convenience of trading with the French. Although Sylvestre fed upon members of these tribes, the number of casualties remained low, due in part or in full to the efforts of Lamothe Bardigues to restrain his master and the artful way in which he explained away untimely deaths."''		:<span style="color:maroon;"> ''"Sylvestre commanded that a storehouse and stockade be built for his protection, that project was handed over to Lamothe Bardigues, for the Toreador elder did not entirely trust the capabilities of the Gascon Laumet. Despite, Lamothe's best efforts, the first building completed was Ste. Anne's Church and so Sylvestre d'Esparbes took refuge from the day in a pit beneath the church where the corpses of the settlement's first casualties were laid to rest. Perhaps not as timely as his master might have wished, Lamothe did complete the stockade next, constructing it of logs with defensive bastions or towers in each corner. After the fort was established, some Ottawa and Huron moved into the area for the convenience of trading with the French. Although Sylvestre fed upon members of these tribes, the number of casualties remained low, due in part or in full to the efforts of Lamothe Bardigues to restrain his master and the artful way in which he explained away untimely deaths."''
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	Once Fort Pontchartrain was completed, small groups of settlers made their way from Montreal to join those who had already established themselves thirty years before. The settlement surrounding the fort, came to be know informally as Detroit and over the next five years it not only grew larger, but more profitable as well.		Once Fort Pontchartrain was completed, small groups of settlers made their way from Montreal to join those who had already established themselves thirty years before. The settlement surrounding the fort, came to be know informally as Detroit and over the next five years it not only grew larger, but more profitable as well.

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	Ste. Anne de Détroit, founded 1701, is the second oldest continuously operating Catholic parish in the United States; it was the first building erected in Detroit.		Ste. Anne de Détroit, founded 1701, is the second oldest continuously operating Catholic parish in the United States; it was the first building erected in Detroit.

	:<span style="color:maroon;"> ''"Sylvestre commanded that a storehouse and stockade be built for his protection, that project was handed over to Lamothe Bardigues, for the Toreador elder did not entirely trust the capabilities of the Gascon Laumet. Despite, Lamothe's best efforts, the first building completed was Ste. Anne's Church and so Sylvestre d'Esparbes took refuge from the day in a pit beneath the church where the corpses of the settlement's first casualties were laid to rest. Perhaps not as timely as his master might have wished, Lamothe did complete the stockade next, constructing it of logs with defensive bastions or ==towers in each corner. After the fort was established, some Ottawa and Huron moved into the area for the convenience of trading with the French. Although Sylvestre fed upon members of these tribes, the number of casualties remained low, due in part or in full to the efforts of Lamothe Bardigues to restrain his master and the artful way in which he explained away untimely deaths."''		:<span style="color:maroon;"> ''"Sylvestre commanded that a storehouse and stockade be built for his protection, that project was handed over to Lamothe Bardigues, for the Toreador elder did not entirely trust the capabilities of the Gascon Laumet. Despite, Lamothe's best efforts, the first building completed was Ste. Anne's Church and so Sylvestre d'Esparbes took refuge from the day in a pit beneath the church where the corpses of the settlement's first casualties were laid to rest. Perhaps not as timely as his master might have wished, Lamothe did complete the stockade next, constructing it of logs with defensive bastions or towers in each corner. After the fort was established, some Ottawa and Huron moved into the area for the convenience of trading with the French. Although Sylvestre fed upon members of these tribes, the number of casualties remained low, due in part or in full to the efforts of Lamothe Bardigues to restrain his master and the artful way in which he explained away untimely deaths."''

	Once Fort Pontchartrain was completed, small groups of settlers made their way from Montreal to join those who had already established themselves thirty years before. The settlement surrounding the fort, came to be know informally as Detroit and over the next five years it not only grew larger, but more profitable as well.		Once Fort Pontchartrain was completed, small groups of settlers made their way from Montreal to join those who had already established themselves thirty years before. The settlement surrounding the fort, came to be know informally as Detroit and over the next five years it not only grew larger, but more profitable as well.

Bruce: /* Personalities */

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	:* Irene Sauvageot		:* Irene Sauvageot
	:* Blanche Fontaine		:* Blanche Fontaine
	:* [[~~Cornelius Kraus~~]]		:* [[Aurel Jundt]] -- Austro-Hungarian Jew in the service of Louis XIV of France

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