Monroe County Historical Society

1938 – Society forms; quartered in Sawyer Homestead

1939 – Historic Trails Committee formed by JS Gray

1948 – Purchase of Eby Log Cabin

1955 – Custer Monument moved to Monroe Street

33 markers placed by Trails Committee
1956 – Bridge School acquired from Dundee Board of Education

1959 – St. Antoine Park developed

1960 – Eby Cabin placed on County fairgrounds

1961 – Cabin shown to 20,000 Fair visitors

1962 – Museum opens year-round

1966 – Monroe County Historical Commission created to operate Museums

1967 – First full-time Museum Director

1969 – Country Store Exhibit opened in Papermill School Building

1971 – Gift of Navarre-Anderson Trading Post

1972 – Monroe Post Office Building acquired

1973 – New Museum building dedicated during Michigan Week

1974 – Architectural Survey of County completed

1976 – Archaeological studies at River Raisin Battlefield begin

1977 – Phinney Building moved

1982 – Navarre-Morris Cabin moved to Trading Post site

1983 – Enlarged Custer Exhibit completed

1984 – Navarre-Anderson Trading Post opened

1986 – River Raisin Battlefield site acquired

1988 – Country Store porch removal and improvements

1989 – Trading Post Barn constructed

2025 - Johnson-Phinney House Painted