This date in Michigan History

This date in Michigan History: March 14, 1865

Brunson Harbor becomes Benton Harbor.

In 1860, Sterne Brunson, Henry C. Morton and Charles Hull developed this site on the banks of the St. Joseph River in Berrien County by building a canal from it to the harbor. Three years later, they platted a village, calling it Brunson Harbor. It was renamed for Thomas Hart Benton, a Missouri senator credited with supporting Michigan's 1835-36 plea to become a state.

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