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State Parks and Camping in MichiganLocal HistoryThis, the first European settlement to be made in what is now Michigan, was named by the French Jesuits, Isaac Jogues and Charles Raymbault, in 1641, from its being on the heights overlooking the rapids (in French, sault) and in honor of the Virgin Mary. Jacques Marquette built a mission here in 1668. In 1750, Louis XIV granted 214,000 acres at the Sault (including all of Sault Ste. Marie) to Louis le Gardeur, Sieur de Repentigny who in 1783 became Michigan's first Revolutionary War soldier, refusing allegiance to George III. John Johnston, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft's father-in-law, became the first British settler in 1793. Governor Lewis Cass raised the Stars and Stripes over Sault Ste. Marie in 1820. First called Le Sault de Sainte Marie, it was shortened when Henry B. Griswold became its first postmaster on September 11, 1823. Incorporated as the village of St. Mary in 1849, but the act creating it was annulled in 1851. Re-incorporated as Sault Ste. Marie in 1879. Incorporated as a city in 1887. Informational excerpts from Michigan Place Names, by Walter Romig, L.H.D.
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