POST MARK COLLECTORS CLUB - POST OFFICE PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION

Post Office: Port Huron, MI 48061 (Saint Clair County)
Date of Photo: circa 1906
Contributor: Paul E. Petosky, Postmarks from the Past
Comment: Port Huron Township. Originally established as DESMOND on May 12, 1831 with Jonathan Burtch as its first postmaster. Name changed to PORT HURON on May 4, 1837. IMPORTANT HISTORICAL FACTS: In 1814, this was the site of FORT GRATIOT.