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23-535: The Grosse Ile Toll Bridge was financed, designed and constructed between 1912 and 1913 by the Grosse Ile Bridge Company (GIBC). GIBC was established as a Michigan corporation and bridge company on May 1, 1912, with Grosse Ile land owner Edward W. Voigt as its primary incorporator, majority stockholder and founding president. Voigt directed the construction of the Grosse Ile Toll Bridge and opened

46-541: A legislative act of February 16, 1842, the portion of Brownstown Township east of a north–south line through the center of sections 2, 11, 14, 23, and 26 were added to Monguagon Township. Grosse Ile Township was part of Monguagon until 1914 when it organized as a separate township. The cities of Trenton and Riverview incorporated from the township. Mongaugon was located at approximately 42°9′N 83°11′W  /  42.150°N 83.183°W  / 42.150; -83.183  ( Monguagon Township ) and

69-677: Is generated from the user fee toll charged by the GIBC. The one-way toll for crossing the bridge is $ 3.50 if cash is used, $ 4.50 if a credit card is used, or $ 3.00 if a "Bridge Pass" is used. The GIBC has received numerous awards praising its maintenance projects for the Toll Bridge from Michigan-based and national infrastructure and engineering organizations such as the American Society of Civil Engineers , American Consulting Engineers Council, and Consulting Engineers Council of Michigan. Stewardship for

92-513: The Governor of Michigan Territory , Brigadier General William Hull , marched to Fort Detroit to set up a base to attack on Upper Canada . Hull sent Lieutenant-Colonel James Miller with 280 regulars and 330 Ohio volunteer troops to collect supplies for Hull's garrison that were depoted at the site of the Battle of Brownstown , then escort the pack train back to Detroit. On the return, Miller's path

115-510: The Prairie Chicken , was cited for gallantry for his actions during the Battle of Brownstown, and promoted to Major. Later, after Hull surrendered Fort Detroit to Tecumseh, Snelling's testimony was used at Hull's court-martial . One minor chief, Blue Jacket, died in the battle. This was not the famous Shawnee chief Blue Jacket , but most likely was one of his sons. Two active battalions of

138-535: The U.S. state of Michigan . Quarries where gray limestone and celestine associated with calcite, fluorite, gypsum, epsomite, and rarely, sulfur were first worked by the French circa 1749. United States forces aided by Muskrat French defeated United Kingdom forces aided by Native Americans forces at the Battle of Monguagon during the War of 1812 . Mongaugon Township was first settled in 1812 by many former soldiers of

161-505: The United States military outnumbered the forces of Tecumseh's Confederacy 8 to 1, they lost the battle and suffered substantial losses while Tecumseh's forces were almost untouched. The battle occurred near Brownstown, a Wyandot village south of Fort Detroit on Brownstown creek. Brownstown was also known as "Sindathon's Village". Carlson High School in Gibraltar, Michigan , is near

184-560: The British troops a second time. The casualties for Miller's force were 18 killed and 64 wounded, while the casualties for Muir's force was 3 killed, 13 wounded, and 2 missing from the 41st Regiment, who returned later and were imprisoned, as well as 1 killed and 2 wounded from the Canadian militia. 2 were killed and 6 were wounded from the Native American contingent. Miller's troops camped at

207-644: The Court of General Sessions for the Northwest Territory on November 6, 1790. Under this system, townships were governed by a commissioner. On April 12, 1827, Cass signed an act that abolished the office of township commissioner, and also established in Wayne County the townships of Brownstown , Bucklin , Detroit , Ecorse , Hamtramck, Huron, Mongaugon, Plymouth and Springwells. Township government in Mongaugon

230-467: The Essex Militia. Faced with such opposition, Van Horne ordered a retreat, whereupon the untrained American militia scattered in a panic. Van Horne was able to save only half of his command; 18 men were killed, 12 were wounded, and 70 went missing. Most of those listed as "missing" were dispersed during the battle and returned to Detroit during the ensuing days. Josiah Snelling , known colloquially as

253-399: The GIBC to make it faster and easier to transport his draft horses to and from his farm, as well as to open the island to automobiles. Because Grosse Ile (part of Monguagon Township at the time) had a population of less than 1,000 in 1913, and because Wayne County had no interest in building an automobile bridge on the north end of the island, local residents supported Voight's plan to build

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276-616: The Regular Army (1-5 Inf and 2-5 Inf) perpetuate the lineage of the old 4th Infantry, elements of which were present at the Battle of Brownstown. By an act of the United States Congress on June 1, 1813, the widows of those men killed in the battle were awarded half pay for five years. In at least one case, that of Jacob Pence, $ 953.43 was paid in October 1832 and $ 422.53 in April, 1839, for

299-434: The Toll Bridge and ownership of the GIBC has passed from Voigt to his descendants. The current president and owner of the GIBC is Paul J. Smoke, Voigt's great-grandson. The Grosse Ile Toll Bridge tolls are based on number of axles. Two-axle cars pay a toll of $ 3.50 cash, $ 4.50 credit, or $ 3.00 if they use Bridge Pass tag. Monguagon Township, Michigan Mongaugon Township , is a former township of Wayne County in

322-531: The U.S. on February 5, 1812, and obtained a 50-year possession of Brownstown and Monguagon; he lived at Brownstown and commanded the Wyandot warriors. On August 5, 1812, Major Thomas Van Horne and the 200 U.S. soldiers were en route south to the River Raisin , where they were to pick up cattle and other needed supplies and escort them back to Fort Detroit for the use of Brigadier General William Hull . Hull was, at

345-428: The afformentioned War who founded villages that grew to become the cities of Trenton and Riverview , and the civil township of Grosse Ile . Before Monguagon's township years, a small conflict of the War of 1812 known as the Battle of Maguaga , also known as the Battle of Monguagon , ensued at then-village Maguaga in present-day Riverview, Michigan . In the days before the coalition, American troops under

368-455: The bridge. Since 1913, the GIBC has renovated and expanded the Toll Bridge. It also performed major repairs to the bridge after freighters struck a large section of the span in 1965 and again in 1992. The GIBC replaced the bridge deck in 1986, built a new central swing bearing in 1994, and opened a toll plaza in Riverview in 2004. Funding for the improvements and normal maintenance of the bridge

391-582: The nearby woods for two days, not returning for their knapsacks which they had discarded before the attack to fight more effectively, and ignoring orders from General Hull to resume en route to the Rapids, before being ordered to return to Detroit. On January 15, 1818, a proclamation by Lewis Cass , Governor of Michigan Territory , established Mongaugon, along with townships of Hamtramck , Huron , St. Clair , and Springwells as townships of Wayne County. These townships were formed under authority initially granted by

414-681: The site of the battle. Assisted by the British , the Mingo , Wyandotte , Miami , Delaware , Shawnee , Kickapoo , Sauk , Ottawa , Ojibwe , Potawatomi , Mohawk and Chickamauga joined an alliance in 1783 against the United States of America. The alliance was originally formed at the Sandusky villages of the Wyandot, but after those villages were destroyed, the council fire was moved to Brownstown. Walk-in-the-Water and seven other Wyandot chiefs petitioned

437-471: The span to the general public on November 27, 1913 (Thanksgiving Day). The Toll Bridge was the first automobile bridge to the island. Voigt was a German immigrant who became a prominent Detroit-area businessman and entrepreneur. He possessed the majority of the land (approximately 400 acres) on the north end of Grosse Ile, where he owned and maintained the Island Home Stock Farm. Voigt established

460-504: The time, in the Canadian village of Sandwich, now known as Windsor, Ontario , although he would abandon his position there and return to Detroit on August 8. As the U.S. Forces forded Brownstown creek, the 200 U.S. soldiers were set upon by two dozen Native Americans led by the Shawnee war chief Tecumseh , Chickamauga war chief Daimee, Wyandot chief Roundhead , as well as a detachment from

483-528: Was barred by British Captain Adam Muir . As American troops advanced on the British troops, men were noticed creeping through the nearby woods, who turned out to be Potawatomi warriors allied to the British, came to join the battle as flanking skirmishers, but immediately retreated. After American troops unleashed their forces onto the British troops, the British fell back, but then remained in their place, waiting for another attack. Miller decided not to advance on

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506-459: Was bounded on the north by Ecorse Township (what is now the southern boundary of the cities of Southgate and Wyandotte ). On the west and south, it was bounded by Brownstown Township. The name Mongaugon is that of a Pottawatomi chief who lived along the Detroit River circa 1755. Battle of Brownstown The Battle of Brownstown was an early skirmish in the War of 1812 . Although

529-469: Was organized on May 25, 1827, with the election of Colonel Abram Caleb Truax as supervisor, with several persons elected to other offices. Truax is credited as the founder of Trenton for laying out the village of Truaxton, which became Trenton. The township created by the act of 1827 consisted of survey township 4 south of range 11 east of the Michigan Meridian and included all of Grosse Ile . By

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