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1st 100 Years
Over one hundred and fifty years ago, a young New Yorker named Horace Blackman, a frontiersman from Ann Arbor and a Pottawattomie Indian guide, camped on the west bank of the Grand River at the intersection of what is now Jackson Street and Trail Street in the city of Jackson, Michigan.
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Outdoor Sculpture
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Jackson, Michigan has amassed an impressive collection of outdoor sculpture over the past hundred years.
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Other Attractions
>>Peter F. Hurst Planetarium
>>Michigan Shakespeare Festival
>>Dahlem Environmental
>>Education Center
>>Jackson Civil War Muster
>>Cascades Waterfall & Park
>>Jackson Race Week
>>Ella Sharp Park
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The Ella is on the National Register of Historic Places, listed as a State of Michigan Landmark and accredited by the American Association of Museums.
