ADRIAN — In 1825, a settler from New York State, Addison Comstock, and his father Darius made the journey west into the Michigan Territory looking for land. Addison wanted riverside property in order to build a mill around which a town could arise, and found just what he was looking for at a site along the River Raisin. With his purchase of that land, the city of Adrian was born.
Adrian will celebrate its bicentennial this July 4 weekend with a wide range of events held at locations around the city.
Although the actual bicentennial date technically comes in September, the anniversary of Comstock’s land purchase, the city’s 175th birthday celebration was held on July 4 and “we determined that would be the best tradition to keep going,” said city commissioner Mary Roberts, who heads the committee working on the event…