Port Huron makes history with election of first African-American mayor, Anita R. Ashford

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Port Huron makes history with election of first African-American mayor, Anita R. Ashford

The City of Port Huron has a rich history, which includes milestones such as being the childhood home of Thomas A. Edison, the first city in Michigan to have commercial petroleum production in 1886, and the first city in the world to have the first international under-water railroad tunnel which was built in 1890.

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