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51-548: The company manufactures a number of glassware products, primarily tableware , drinkware and stemware . Historically, it was also involved in producing other types of glass products, such as automotive glass, glass drinking bottles, and light bulbs. The New England Glass Company was originally founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts , by Amos Binney, Edmund Munroe, Daniel Hastings, and Deming Jarves on February 16, 1818. The company produced both blown and pressed glass objects in

102-809: A dozen named individuals killed and up to 30 more who were likely killed. The British estimated six Americans were killed. This event became known throughout the United States as the "River Raisin Massacre". It was also known as the Battle of Frenchtown (or the Second Battle of the River Raisin). Today, the site of the battle is preserved as the River Raisin National Battlefield Park , authorized in 2009. It

153-629: A dozen various parochial schools operate in and around Monroe. In 2012, the three largest parochial elementary schools (St. Michael the Archangel, St. Mary, and St. John the Baptist) merged to form Monroe Catholic Elementary Schools, serving infants through 8th grade. The St. Michael Campus serves infants through 1st grade, while St. John serves 2nd through 4th grade, and St. Mary functions as the Middle School for grades 5 through 8. The largest of

204-533: A number of years. During this time the company was involved in the production of automotive glass in its partnership with Ford Motor Company . The other part of the partnership — between Edward Libbey and inventor Michael Joseph Owens of the Owens Bottle Machine Company — proved valuable, as Owens developed the first automatic manufacturing methods for light bulbs, which, after adapted to manufacture Libbey's glass products, greatly increased

255-546: A table for eating a meal and generally glass items such as vases, and glasses used in the catering industry. It does not include laboratory glassware . Drinkware , beverageware (in other words, cups , jugs and pitchers ) is a general term for a vessel intended to contain beverages or liquid foods for drinking or consumption. The word cup comes from Middle English cuppe , from Old English , from Late Latin cuppa , drinking vessel, perhaps variant of Latin cupa , tub, cask. The first known use of

306-492: A variety of colors, which had engraved , cut , etched , and gilded decorations. The firm was one of the first glass companies to use a steam engine to operate its cutting machines, and it built the only oven in the country that could manufacture red lead , a key ingredient in the making of so-called flint glass . By the middle of the nineteenth century, the New England Glass Company was considered one of

357-470: Is a monthly public-access television program covering news on the Monroe area. It is hosted by Kaye Lani Rae Rafko and Michelle Bowman . Comedian and nationally known talk show host Stephen Colbert was a guest host of the show on July 1, 2015. Colbert interviewed musician Eminem . "Only in Monroe" and other public access programming can be found on Monroe Public Access Cable Television. Rewind 94.3 WERW

408-445: Is also honored in street names, various historic markers , buildings, schools, and the regional Custer Airport . City limit signs for Monroe describe the city as "the home of General Custer." The La-Z-Boy furniture company, which became known for its reclining easy chairs, was founded in Monroe in 1927. Their world headquarters are located in Monroe, south of the intersection of La-Z-Boy Boulevard and Stewart Road. This new facility

459-520: Is coterminous with Monroe County and had a population of 154,809 in 2020. Located on the western shores of Lake Erie approximately 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Toledo, Ohio , and 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Detroit , the city is part of the Detroit–Ann Arbor–Flint combined statistical area. The Monroe area was the scene of several military conflicts during the War of 1812 against

510-470: Is in downtown Monroe. The current music format is country. Prior to Cumulus owning the station, it was locally owned. Radio stations from Detroit and Toledo are also receivable. The city of Monroe is served by the Lake Erie Transit public transportation bus system. Established in 1975, Lake Erie Transit currently has a fleet of 31 buses and serves approximately 400,000 riders every year. In 2008,

561-484: Is moderated by the lake. On average, the temperature only drops below 0 °F (−18 °C) a couple of times during a winter season, and it is even rarer for the temperature to rise above 100 °F (38 °C) during the summer. The coldest recorded temperature was −21 °F (−29 °C) on February 5, 1918. The highest recorded temperature was 106 °F (41 °C) on July 24, 1934, with another equal temperature recorded on one occasion many years earlier. As of

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612-503: Is one of the largest high schools in the state. Monroe is also served by the Monroe County Intermediate School District , which provides services to other schools in the form of special education services, support staff, substitute teachers , and educational technology (such as computers and distance learning ). Students in Monroe may also attend one of two public charter schools. More than

663-486: Is roughly a half mile east of the original location on Telegraph Road ; the old building was demolished in 2021, and the site is being redeveloped. In 1974, the Monroe Power Plant opened. It is the third largest coal-fired plant in the United States, with a capacity of 3,280 megawatts. At 805 feet (245 m) tall, the dual smokestacks are visible from more than 25 miles (40 km) away and are among

714-545: Is the daily newspaper in Monroe, reporting on all of Monroe County. The newspaper was founded in 1825 and for many years known as The Monroe Evening News. It was purchased by GateHouse Media in fall 2015, prior to which time The Monroe News had about 20 years of employee ownership. Nielsen puts Monroe in the Detroit DMA but stations from Toledo also cover Monroe County and consider it as a part of their coverage area of northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan. Only in Monroe

765-545: Is the first and so far the only national battlefield established for a solely War of 1812 site. It has a small visitor center. The Frenchtown community was renamed after the War of 1812 and incorporated as the village of Monroe in honor of President James Monroe , who visited the Michigan Territory in 1817. In the same year, the city of Monroe was named as the county seat of the newly created Monroe County . Monroe

816-455: Is the low-power educational FM frequency in Monroe, the station at one time belonged to Monroe Public Schools and is currently run by Monroe Public Access Cable Television. Monroe County Radio is an Internet radio station founded in fall 2012, the studio is in Monroe with news and sports coverage focusing on Monroe County. Nash Icon WMIM 98.3 is the Cumulus radio station in the area, the studio

867-724: The American Revolutionary War , Francis Navarre of Canada was given a portion of land south of the River Raisin by the Potawatomi. Colonists settled Frenchtown shortly thereafter as the third European community in what in the early 19th century became the state of Michigan. Around the same time, the Sandy Creek Settlement was established just north of Frenchtown by French-Canadian Joseph Porlier Benec. Because of its proximity to Detroit,

918-762: The Civil War . In the later 19th century, he led troops in the Indian Wars and died at the Battle of the Little Bighorn , in which his forces were killed by the Lakota , who call it the Battle of the Greasy Grass. In 1910, President William Howard Taft and the widow Elizabeth Bacon Custer unveiled an equestrian statue of Custer, which now stands at the corner of Elm Avenue and Monroe Street . Custer

969-576: The La-Z-Boy world headquarters are located in Monroe. Long occupied by varying cultures of indigenous peoples, the area around the River Raisin was settled by the historic Potawatomi hundreds of years before French explorers and colonists reached it in the late seventeenth century. Robert de LaSalle claimed the area for New France after his 1679 expedition on the Griffon . In 1784, after

1020-785: The New York Stock Exchange in June 1993. The company marked its 200th anniversary in 2018. In April that year, the Toledo Museum of Art featured a variety of glass artwork from its collection, all produced by Libbey over several decades. The company also hosted an invitation-only event in May that included performances from the Toledo Symphony Orchestra , as well as a public event at the museum. In March 2019, Libbey announced that it had hired Mike Bauer,

1071-668: The United Kingdom and is known for the Battle of Frenchtown . In 1817, portions of the Frenchtown settlement along the River Raisin were platted and renamed "Monroe" after then-president James Monroe . When Michigan became a state in 1837, Monroe was incorporated as a city. Monroe is known as the childhood residence of George Armstrong Custer and other members of his family, including his brother Boston Custer and wife Elizabeth Bacon . Several structures are named after Custer, including Custer Airport . Founded in 1928,

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1122-754: The 1820s, the company exhibited at the American Institute Fair , won a Franklin Institute award for "skill and ingenuity," and established agencies in New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. The company took full advantage of the introduction of pressed glass and its business grew rapidly. Within 25 years, the glass industry was Cambridge's top employer in 1845 and again in 1855, when two companies, New England and Bay State, each employed more than 500 people. Engraver Louis F. Vaupel (1824–1903), who joined New England Glass in 1856, led its creation in

1173-492: The 1860s and 1870s of high-quality cut and engraved products, including very fine paperweights . The company flourished as one of America's leading glass manufacturers through the Civil War , but the development of inexpensive soda-lime glass in West Virginia brought a deep decline in sales, which dropped from about $ 500,000 in 1865 to $ 232,304 in 1876, when the workforce had been reduced to only 200 laborers. In 1877,

1224-525: The 1930s, the electric Detroit United Railway (eventually becoming the Eastern Michigan Ry) operated hourly interurban passenger service between Detroit and Toledo through Monroe. The DU/EM provided valuable and frequent passenger transportation plus carryed freight at a time of unpaved and unreliable roads. The gradual business lost as Michigan and Ohio and their towns paved highways in the 1920s and resulting growing truck and automobile use, plus

1275-563: The British departed with their captives to Detroit, they left those Americans too wounded to walk in the homes of Frenchtown inhabitants under the guard of a small British detachment and Native American allies, including Potawatomi. The morning after the battle, other Native Americans returned to Frenchtown. They plundered and burned homes, and killed and ritually scalped many of the remaining American captives, taking others as slaves. The official U.S. estimate of casualties in this aftermath include

1326-643: The Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM), was founded in Monroe in 1905 as a Catholic , liberal arts college. The college moved to Detroit in 1927. The IHM also operated a boarding school, the Hall of the Divine Child , in Monroe from 1918 to 1980. Monroe County Community College was founded in 1964 just west of Monroe. It is the only higher education facility in Monroe County. The Monroe News

1377-580: The Libbey Glass division for an estimated $ 225 million. The sale was viewed as a negative sign for the industry, as earlier that year the Libbey-Owens-Ford Co. had considered (but ultimately decided against) moving its headquarters to Monroe, Michigan , while Toledo was still struggling to maintain its status as a significant glass exporter. Libbey would be spun off as an independent company, and would make its initial public offering on

1428-619: The Mid-Continental Football League (1996, 97 & 99) and the Minor League Football Alliance championship in 2016. The city of Monroe is served by one public school district, Monroe Public Schools (MPS), which enrolls approximately 6,700 students. MPS operates five elementary schools, one middle school, one high school, one alternative high school, and two specialized education centers. At around 2,100 students, Monroe High School

1479-916: The Norfolk Southern, CSX, and the Canadian National. Historic railroads operating until the 1950s to 1960s were the Pere Marquette, Ann Arbor, Wabash, Grand Trunk Western, and the Detroit, Toledo, and Ironton. The Baltimore and Ohio had trackage rights with the PM and the Wabash upon which to operate its Detroit to Toledo passenger trains such as the Ambassador which after Toledo continued to Washington, D.C., and from there northward to Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York City. From 1900 to

1530-503: The area was of strategic importance during the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain, especially after Fort Detroit surrendered to the British in August 1812. American forces en route to retake Detroit camped in the area of the River Raisin in the winter of 1812–13. A force of 200 Native Americans and 63 Canadian militia were forced to retreat north away from the River Raisin by 600 Kentucky militiamen and 100 French, under

1581-490: The census of 2010, there were 20,733 people, 8,238 households, and 5,277 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,261.0 inhabitants per square mile (873.0/km ). There were 9,158 housing units at an average density of 998.7 per square mile (385.6/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 88.4% White , 6.2% African American , 0.4% Native American , 0.7% Asian , 1.2% from other races , and 3.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.1% of

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1632-647: The city is 594 feet (181 meters), decreasing to 571 feet (174 meters) at Lake Erie, which sits at the lowest elevation in Michigan. The Port of Monroe is the only Michigan port on Lake Erie, and Sterling State Park , partially within the city limits, is the only one of Michigan's 103 state parks located on or near Lake Erie. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 10.21 square miles (26.44 km ), of which 9.05 square miles (23.44 km ) are land and 1.17 square miles (3.03 km ), or 11.44%, are water. The River Raisin travels through

1683-653: The city was $ 19,948. 9.0% of families and 12.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.0% of those under 18 and 16.1% of those 65 or over. According to the city's 2010 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city are: Monroe is the hometown of the Southern Michigan Timberwolves, a semi-professional football team that competes in the Great Lakes Football League. The Timberwolves have won their league championship four times, three in

1734-466: The city, the population was 26.9% under 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 20.1% from 45 to 64, and 15.0% who 65 or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.2 males. The median income for a household in the city was $ 41,810, and the median income for a family $ 51,442. Males had a median income of $ 42,881 versus $ 25,816 for females. The per capita income for

1785-417: The city. The population density was 2,440.9 inhabitants per square mile (942.4/km ). There were 9,107 housing units at an average density of 1,007.0 per square mile (388.8/km ). The racial makeup was 90.87% White , 5.07% African American , 0.24% Native American , 0.84% Asian , 0.02% Pacific Islander , 0.90% from other races , and 2.06% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.76% of

1836-528: The city; it is non-navigable because of several dams and other obstructions. Monroe lies in the humid continental climate zone. Monroe receives an average of 28.5 inches (72 cm) of snow a year — the lowest average snowfall for any large city in the state. July is the warmest month with an average high temperature of 84 °F (29 °C), and January is the coldest month with an average low temperature of 16 °F (−9 °C). Monroe does not normally have extremely hot or cold temperatures, as its climate

1887-526: The command of James Winchester , on January 18, 1813. This skirmish was later dubbed the "First Battle of the River Raisin". On January 22, 1813, a force of 800 Native Americans and 597 British, under Henry Proctor , surprised the force of 1,000 Americans and captured Frenchtown. Many of the American militia were inexperienced, ill-trained, and badly equipped. They suffered 397 killed and 547 captured. The British and their allies had only slight losses. When

1938-528: The company's directors withdrew from active participation, leasing the property to William Libbey, their agent since 1870. William L. Libbey took over the company in 1878 and renamed it the New England Glass Works, Wm. L. Libbey & Sons Props. In 1888, William's son, Edward Drummond Libbey , moved the company to Toledo, Ohio . The company's name was changed to The Libbey Glass Company in 1892, and it became part of Libbey-Owens-Ford for

1989-479: The company's production output. Owens' contributions to the automation methods in the glass and bottling industries spread throughout the United States as the popularity of bottled drinks (and glass products as a whole) became more popular and cheaper to produce in the coming decades. Libbey Glass Company was acquired by Owens-Illinois Glass Company in 1935, but in 1993 it was spun off as an independent company. In April 1993, Owens-Illinois announced that it would sell

2040-486: The company, after having temporarily decreased their pay by 20-25%. This was done in addition to furloughing approximately 50% of its North American workforce and suspending 401(k) matching, among other cost-saving measures. In October 2020, Libbey emerged from Chapter 11. In December 2020, Libbey closed its Shreveport plant putting 450 employees out of work. List of glassware This list of glassware includes drinking vessels (drinkware), tableware used to set

2091-519: The former president of Master Lock Company , to replace Bill Foley as chief executive officer. Foley would retire, but remain as a board chairman. In June 2020, Libbey announced plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the result of negative financial effects caused by the COVID-19 pandemic . Prior to the announcement, Libbey had awarded a total of over $ 3 million in bonuses to its executive staff in an attempt to dissuade them from leaving

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2142-499: The leading glasshouses in the United States, best known for its cut and engraved glass. At its start, the company occupied a disused East Cambridge warehouse erected by the recently failed Boston Porcelain and Glass Company. It was fitted with two flint furnaces, 24 steam-operated glass-cutting mills, and a red-lead furnace, which in combination could produce many types of plain, molded, and cut glass. The company charter permitted it to manufacture " flint and crown glass of all kinds in

2193-511: The parochial schools is St. Mary Catholic Central High School , which enrolls more than 400 students annually. It has a full sports program that competes against the other public school districts. Zion Lutheran School is a grade school (Pre-K-8) of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod in Monroe. Parents may also homeschool their children. Marygrove College , sponsored by the local Sisters, Servants of

2244-440: The population. There were 8,238 households, of which 34.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.7% were married couples living together, 17.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 35.9% were non-families. 30.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

2295-412: The population. There were 8,594 households, of which 33.6% had children under 18 living with them, 46.6% were married couples living together, 14.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.0% were non-families. 30.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.7% had someone living alone 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size 3.10. In

2346-466: The system logged 764,000 miles. The system operates buses on eight fixed routes in and around the city of Monroe. It also serves several neighboring townships outside of its normal routes should a passenger call ahead for a ride. From Bedford Township , its provides transportation to and from two shopping malls in Toledo, Ohio . Present-day freight hauling railroads operating through and around Monroe are

2397-399: The tallest structures in the state. In December 1989, a combination of zebra mussels and ice clogged the sole intake pipe of the Monroe water treatment plant, forcing a two-day shutdown of the city's schools, industries, and businesses. Monroe is in eastern Monroe County, with its city limits extending southeast3 miles (5 km) from the downtown to Lake Erie . The average elevation of

2448-487: The towns of Boston and Cambridge." At that time, about 40 glass factories existed in the United States, though most had few employees. Deming Jarves held one key advantage over his competitors in the glass manufacturing business; he held the American monopoly on red lead (litharge), which was essential for the production of fine lead glass. In 1826, however, Jarves left to found the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company . Through

2499-487: The word cup is before the 12th century. Tumblers are flat-bottomed drinking glasses. Monroe, Michigan Monroe is the largest city and county seat of Monroe County, Michigan , United States. The population was 20,462 as of the 2020 census . The city is bordered on the south by Monroe Charter Township , but the two are administered autonomously. Monroe is the core city in the Monroe metropolitan area , which

2550-422: Was 2.44 and the average family size was 3.05. The median age in the city was 36.3 years. 26.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.9% were from 25 to 44; 25.4% were from 45 to 64; and 13.3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.0% male and 53.0% female. In the census of 2000, there were 22,076 people, 8,594 households, and 5,586 families in

2601-642: Was re-incorporated as a city in 1837. Settled mostly by American migrants from New York and New England, Monroe later became associated with events in the West in the later 19th century, particularly the Indian Wars . It was the childhood home of George Armstrong Custer (1839–1876), who had a military career in which he reached the rank of major general . His family moved here when he was young, and he lived in Monroe for much of his childhood. Here he later met and in 1864 married Elizabeth Bacon (1842–1933), during

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