Frenchtown

This year the event before FAMU’s first home football game was transformed into the Frenchtown Get Down because of the location change from downtown to the center of Frenchtown.

In the early aughts, they bought a wooded 12-acre plot on First Roach Pond, in Frenchtown Township, to camp on and a house in Greenville.

The Bigfork boys faced off against Frenchtown in the first loser-out game Friday morning, falling 52-35.

It was a battle between Hamilton and Frenchtown at the Hamilton stadium Friday night, but the Hamilton Broncs pulled it out for Homecoming September 27. Both Bronc teams had periods of momentum.

The next Frenchtown Get Down event will take place October 4 to celebrate The FAMU Rattlers as they take on North Carolina Central at 6 p.m. Saturday at Bragg Memorial Stadium.

Residents and business owners in Frenchtown are on edge as they watch the transformation of their historic neighborhood happen day by day.

A detachment of Harrison's army was defeated at Frenchtown along the River Raisin on January 22, 1813.

Even the railroad's Frenchtown section was abandoned in 1859, and the port became a ghost town (though other sections remain in use, operated by the Norfolk Southern Railway ).

The Battle of Frenchtown (January 18–23, 1813) was part of a United States effort to retake the city, and American troops suffered their highest fatalities of any battle in the war.

Waterfront Drive, also called Veteran’s Drive, fronts the harbor and extends from Havensight Mall to Frenchtown.