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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29QG_frenchys-auto-parts_Roseville-MI.html
During World War II, new cars were not available
and people came to Frenchy's Auto Parts to keep their cars running. Owners Dumitru and Anna Simionescu experienced difficulties — rebuilding from a 1949 fire and financial struggles — h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29P4_watching-the-big-show_Roseville-MI.html
The outdoor theater was a delightful landmark in Roseville
and in the memories of people who enjoyed the Gratiot Drive-In for 36 years. It first opened in 1948 and offered entertainment until it closed in September 1984. People fondly remember th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29OH_packard-field-in-roseville_Roseville-MI.html
Ground was broken here in many ways.
At this site along Gratiot Avenue, Michigan's first commercial airport was established in 1919, and in 1954 Michigan's first shopping center opened here. Packard Motor Car Company, a leading American automobil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29NM_rapid-railway-company_Roseville-MI.html
Interurban service became the most successful mode of transportation
through Roseville in the early 1900s. Starting in 1895, the Rapid Railway Company ran electric interurbans along Gratiot Avenue between Detroit and Mt. Clemens, a relatively spe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29MB_a-plank-road-history_Roseville-MI.html
There had to be a better way to travel
through the countryside when Michigan was young. In the mid-1800s, the new Gratiot Turnpike between Detroit and Mt. Clemens was a swampy and rutted dirt road. To improve things, in 1846 the State of Michigan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23A6_erin-united-presbyterian-church_Roseville-MI.html
Under the leadership of the Reverend Harry N. Bissell of Mount Clemens, several families organized the First Presbyterian Church of Erin in 1860. The original thirteen members held their first services in a small schoolhouse. They were the first c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM238A_sacred-heart-church_Roseville-MI.html
On June 1, 1861, the Reverend Amandus Van Den Driessche, from the Detroit Diocese, helped establish a Catholic mission at Utica Junction (now Roseville). The Sacred Heart mission, composed of Irish, German, Belgian and French families, completed i…