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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZSH_goodenough-spicer-stable_Farmington-Hills-MI.html
Built c. 1918
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZKX_the-great-blues_West-Bloomfield-Township-MI.html
Great blue herons are the official bird of West Bloomfield and it's easy to see why with their majestic appearance, great size and frequent sightings within our township. Also, for several years, the nature preserve you are now standing in boasted…
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A former railroad corridor, the West Bloomfield Trail Network stretches 4.25 miles through West Bloomfield, Orchard Lake, Keego Harbor and Sylvan Lake.
The West Bloomfield Parks and Recreation Commission bought it from the Grand Trunk Western R…
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Originally a gift from the glaciers, Apple Island is also a modern-day gift to West Bloomfield Schools from the Ward Family.
This 35-acre-jewel, located at the center of Orchard Lake, sparkles with 10,000 years of history and folklore.
Befor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZJA_motoring-to-pine-lake_West-Bloomfield-Township-MI.html
It was a time of exciting change,
as the first automobiles tangled with horses and trolley cars in the streets and countryside. On June 23, 1902 a group of leading businessmen and industrialists came together at the Detroit Club to form the Autom…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZIF_in-good-company_Keego-Harbor-MI.html
The sparkling lake has been a gift to the generations
Pine Lake Country Club began as a treasured rustic destination for Automobile Club of Detroit road tours in the early 1900s. By 1910, the clubhouse on Pine Lake had become a scenic refuge for …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZHW_a-lake-and-a-trolley_Keego-Harbor-MI.html
Cass Lake was the quiet pleasure
of farmers and merchants until the first trolley rail system was built through the area in 1895, bringing "weekenders" from Pontiac and Detroit to the area. In 1912 real estate developer Joseph E. Sawyer began sel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZH3_waiting-room-and-the-wye_West-Bloomfield-Township-MI.html
To change directions, trolleys had to turn around.
At this location, at the back of what had been the parade grounds of the Michigan Military Academy, the Detroit United Railway (DUR) built a "wye." This Y-shaped track allowed trolley cars to tur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZGM_lakes-and-attractions_West-Bloomfield-Township-MI.html
The heart of the lake country was well-served by the trolleys
in the early 1900s. No stop in the entire Detroit United Railway (DUR) trolley system was more popular than the Orchard Lake stop located here, where the parallel tracks of the Grand T…
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Transportation transformed the landscape of rural West Bloomfield
as electric trolleys and automobiles appeared around the turn of the 20th century. Many people traveled here for the first time from Detroit and Pontiac, and real estate developers…