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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZG6_gateway-to-nature_West-Bloomfield-Township-MI.html
Many Detroiters escaped to nature on the trolleys
of the Detroit United Railway (DUR) in the early 1900s. The Orchard Lake Beach stop was located here, where the parallel Grand Trunk Railroad and DUR trolley tracks crossed Orchard Lake Road. It w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZFX_the-orchard-lake-museum_West-Bloomfield-Township-MI.html
The Orchard Lake Museum has been an intersection
where paths cross and people meet. The first building here was a small tavern named the Orchard Lake House, built in 1857 for stagecoach travelers. Various owners rebuilt and enlarged the site, lat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZEU_waiting-for-the-trolleys_West-Bloomfield-Township-MI.html
The trolleys made it easy to travel
through the lakes of Oakland County. In the early 1900s people got off or waited at platforms that were built for access to the track. The Detroit United Railway (DUR) bought land from local farmers for the tra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZEN_remembering-historic-railways_West-Bloomfield-Township-MI.html
Two railways came together here.
The West Bloomfield Trail follows the path of the Grand Trunk Railroad, built through the region in the 1880s. If you were standing here in 1900, you also would see a light rail trolley line that ran along Orchard…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZE7_settling-the-dust_West-Bloomfield-Township-MI.html
The lakes and landscape of Oakland County weren't ready
for the automobile in the early 1900s. Weekend visitors, in noisy "self-propelled" vehicles, churned up dust on unpaved roads and trespassed on private property. To address these difficultie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YSQ_heeney-sundquist-funeral-home-inc_Farmington-MI.html
This plaque is issued by the Historical Society of Michigan in recognition of Heeney-Sundquist Funeral Home, Inc., founded in 1850, for more than 100 years of continuous operation in service to the people of Michigan and for contributing to the ec…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YR8_the-old-mill_Farmington-Hills-MI.html
Water power! Before the advent of the steam engine, water provided the energy needed to run mills for grinding the grain into flour for our ancestor's table and to cut the lumber for their homes. In the early 1800's this middle branch of the Rouge…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YQL_mccabe-funeral-home_Farmington-Hills-MI.html
This centennial business marked its 100th year in 1993. In 1893 Francis J. McCabe purchased the Detroit funeral home of Frank Gibb at Cass and Grand River. In 1902 he moved to Canfield and Grand River, again moving in 1904 to Hudson and Grand Rive…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YQJ_sleepy-hollow_Farmington-Hills-MI.html
Three mills and a small village, including a cooper's shop, a soap factory, a shoemaker's shop, a slaughterhouse and a tannery comprised Sleepy Hollow in the 1830's. In 1827 a grist mill was built on this spot along this rapidly flowing branch of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XBC_troy-corners-historical_Troy-MI.html
The city of Troy was an unclaimed wilderness when Johnson Niles moved here with his family from New York in 1821. As a farmer, carpenter, innkeeper, and merchant, Niles did much to develop the area, offering advice and encouragement to the settler…