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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1V7C_manufacturing-history-historical_Ypsilanti-MI.html
Manufacturing here spanned most of the 20th Century,
reflecting the changing economy in Ypsilanti and in America. In 1907 the Ypsilanti Hay Press Company first built a factory here by the Huron River and the railroad tracks to make hay-presses an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1V1L_michigan-avenue-industry-historical_Ypsilanti-MI.html
The early automotive industry came to Ypsilanti
just after World War I. In 1919, Apex Motor Corporation built a small factory on River Street just south of Michigan Avenue to manufacture various "Ace" vehicles. But by 1925 three manufacturers &md…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1V0X_the-bomber-restaurant-historical_Ypsilanti-MI.html
You can get hungry building B-24 bombers.
The Bomber Restaurant was first given its name in 1942 by Florence Bladwin [sic] Averill. The massive Ford B-24 bomber plant had just opened at nearby Willow Run Airport to supply aircraft for our World W…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UV2_ypsilanti-historical_Ypsilanti-MI.html
It was America's "first completely new car in fifty years"
and the vision in 1945 of Preston Tucker, who lived at 110 North Park Street in Ypsilanti. He was the general manager of his family's Ypsilanti Machine & Tool Company at 103 North Grove S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S1K_the-last-hudson-dealership_Ypsilanti-MI.html
The building, originally occupied by the Ypsilanti Electric Company in 1896, became a Dodge automobile dealership in 1917. Joseph H. Thompson was one of the first Dodge dealers in Michigan. In 1933 Hudson Sales and Services opened its doors, later…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RZ2_hudsons-friends_Ypsilanti-MI.html
The building has stories to tell
It can tell about first being built as an electric plant before being converted to manufacturing in 1905. There are memories of 1916 when it became the first Dodge dealership outside Detroit, later becoming a Will…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PBX_michigans-interurbans_Ypsilanti-MI.html
Michigan's first interurban, the Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor, began operating in 1890. Pulled by a steam engine, the cars went west on Packard Road to the Ann Arbor city limits. Because of the low fares (10 cents one way) and frequent service (cars le…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NRE_old-rawsonville-village_Ypsilanti-MI.html
Rawsonville, now a ghost town, was once a thriving village. On September 13, 1823, the first land patent in Van Buren Township was given to Henry Snow for this site, which was soon known as Snow's Landing. Called Rawsonville by 1838, the community…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9A3_willow-run_Ypsilanti-MI.html
[Marker Front]:Willow Run (1941-1953)After entering World War II in 1941, America desperately needed military equipment and supplies. The Ford Motor Company had begun building this factory in April 1941. Outstanding industrial architect Albert Kah…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM96L_ypsilanti-civil-war-memorial_Ypsilanti-MI.html
This Statuewas presented byMary-Ann Starkweather
1861-1865Erected by the Women'sRelief Corps of Ypsilantiin memory of the men who inthe War of the Great Rebellionfought to uphold theircountry's flagMemorial Day 1895They died to make their count…