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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28M5_mount-avon-cemetery_Rochester-MI.html
In 1826, Mount Avon became the first officially platted cemetery in Oakland County. The "Old Ground" or "Historic Acre" contains headstones dating from 1817, the year the earliest settlers arrived in the area. Members of the Graham family, Rochest…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28K7_clinton-kalamazoo-canal_Rochester-Hills-MI.html
This canal, conceived at the peak of the era of canal-building, was part of Michigan's internal improvements program which was announced in 1837. The Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal would make it possible to cross southern Michigan by boat from Lake St. C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28K6_yates-cider-mill_Rochester-Hills-MI.html
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In 1863, William (1820-1911) and Caroline (1833-1892) Yates moved from New York to Michigan and purchased 80 acres of land. Using an existing dam on the Clinton River, they opened a water-powered lumber mill. The business soon grew to incl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28HJ_the-castle_Rochester-MI.html
The Castle emblem represents the City of Rochester located in Kent County, England. On March 17, 1817, James Graham and his sons arrived in this very area while their families settled here later. Many settlers including our founders came here from…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28H6_the-torch_Rochester-MI.html
Built in 1889 to replace a school that had burned down the year before, the Avon School District No. 5 Schoolhouse sits on the site of the first private school in Avon Township, originally constructed in 1847. Since Rochester's founding, the commu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28GT_george-vandeventer-house_Rochester-MI.html
New York native George Vandeventer, who came to Avon Township as a child in 1834, became a successful businessman and civic leader in Rochester. When their home burned in 1875, George and his wife, Julia, built this Italianate-inspired house. The …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28FR_township-hall_Rochester-MI.html
Avon Township, the site of the first settlement in Oakland County, was organized in 1835. This white clapboard building was erected in 1880 as the township hall. Its alterations reflect the area's industrial and commercial growth. Initially constr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28F2_western-knitting-mills_Rochester-MI.html
Paint Creek and the Clinton River provided power for the first woolen mill on this site in 1844. Constructed in 1896, the Western Knitting Mills building was supported by a yarn mill, dormitories and two warehouses. One of the area's largest emplo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28EY_the-hammer_Rochester-MI.html
The community's first water-powered sawmill was erected in 1819, just one year after the first land sale. Rochester's favorable industrial climate fostered many other businesses in the years that followed, including the Western Knitting Mills, bui…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28ER_city-of-rochester-michigan_Rochester-MI.html
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1817-The first house built in Oakland County
1818-The first settler's child born in Oakland County
1823-The first school started in Rochester