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Bloomfield Blossoms: p. 32
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 32
Date1976
SubjectBloomfield Township (Mich.) -- History
DescriptionSUPERVISOR HOMER CASE TALKS ABOUT HIS TOWNSHIP "It's rather a pleasure to reminisce over the twenty ...
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Bloomfield Blossoms:  p. 100-101
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 100-101
Date1976
SubjectSchools -- Michigan -- Bloomfield Township -- History
DescriptionEARLY SCHOOLS The first school in Bloomfield was a private one. It was begun in 1822 in a log hous...
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Bloomfield Blossoms:  p. 116-117
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 116-117
Date1976
SubjectReal estate development -- Michigan -- Bloomfield Township -- History
DescriptionFARMS GIVE WAY TO SUBDIVISIONS Wherever you live in Bloomfield Township or Bloomfield Hills or Bir...
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Bloomfield Blossoms:  p. 118-119
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 118-119
Date1976
SubjectReal estate development -- Michigan -- Bloomfield Township -- History
DescriptionMORE FARMS AND MORE SUBDIVISIONS Names familiar to old residents and their children disappear from...
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Bloomfield Blossoms:  p. 120-121
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 120-121
Date1976
SubjectReal estate development -- Michigan -- Bloomfield Township -- History
DescriptionFARMS, PLATTED AND SUBDIVIDED, BECOME LOTS, BECOME "HOME" A section of the little book published i...
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Bloomfield Blossoms:  p. 124-125
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 124-125
Date1976
SubjectReal estate development -- Michigan -- Bloomfield Township -- History
DescriptionFROM INTERURBIA TO SUBURBIA VIA COLONEL GEORGE The Interurban electric cars came up Woodward Avenu...
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Bloomfield Blossoms:  p. 148-149
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 148-149
Date1976
SubjectChurches -- Michigan -- Bloomfield Township -- History
DescriptionTHE STAUNCHLY RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY OF "PIETY HILL" The name "Piety Hill," bestowed on Birmingham in...
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Bloomfield Blossoms: p. 34-35
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 34-35
Date1976
SubjectBloomfield Township (Mich.) -- History
DescriptionTHE PHILOSOPHY WHICH HAS KEPT BLOOMFIELD RESIDENTIAL "The people who moved to Bloomfield in the last...
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Bloomfield Blossoms: p. 58-59
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 58-59
Date1976
SubjectBloomfield Township (Mich.) -- History
DescriptionSHOUTS OF JOY In the early part of the fall of 1818, two groups of men from Detroit decided to see f...
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Bloomfield Blossoms: p. 60-61
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 60-61
Date1976
SubjectBloomfield Township (Mich.) -- History
DescriptionTHE FIRST WHITE SETTLERS COME TO BLOOMFIELD Countless articles have been written about the families ...
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Bloomfield Blossoms: p. 62-63
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 62-63
Date1976
SubjectBloomfield Township (Mich.) -- History
DescriptionHEIGH-HO FOR A LONG SLEIGH RIDE If it seems strange that the early settlers arrived in the middle of...
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Bloomfield Blossoms: p. 64-65
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 64-65
Date1976
SubjectBloomfield Township (Mich.) -- History
DescriptionTHE LOG HOUSE The first thing the settler had to do was build shelter for his family. This meant fel...
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Bloomfield Blossoms: p. 66-67
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 66-67
Date1976
SubjectBloomfield Township (Mich.) -- History
DescriptionINSIDE THE LOG HOUSE, A CHEERFUL FIRE, A HAPPY FAMILY We owe most of our glimpses into life in early...
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Bloomfield Blossoms: p. 68-69
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 68-69
Date1976
SubjectBloomfield Township (Mich.) -- History
DescriptionFAMILY GROUPS EMIGRATED IN THE EARLY DAYS We can easily trace the next settlers as they bought land ...
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Bloomfield Blossoms: p. 70-71
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 70-71
Date1976
SubjectBloomfield Township (Mich.) -- History
DescriptionOUR FIRST POSTAL ADDRESS WAS "BLOOMFIELD, MICHIGAN" Contact with relatives and friends must have bee...
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Bloomfield Blossoms: p. 74-75
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 74-75
Date1976
SubjectBloomfield Township (Mich.) -- History
DescriptionTHE SEARCH FOR THE TOWNSHIP'S OLDEST HOUSE STILL STANDING CANDIDATE #3- THE LOG CABIN "FEATHERS PASS...
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Bloomfield Blossoms: p. 76-77
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 76-77
Date1976
SubjectBloomfield Township (Mich.) -- History
DescriptionCANDIDATE #2- THE ELIJAH BULL HOUSE "OLD OAK" On the southeast shore of Wing Lake, on land originall...
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Bloomfield Blossoms: p. 78-79
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 78-79
Date1976
SubjectBloomfield Township (Mich.) -- History
DescriptionCANDIDATE #1 THE WINNER! THE GILBERT LAKE HOUSE Joseph Gilbert bought his 160 acres on Gilbert Lake ...
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Bloomfield Blossoms: p. 80-81
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 80-81
Date1976
SubjectBloomfield Township (Mich.) -- History
DescriptionBLOOMFIELD'S CENTENNIAL FARM CANDIDATE Depicting the charm of the long farming era, the Russell Pick...
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