TitleAmasa B. Watson log mark Date1863-01-12 SubjectLog brands -- Michigan -- History DescriptionBlock of wood with log brand cut from original log end. View Details
TitleRyerson Hills log mark Date1870 SubjectLog brands -- Michigan -- History DescriptionBlock of wood with log brand cut from original log end. View Details
TitlePeter Johnson log mark Date1863-10-14 SubjectLog brands -- Michigan -- History DescriptionBlock of wood with log brand cut from original log end. View Details
TitleMichigan Shingle Co. log mark Date1887 SubjectLog brands -- Michigan -- History DescriptionBlock of wood with log brand cut from original log end. View Details
TitleJohn Torrent log mark Date1885 SubjectLog brands -- Michigan -- History DescriptionBlock of wood with log brand cut from original log end. View Details
TitleA. V. Mann & Co. log mark Date1871-02-09 SubjectLog brands -- Michigan -- History DescriptionBlock of wood with log brand cut from original log end. View Details
TitleMcGraft & Montgomery log mark Date1875-12-20 SubjectLog brands -- Michigan -- History DescriptionBlock of wood with log brand cut from original log end. View Details
TitleHoward McFarlane & Co. log mark Date1860-1905 SubjectLog brands -- Michigan -- History DescriptionBlock of wood with log brand cut from original log end. View Details
TitleFarr Lumber Co. log mark Date1883-05-03 SubjectLog brands -- Michigan -- History DescriptionBlock of wood with log brand cut from original log end. View Details
TitleGow & Campbell log mark Date1892-12-18 SubjectLog brands -- Michigan -- History DescriptionBlock of wood with log brand cut from original log end. View Details
TitleMichigan Shingle Co. log mark Date1887 SubjectLog brands -- Michigan -- History DescriptionBlock of wood with log brand cut from original log end. View Details
TitleWalled Lake Casino and Walled Lake Amusement Park Documentary Datec.1995 SubjectAmusement Parks -- Michigan -- History DescriptionDocumentary video, approx. 60 min. View Details
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... View Details
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 56.57 Date1976 SubjectBloomfield Township (Mich.) -- History DescriptionREPORTS OF THE INTERMINABLE SWAMP
While Detroit had been founded in 1701, the first
white settler di... View Details
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... View Details
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 ... View Details
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... View Details
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... View Details
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... View Details
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
... View Details
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... View Details
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... View Details
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... View Details
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 ... View Details
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... View Details
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