TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 084-085 Date1976 SubjectGenealogy -- Michigan -- Bloomfield Township DescriptionTHE INTERTWINING OF CENTENNIAL FAMILIES
If we trace just four of our many Centennial families we
i... View Details
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 086-087 Date1976 SubjectPhillip Durkee Farm (Bloomfield Township, Mich.) DescriptionTHE CASE FAMILY-DIRECT DESCENDANTS
OF TWO EARLY PIONEERS
Nathaniel Case bought his land on the nor... View Details
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 088-089 Date1976 SubjectVaughan-Vernor House (Bloomfield Township, Mich.) DescriptionANOTHER FOUNDING FAMILY -
VAUGHANS AND WICKHAMS
John and Polly Vaughan bought land from the govern... View Details
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 090-091 Date1976 SubjectStone houses -- Michigan -- Bloomfield Township DescriptionA STONEMASON NAMED PURDY BUILT HOUSES
FOR FOUNDING FAMILIES
Dating the stone houses, five of which... View Details
TitleResidence of Alonzo Sibley, Commerce Township Date1877 SubjectCommerce (Mich. : Township) -- History DescriptionBlack-and-white Illustration depicting the residence of Alonzo Sibley, Commerce Township, Michigan. View Details
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 098-099 Date1976 SubjectMichigan -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 DescriptionDARK CLOUDS AMASS.
THE WAR OF THE REBELLION BEGINS
Into the stabilizing economy and flourishing fa... View Details
TitleHaff Farmhouse Datec. 1915 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Haff Family DescriptionAunt Phoebe, Lorenzo Haff (1846 - ?), his son, Edwin Haff (1885 - ?),and Edwin's wife Adella Haff (b... View Details
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... View Details
TitleResidence of Albert Bowen, Commerce Township Date1877 SubjectCommerce (Mich. : Township) -- History DescriptionBlack-and-white illustration depicting the residence of Albert Bowen, Commerce Township, Michigan. View Details
TitleWarrenner Farm Date1998-10 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Warrenner Farm DescriptionJohn Warrenner farmhouse, west side of Ryan Road between 14 Mile Road and 15 Mile Road. Built in 186... View Details
TitleMeta Redcap and Bill Glawe Datec.1930 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Glawe Farm DescriptionMeta Redcap (b. 1898) of Roseville, Michigan, and William (Bill) Glawe (1890 - 1951) stand in the Gl... View Details
TitlePhillip Bower Datec.1880 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Bower Family DescriptionStudio portrait (from chest up) of Phillip Bower (1823 - ?) in his later years. View Details
TitleBower Family Reunion Datec. 1950 SubjectSterling Heights (Mich.)--History--Bower Family DescriptionAbout 47 men, women and children of Bower family pose in front of farmhouse with screened-in porch. ... View Details
TitleTornado Damage, Walled Lake Central High School, 1973 Date1973 SubjectWalled Lake (Mich.) -- School buildings DescriptionPhotocopy of aerial photograph showing extent of damage caused to Walled Lake Central High School by... View Details
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 106-107 Date1976 SubjectAutomobile racing -- Michigan -- Bloomfield Township DescriptionTHE CENTURY AUTO RACE AND
THE FIRST AUTOMOBILE CLUB
On a June Sunday afternoon in 1906, the farmer... View Details
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... View Details
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... View Details
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... View Details
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 122-123 Date1976 SubjectBagley, Amasa DescriptionTHE BAGLEY TAVERN--IT RANG WITH GOOD TIMES
Amasa Bagley was a very early Michigan pioneer, coming
... View Details
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... View Details
TitleBloomfield Blossoms: p. 126-127 Date1976 SubjectBloomfield Hills Country Club (Michigan) -- History DescriptionBLOOMFILD HILLS' CLUBS
The first golf and country club in the area north of Detroit
was Bloomfield... View Details
TitleWyman, Buswell Lumber Mill Date1870 SubjectWyman, Buswell Lumber Mill (Grand Haven, Mich.) DescriptionCharles E. Wyman and Henry W. Buswell began operating a sawmill in 1864 and built the structure show... View Details
TitleEmlaw, Boyce and Storr Mill Date1867 SubjectEmlaw, Boyce and Storr Mill (Grand Haven, Mich.) DescriptionThis photograph was taken the year the sawmill opened on the north bank of the South Channel in Gran... View Details
TitleCurtis W. Gray Date1860 SubjectGray, Curtis W., 1802-1893 DescriptionFrom 1855 to 1863, Curtis W. Gray was Ottawa County Sheriff and later Deputy U.S. Marshall and serve... View Details
TitleGriffin, Henry Date1885 SubjectGriffin, Henry, 1807-1891 DescriptionHenry Griffin became Ottawa County's second Sheriff from 1844 to 1850. His jurisdiction covered the ... View Details
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