Historic Sites

Fall colors are so beautiful and the late afternoon sun makes it even better.

Yates Cider Mill is a popular stop along the Clinton River.

Van Hoosen Farms walls for the prize winning cattle. It looks like local rock was used.

Meadow Brook Hall on the campus of Oakland University.

West side of Mackinaw Island. This still would be a good landing spot.

Troy has moved many buildings to re-create the Village Green.

Michigan is rich in salt deposits.

Steel wheels were common on tractors of that period.

Troy Historical Museum shows an original log cabin.

The classic one room schoolhouse.

The Western knitting Mills closed and now reopened as offices and craft brewery.

Windmill at Rochester Hills Historical Museum.

Indianapolis Memorial Circle Monument in center of city.

Utica, MI Cemetary

Dodge Estate which became Oakland University

Two vehicles that the Dodge brothers used at the estate.

The Grand Truck Railroad came through Rochester and 6 neighboring communities that make this trail now.

Remains of a mastodon were found in Rochester Hills. Interesting, but they have been found elsewhere.

For warmth and cooking.

I bet this was a root cellar near the summer house.

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