Author: Sterling Township Public Library and Historical Commision
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439632804
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Sterling Township, located about 18 miles northeast of Detroit, was first settled after the Erie Canal was opened. The rich soil, relatively flat land, and the vital Clinton River attracted pioneer and immigrant families who arrived to establish farmsteads. The first influx of immigrants came mainly from the British Isles, and by the 1870s, German families had flocked to the area, raising dairy cattle and establishing farms. Belgians, arriving in the early 1900s, developed truck farminggrowing fruits and vegetables to sell every week at the farmers market in Detroit. Farm culture prevailed until the 1950s, when large industrial plants began moving in, bringing with them workers and a need for housing and city services. Sterling Township became the city of Sterling Heights in 1968, and this collection of photographs will showcase the families and the way of life in the early days of this community, a historic community that is now the fourth largest city in Michigan.
Sterling Township
Author: Sterling Township Public Library and Historical Commision
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439632804
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Sterling Township, located about 18 miles northeast of Detroit, was first settled after the Erie Canal was opened. The rich soil, relatively flat land, and the vital Clinton River attracted pioneer and immigrant families who arrived to establish farmsteads. The first influx of immigrants came mainly from the British Isles, and by the 1870s, German families had flocked to the area, raising dairy cattle and establishing farms. Belgians, arriving in the early 1900s, developed truck farminggrowing fruits and vegetables to sell every week at the farmers market in Detroit. Farm culture prevailed until the 1950s, when large industrial plants began moving in, bringing with them workers and a need for housing and city services. Sterling Township became the city of Sterling Heights in 1968, and this collection of photographs will showcase the families and the way of life in the early days of this community, a historic community that is now the fourth largest city in Michigan.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439632804
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Sterling Township, located about 18 miles northeast of Detroit, was first settled after the Erie Canal was opened. The rich soil, relatively flat land, and the vital Clinton River attracted pioneer and immigrant families who arrived to establish farmsteads. The first influx of immigrants came mainly from the British Isles, and by the 1870s, German families had flocked to the area, raising dairy cattle and establishing farms. Belgians, arriving in the early 1900s, developed truck farminggrowing fruits and vegetables to sell every week at the farmers market in Detroit. Farm culture prevailed until the 1950s, when large industrial plants began moving in, bringing with them workers and a need for housing and city services. Sterling Township became the city of Sterling Heights in 1968, and this collection of photographs will showcase the families and the way of life in the early days of this community, a historic community that is now the fourth largest city in Michigan.
History of Oakland County Michigan
Author: Thaddeus De Witt Seeley
Publisher:
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Category : Oakland Co., Michigan
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Oakland Co., Michigan
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Oakland County
Author: Trout Pomeroy
Publisher:
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
HISTORY-GENERAL HISTORY
Publisher:
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
HISTORY-GENERAL HISTORY
The Snow Killings
Author: Marney Rich Keenan
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476642044
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Over 13 months in 1976-1977, four children were abducted in the Detroit suburbs, each of them held for days before their still-warm bodies were dumped in the snow near public roadsides. The Oakland County Child Murders spawned panic across southeast Michigan, triggering the most extensive manhunt in U.S. history. Yet after less than two years, the task force created to find the killer was shut down without naming a suspect. The case "went cold" for more than 30 years, until a chance discovery by one victim's family pointed to the son of a wealthy General Motors executive: Christopher Brian Busch, a convicted pedophile, was freed weeks before the fourth child disappeared. Veteran Detroit News reporter Marney Rich Keenan takes the reader inside the investigation of the still-unsolved murders--seen through the eyes of the lead detective in the case and the family who cracked it open--revealing evidence of a decades-long coverup of malfeasance and obstruction that denied justice for the victims.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476642044
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Over 13 months in 1976-1977, four children were abducted in the Detroit suburbs, each of them held for days before their still-warm bodies were dumped in the snow near public roadsides. The Oakland County Child Murders spawned panic across southeast Michigan, triggering the most extensive manhunt in U.S. history. Yet after less than two years, the task force created to find the killer was shut down without naming a suspect. The case "went cold" for more than 30 years, until a chance discovery by one victim's family pointed to the son of a wealthy General Motors executive: Christopher Brian Busch, a convicted pedophile, was freed weeks before the fourth child disappeared. Veteran Detroit News reporter Marney Rich Keenan takes the reader inside the investigation of the still-unsolved murders--seen through the eyes of the lead detective in the case and the family who cracked it open--revealing evidence of a decades-long coverup of malfeasance and obstruction that denied justice for the victims.
Economic and Social Beginnings of Michigan
Author: George Newman Fuller
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
Michigan Historical Publications
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Michigan
Languages : en
Pages : 750
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Michigan
Languages : en
Pages : 750
Book Description
Historical Collections
Author: Michigan State Historical Society
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Michigan
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Michigan
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
Michigan Historical Collections
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Michigan
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Michigan
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
Historical Collections
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Michigan
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Michigan
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
History of Genesee County, Michigan
Author: Franklin Ellis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genesee County (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 659
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genesee County (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 659
Book Description