Brighton in Livingston County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Orson Quackenbush
Brighton's Victorian Silhouettes
Photographed By Joel Seewald, September 23, 2017
1. Orson Quackenbush Marker
Inscription.
Orson Quackenbush. Brighton's Victorian Silhouettes. Orson Quakenbush played a key role in establishing Brighton as a viable rural community with the downtown construction of his dam and grist mill on Ore Creek in 1838. The flowing water of Ore Creek would turn a water wheel that rotated a grindstone against a fixed grindstone. The grain was ground into flour between the two grindstones. Without this mill a local farmer would have to travel in their wagon filled with sacks of grain to Ann Arbor or Farmington. This roundtrip would take about 5 days and the farmer's family would be left alone at the farm to fend for themselves. This public parking lot was the site of the mill that was razed in the late 1940s after its sale by Ford Motor Company. , , Original Art by: Diane Schenkel
Orson Quakenbush played a key role in establishing Brighton as a viable rural community with the downtown construction of his dam and grist mill on Ore Creek in 1838. The flowing water of Ore Creek would turn a water wheel that rotated a grindstone against a fixed grindstone. The grain was ground into flour between the two grindstones. Without this mill a local farmer would have to travel in their wagon filled with sacks of grain to Ann Arbor or Farmington. This roundtrip would take about 5 days and the farmer's family would be left alone at the farm to fend for themselves. This public parking lot was the site of the mill that was razed in the late 1940s after its sale by Ford Motor Company.
Original Art by: Diane Schenkel
Erected 2017 by Brighton Area Historical Society, Brighton Art Guild, Downtown Brighton. (Marker Number 10.)
Location. 42° 31.741′ N, 83° 46.89′ W. Marker is in Brighton, Michigan, in Livingston County. Marker is on South West Street, on the right when traveling south. Marker is halfway between West Main Street and West North Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Brighton MI 48116, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Also see . . . Who's that? Faces from Brighton's past pop up on city streets. According to this article from the Livingston Daily Press & Argus, Brighton's Victorian Silhouettes will be "left on display for three years, except for during the winter." (Submitted on September 28, 2017, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan.)
Photographed By Joel Seewald, September 23, 2017
2. Orson Quackenbush Marker
Photographed By Joel Seewald, September 23, 2017
3. Orson Quackenbush Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on September 28, 2017. It was originally submitted on September 28, 2017, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan. This page has been viewed 259 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on September 28, 2017, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan.
