Bloomfield Township in Oakland County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Can You Imagine
Photographed by Joel Seewald, July 22, 2022
1. Can You Imagine Marker
If you could stand here and go back in time - this is what you might see:
1700's - a small group of Native Americans traveling through this open savanna on their way to fish in nearby lakes
1800's - a large farm house, barns and other out-buildings of the 200 acre Williamson sheep farm
Early 1900's - apple trees planted where sheep once grazed
1930's - road construction crews building a "super highway" called Telegraph Rd.
1974 - Nature Center Manager Don Hollums directing girl scouts on where to plant evergreens to screen the recently widened Telegraph Rd.
Erected by E. L. Johnson Nature Center.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Charity & Public Work • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Roads & Vehicles. A significant historical year for this entry is 1974.
Location. 42° 35.558′ N, 83° 16.93′ W. Marker is in Bloomfield Township, Michigan, in Oakland County. It can be reached from Franklin Road south of Club Drive when traveling south. Marker is in the E.L. Johnson Nature Center. It is at the far end of the
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Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Michigan and in Greater Detroit. It is also in the American Midwest and on the Great Lakes. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Nature's Bubbling Machine... (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Old Windmill (approx. 0.2 miles away); Bagley Inn (approx. 1.8 miles away); Newman African Methodist Episcopal Church (approx. 2½ miles away); Versatile Vehicles (approx. 2.7 miles away); St. Vincent De Paul World War II Memorial (approx. 2.7 miles away); St. Vincent de Paul Church (approx. 2.8 miles away); Automobile Financing (approx. 2.8 miles away).
Photographed by Joel Seewald, July 22, 2022
2. Can You Imagine Marker
Photographed by Joel Seewald, July 22, 2022
3. Can You Imagine Marker
Nature center sign along Franklin Road (view looking north).
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 28, 2022, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan. This page has been viewed 227 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 28, 2022, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan.
