Sterling Heights in Macomb County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

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Holcombe Beach

Photographed by J.T. Lambrou, March 8, 2022

1. Holcombe Beach Marker

Inscription. Near this site in 1961 archaeologists from the Aboriginal Research Club and the University of Michigan uncovered evidence of an early Paleo-Indian settlement. Here about 11,000 years ago these first prehistoric dwellers in the Great Lakes region inhabited a lake shore. Excavations of artifacts and bones reveal that for food the Paleo-Indians hunted Barren Ground caribou, a species suited to the tundra-like terrain of that era. As their environment changed, these Indians were forced to adapt to new ways of living. Different climate and sources of food required modified tools and methods of subsistence and the Paleo-Indian pattern of life developed into the culture of the Early Archaic people. The site known as Holcombe Beach is a reminder of basic changes in Michigan’s physical and biological environment over the ages.

Erected 1978 by Michigan History Division, Department of State. (Marker Number S309.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Anthropology & Archaeology • Indigenous Peoples and Communities. In addition, it is included in the Michigan Historical Commission

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series list.

Location. This marker has been replaced by another marker nearby. It was located near 42° 34.148′ N, 83° 0.603′ W. Marker was in Sterling Heights, Michigan, in Macomb County. It was on Dodge Park Road 0.3 miles north of Metropolitan Parkway, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker was at or near this postal address: 37400 Dodge Park Road, Sterling Heights MI 48312, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in Southeast Michigan

and in Greater Detroit.

It was also in the American Midwest.

Globally, it was in North America,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found itself in what was once the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Holcombe Beach (within shouting distance of this marker); In Memory of Leroy H. Imus (approx. 0.2 miles away); Upton House (approx. 1.6 miles away); Red Run (approx. 3.2 miles away); a different

Photographed by Joel Seewald, August 7, 2010

2. Holcombe Beach Marker

marker also named Red Run (approx. 3.2 miles away); Village/Eckstein Park (approx. 3.3 miles away); Murthum-Vander Vlucht House (approx. 3.3 miles away); Red Run Creek (approx. 3.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sterling Heights.

Photographed by Joel Seewald, August 7, 2010

3. Holcombe Beach Marker

Original 1978 marker at its original location.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 30, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 9, 2010, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan. This page has been viewed 3,069 times since then and 77 times this year. Last updated on October 25, 2023, by Melanie Davis of Sterling Heights, Michigan. Photos: 1. submitted on March 8, 2022, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. 2, 3. submitted on August 9, 2010, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.