Gilkey Creek flowed through this area long before the Motts bought the surrounding land in 1915 to use as pasture for their cows. It rose and fell with the rainfall but caused few problems in those early years.
From Cows to College . . . — — Map (db m142701) HM
Flint, platted in 1836, became known as the “Vehicle City.” The production of road carts reached 150,000 annually. Due to the foresight of its vehicle manufacturers Flint has become second only to the Detroit area in production of motor vehicles. A. . . . — — Map (db m178355) HM
Labor history was made when the UAW won recognition from General Motors on
February 11, 1937 Recognition did not come easily. The 44 day Sitdown Strike took
place during a bitterly cold Flint winter. At one point, heat was turned off in . . . — — Map (db m218750) HM
This monument is to honor the unsung heroes of war:
The Corpsmen, Medics, Evac Crews, Nurses, Doctors, and Therapists,
Who tended to our wounds,
Saving untold lives.
To these lifegivers, a grateful Thank You. — — Map (db m248284) WM
They made a statement in lights and steel. In 1899, gas lamps in downtown Flint were replaced with electric lights mounted on five steel arches spanning Saginaw Street. In 1905 two more arches were added, including one with the letter "FLINT - . . . — — Map (db m179971) HM
Flint's Carriage King and
the creator of General Motors
Dedicated December 8, 1988
Derek Wernher, Sculptor
Matthew S. Collier
Mayor, City of Flint — — Map (db m182344) HM
Whaley House
The central portion of this handsome Victorian home was built in the late 1850s. Several prominent Flint families lived in it before Robert J. Whaley purchased it in 1884. Whaley a local lumberman and banker, remodeled the . . . — — Map (db m143776) HM
"Flint is in the center of the automobile industry, a progressive city, good people, with conditions for manufacturing, ideal," wrote William Crapo Durant in 1905, inviting Utica, New York axle-maker Charles Stewart Mott to move here. Durant . . . — — Map (db m182345) HM
William "Billy" Durant led Flint's incredible industrial development 18902 - 1920s. Durant co-founded the successful Durant-Dort Carriage Company, then in 1904 took control of David Buick's fledgling automobile firm. Durant built on Buick's success . . . — — Map (db m182340) HM
William C. Durant William Crapo Durant (1861-1947), one of Flint’s most important historical figures, was a pioneer in the development of the American auto industry. Durant’s vehicle ventures began in 1886, when, with a borrowed $1,500, he . . . — — Map (db m182338) HM
It began with the pine forests. Like many other Michigan communities, Flint built its economy in the 1800s on thriving lumber mills, to supply a growing nation. When demand for wood exhausted the region's forests, Flint turned to other ventures . . . — — Map (db m178471) HM
Built in Davison between 1890 and 1900, the Davison Depot was a "flag stop" on the Grand Trunk Western Railroad Line. It was a gathering place for passengers and a drop off spot for the mail.
The Depot did not have scheduled stops. The train . . . — — Map (db m225260) HM
In 1896, Charles Wallace Parker (1864-1932), built his first carousel in Abilene, Kansas. In 1910 he moved his factory to Leavenworth, Kansas. Although most of Parker's carousels were small and portable, he also carved a number of large three- . . . — — Map (db m225344) HM
The Buzzell House was built on East Court Street on land that was part of the old John Smith Chippewa Indian Reservation. A professional carpenter, John Buzzell built the Greek revival-style home in 1854 for his family. As the family grew, so did . . . — — Map (db m225286) HM
Charles Stewart Mott lived for his community.
During his 60 years of service on the General Motors board of directors, he established and endowed the Mott Foundation in 1926 to improve Flint's civic welfare. Mott's generous . . . — — Map (db m234053) HM
Originally built in 1878 on Corunna Road, the Township Hall was a gift from the citizens of Clayton Township and was moved to Crossroads Village in 1976.
The Clayton Township area was originally called Miller's Settlement after the first . . . — — Map (db m225335) HM
Built in 1898, this former Cohoctah Evangelical Church initially served the religious needs of a farming community near Howell, Michigan. Since Michigan lumber was in short supply during the time this church was being built, it was constructed of . . . — — Map (db m225363) HM
William C. Durant, better known as Billy Durant, built this quaint barn behind his home on Garland Street in Flint's Carriage Town area. The barn most likely was constructed between 1890 and 1900 and was a typical outbuilding of the period.
. . . — — Map (db m226305) HM
Before automobiles were common on American roads, they were found in barns and workshops of tinkerers who explored their mechanics. Judge Charles H. Wisner and Dr. Hiram H. Bardwell, two of Flint's gentleman tinkerers, worked on . . . — — Map (db m224683) HM
This Greek-revival style building, most likely built in the 1850s, was located on Main Street in Dryden, Michigan. The building is referred to as the Manwaring Building because it was one of two mercantile buildings owned by Joseph Manwaring, a . . . — — Map (db m225463) HM
Named Stanley School for Sherman Stanley, this red brick school was built in 1883 on Bray Road, about one quarter mile from the entrance to Crossroads Village.
This brick schoolhouse saw many children pass through its doors from 1883 until . . . — — Map (db m225338) HM
Judge Charles H. Wisner, a prominent Flint citizen and tinkerer, built this Italianate carriage barn in 1878 to house a few horses and carriages at his residence on the corner of East Court and Lapeer Streets in Flint.
Wisner, the son of Moses . . . — — Map (db m225262) HM
Amos Woodruff The Amos and Eliza Woodruff family migrated from Massachusetts to the Flushing area about 1845. During the next five years Woodruff purchased several parcels of land on River Road. In 1852 he acquired this land, which was part of . . . — — Map (db m180448) HM
This structure was completed and dedicated as the Brent Creek Methodist Protestant Church in the fall of 1891. There were sixteen members. The church, which was originally located slightly west of this site, was moved here in 1940. The . . . — — Map (db m180635) HM
In 1840, Flushing residents began holding religious services in James Seymour´s sawmill. In 1842 the First Methodist Episcopal Church was organized. As part of the Flint River Circuit, the Methodists were ministered to by circuit riders. In 1846, . . . — — Map (db m180633) HM
In 1835 Rufus and Sarah Harrison settled on this property, traveling by ox team from Detroit. It was said their farm was the first in Flushing Township to be cleared. Harrison died in 1856, and the farm was acquired by William Schram, his . . . — — Map (db m180632) HM
In memory of the Soldiers & Sailors who fought in the wars of our Country
1861-1865
1812-1814
1846-1848
Erected by the Township of Flushing
A.D. 1906
1898 — — Map (db m189581) WM
In the spirit of our patriot ancestors Todd Beamer, a native of
Genesee County, Michigan, with help of other passengers and crew,
stormed the cockpit of Flight 93. This brave action prevented the terrorists
from crashing the aircraft into . . . — — Map (db m189580) HM WM
Village Of Gaines Between 1855 and 1858 the Detroit and Milwaukee Railway built a rail line from Detroit to Grand Haven. In 1856 Gaines Station was established as a rail stop and post office. In 1859 Henry Walker platted the town, aligning the . . . — — Map (db m178334) HM
In 1833 eleven people established the First Congregational Church of Grand Blanc. The congregation, which held its early services in homes and, later, schoolhouses built their first house of worship in 1855. They replaced it with this modest red . . . — — Map (db m179796) HM
At the close of the nineteenth century, many rural Michigan school districts were in crisis as people left farms for the city and industrial jobs. A 1903 state law authorized consolidation of districts and provided for public transportation to . . . — — Map (db m179803) HM
Simeon Perry Farmstead In 1826 Simeon Perry (1804-1880) came to this area with his father, Edmund, a cousin, Roland, and his sister, Eliza. They built a log house. Then Edmund and Eliza returned to Avon, New York, to bring the rest of the family . . . — — Map (db m179804) HM
The Buick Open
One year after Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club opened in 1957, Waldo McNaught used his unique position as club president and public relations director of the Buick Motor Division of the General Motors Corporation (GM) to . . . — — Map (db m135748) HM
In 1894, William Ray Perry built this house on the farm that was purchased by his father in 1829. The Queen Anne house displays Eastlake ornamentation. Perry’s forebearers had arrived in New England in 1650. In 1825 Edmund Perry, William’s . . . — — Map (db m179807) HM
Jonathan Davison (1795-1865), a native of Livingston County, New York, purchased 160 acres of land here in 1831. His son, John W. Davison, a farmer and carpenter, completed the rear portion of the present structure in 1855. He enlarged it to its . . . — — Map (db m179801) HM
As Americans settled the wilderness areas of Michigan, religious services were often the first community concern. Beginning in 1831, traveling preachers visited this area, holding revival and prayer meetings, and starting new congregations. One of . . . — — Map (db m179798) HM
Projected for the transportation of troops and munitions of war between the forts at Detroit and Mackinac in the Territory of Michigan. Also for an inducement to settlers.
The road from Detroit to "Saginaw River and Bay" was authorized by . . . — — Map (db m242365) HM
In 1838, Halsey Whitehead, a veteran of the War of 1812, buried his two-year-old daughter Rebecca here on land he settled in 1837. He offered burial plots for others until 1843, when he donated the land to Argentine Township. Graves located here . . . — — Map (db m178234) HM
During the 1800’s, the School House for the Linden community was located next to the Linden Mill Building on Main Street. The first grist mill, built in 1840, burned and was rebuilt about the same time the Union Block was in what is now the . . . — — Map (db m218695) HM
Linden's origins can be traced to the 1830s, when settlers began erecting mills along the Shiawassee River. Other industries soon followed, as the city became a regional center for buggy and barrel manufacturing, cement production, and foundry work. . . . — — Map (db m178166) HM
The Linden Mills were a vital source of this village’s economic growth. The first mill, located on the land granted to Consider Warner, was used to cut lumber. From 1845-50 Seth Sadler and Samuel W. Warren, local residents, erected both a saw and . . . — — Map (db m178181) HM
The First Presbyterian Society of Linden was founded under the direction of the Reverend Thomas Wright on May 8, 1860. It had eight charter members and was the first religious society to be established in the Village of Linden. The Linden . . . — — Map (db m178167) HM
Preston Bradley Water Wheel Dedicated September 6, 1971
In Commemoration of Dr. Preston Bradley
Born in Linden Michigan Aug 18, 1888
A renowned minister. A Founder of the Izaak Walton League of America, eminent author and international . . . — — Map (db m189662) HM
In 1891 the Reverend Daniel Webster Hammond and seven members chartered the Methodist Episcopal Church of Montrose. The next year a church was erected on this site; however, a growing congregation demanded a larger building. The present church was . . . — — Map (db m182293) HM
Montrose Township Cemetery
In 1859 Montrose Township bought three acres of land from John Berry to create a burying ground, which was later expanded. In August of that year, John Pickett Slade, a veteran of the War of 1812, was the first . . . — — Map (db m180510) HM
First United Methodist Church, one of the oldest congregations in Genesee County, began with services held in Lewis Buckingham’s home in 1836. The Reverend Luther D. Whitney, a Flint circuit rider, and nine other people, organized the congregation . . . — — Map (db m179823) HM
E. S. Swayze opened a drugstore on this site prior to 1870. When the store burned in 1874, Swayze built this one. Members of the Free Methodist Church used the second-floor meeting hall for services from 1887 to 1890. In 1903 Masonic Lodge #401 and . . . — — Map (db m182516) HM
This house was built in stages between the 1860s and the 1930s. In 1889 Dr. John B. Laing and his wife, Harriet, purchased the house. Raised in Vermont, Laing (1846-1908) came to Otisville in 1871 as one of the village's earliest physicians, and . . . — — Map (db m33731) HM
The brick monument before you, came from the Otisville High School, built in 1920 and opened in 1921. It was located in town at the corner of Grove St. and Center St. (formerly State Street M-15). It originally housed grades kindergarten through . . . — — Map (db m127140) HM
When Nathaniel and Sarah Smith came to the Forest area from Vermont in 1837, members of the Henry Hiester family were the only Euro-American settlers in the area. Sarah Smith died in 1848 and was the first person interred in the cemetery that bears . . . — — Map (db m179822) HM
When you lived in a rural area say before 1950, in most parts of the US, you didn't hop on the school bus and ride miles to your local town school. At first, in the early years your family had horses and a wagon to get around. Then . . . — — Map (db m120860) HM
Deeded to: "Trustees of the Burying Ground in School District #8", Town of Alabama, by Rev. Augustus Warren & his 2nd wife Maria, May 19, 1842. To all those buried here - May You Rest in Peace. — — Map (db m86682) HM
The landscape stretching before you is a diverse mosaic of marsh and upland. Established in 1992 by Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge and Ducks Unlimited, Olsen Marsh is a living tribute to Odmond "Odie" Olsen. The Man Behind the Marsh. Odmond . . . — — Map (db m200256) HM
Beginning in 1919 three generations of the Shafer family, led by Emil, John, and Paul, produced potatoes on this property for 92 consecutive years. — — Map (db m103561) HM
This Waterway Old Orchard Creek designated a public highway May 8, 1837 in the towns of Alabama and Shelby by an act of the New York State legislature. — — Map (db m134061) HM
Est. 1826. originally named Gerrysville, was changed to Alabama in 1828. Hamlets are Alabama Center, Basom, South Alabama & Wheatville — — Map (db m39586) HM
Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1958 under the authority of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act for "...use as an inviolate sanctuary, or for any other purpose, for migratory birds." The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service manages . . . — — Map (db m76339) HM
In Memory of
Alexander Rea and
Nancy Jones Rea, his wife
Founders of the Town of
Alexander
named after the pioneer who made the first
land purchase in 1802, built the first sawmill,
was a member of the Assembly 1804 1807,
State . . . — — Map (db m158711) HM
The Alexandrian Library was the first in Genesee County and was founded in 1811 by Alexander Rea, Noah North, Ezra Osborn & Sebe Brainard — — Map (db m39593) HM
Batavia Cemetery
Has been placed on the
National Register of
Historic Places in 2002
by the United States
Department of Interior — — Map (db m158623) HM
Benjamin Ellicott was born in Bucks County, Penna., April 17th, 1765. Died at Williamsville, N.Y. December 10th, 1827. The history of his life is closely connected with that of the western portion of this state. Together with his brother Joseph, . . . — — Map (db m83100) HM
Birthplace of Emory Upton 1839 - 1881. West Point graduate. U.S. Army General and Civil War veteran. Influential military author & stategist — — Map (db m126158) HM
A native Batavian who once lived at No. 4 Liberty Street. Charles Franklin Rand is officially recognized by the Congress of the United States as the first person to answer President Lincoln's appeal for volunteers in the Civil War on April 15, 1861. . . . — — Map (db m39635) HM
Cary House Site Location of mansion ca 1817 to 1964, a gift to his wife by Trumbull Cary, merchant, bank founder, NYS Senator, & first Batavia treasurer. — — Map (db m83068) HM
Commemorating One Hundred Years
of educating blind students in
Batavia at the New York State
School for the Blind - First Opened
in September of 1868 — — Map (db m39634) HM
[caption] The site of DeWitt Recreation Area in 1995
The park you see today was used as a sand and gravel quarry prior to 1978. The land was donated to Genesee County by B.R. DeWitt Inc. in 1993 with the intent the site be used for family . . . — — Map (db m151870) HM
Early Cemetery in village of Batavia on this site deeded August 10, 1820. Bodies were re-interred to other cemeteries in Batavia — — Map (db m94895) HM
[front] Major General Upton In memory of the soldiers sailors and marines of Genesee County. [right] Battles of World War - Apr.6, 1917-Nov.11, 1918 Cambrai · Somme · Lys · Aisne · Cantigny · Belleau Wood · Chateau-Thierry · Montdidier-Noyon · . . . — — Map (db m83077) WM
Born - 1760 Died - 1826
Surveyor - Land Developer
Agent of Holland Land Co.
Land Office - Batavia, N.Y.
Family Monument (200' East) — — Map (db m83417) HM
Joseph Ellicottwas born in Bucks County, Penna., November 1st, 1760. Died at New York, August 19th, 1826. He was the first resident agent of the Holland Land Company for whom in 1798 he began the survey of the western part of the state then owned . . . — — Map (db m83098) HM
[front plaque]
Monument dedicated in Paolo Busti Park October 27, 1984 by the Paolo Busti Cultural Foundation of Genesee County.
Paolo Busti's contribution to the development of WNY has been overlooked. His foresight and business acumen were . . . — — Map (db m75752) HM
[south] Sacred to the memory of Wm. Morgan, a native of Virginia, a Capt. in the War of 1812, a respectable citizen of Batavia, and a martyr to the freedom of writing, printing and speaking the truth. He was abducted from near this spot in the year . . . — — Map (db m83079) HM WM
Built by Col. William Davis ca. 1839. Later the home of Dean Richmond, president NY Central RR, & wife Mary who built the Richmond Library. — — Map (db m172495) HM
Formerly Bank of Genesee
First Bank West of Genesee River
Built in 1831
Architect builder Hezekiah Eldredge
National Register of Historic Places
1973 — — Map (db m39632) HM
Formed over 20,000 years ago
as the result of glaciation
Home of rare plants, birds
and animals. A National
Historical National Landmark
Logo Text:
Genesee Forever
*
1802-2002 — — Map (db m158599) HM
W.S. & C.E. Housel private bank
closed abruptly March 1929.
Depositors lost nearly all
their funds. C.E. Housel
found guilty of fraud. — — Map (db m142116) HM
National Historic District
Laid out as Wardville 1840s
Railroad forwarding station destroyed by fire 1866 & 1880 incorporated as Bergen 1877
District Registered 1985 — — Map (db m58026) HM
Named for Deacon Levi Ward whose family settled here in June 1807.
His son, Dr. Levi Ward, was the first supervisor and assemblyman of Murray, a portion of which was named Bergen in 1813. Dr. Ward was responsible for mail delivery, road, canal, . . . — — Map (db m58042) HM
Bethany Town Hall built 1832. Over the years used as church, academy and Town House.
Dedicated to those of the Town of Bethany who gave their lives in World War II. John R. Despard, MMM 2/C; Leonard E. Fuller, 1st. Lt.; Clifford L. Hale, Pvt.; . . . — — Map (db m75202) HM WM
First county forest in the state. Begun in 1915 by Genesee Co. 159,500 trees were planted here on poor farm lands prior to 1935. — — Map (db m77564) HM
In the early 1900’s, The Bethany Park and Forest was mostly covered with open fields, with a native northern hardwood forest growing along the sides of Black Creek. By 1938 many of the fields on the east side of the park had been planted with pine . . . — — Map (db m151441) HM
A living memorial in honor of those who served in Vietname. Living, deceased and those unaccounted for.
Army - Air Force - Navy
Marines - Coast Guard — — Map (db m77563) WM
