On Hamburg Road at Strawberry Lake Road, on the right when traveling north on Hamburg Road.
Hamburg
The year 1831 marked the arrival of Hamburg's first settlers--Felix Dunlavey, Jesse Hall, Calvin Jackson, Cornelius Miller and Herman Lake--and their families. In 1835, Ann Arbor merchant E.F. Gay and Amariah Hammond purchased thirty . . . — — Map (db m50165) HM
On East Grand River Avenue (Business Interstate 96) at South Barnard Street, on the right when traveling east on East Grand River Avenue.
The Livingston County Press, one of Michigan's oldest weekly newspapers, traces its roots to The Livingston Courier, The Livingston Republican and The Livingston Democrat. The Courier, established in 1843, was . . . — — Map (db m107830) HM
On Hamburg Road 0.1 miles south of Stone Street, on the left when traveling south.
In the early 1830s, many New England homesteaders moved west towards the Territory of Michigan in search of fertile land close to a river or stream. Many traveled by boat along the Erie Canal and then inland on existing Anishinaabe trails.
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Founded in 1884, Anderson began as a train depot along the newly built Grand Trunk Western Railroad route. A community grew around it, and, at its peak, Anderson had a post officce, cheese factory and farmers store that sold dry goods, groceries . . . — — Map (db m202579) HM
Near West St. Paul Street north of North West Street.
Bessie is a milk cow. Holsteins started to appear in Livingston County in the 1880s. The county became a leader in selling these cows throughout the Midwest. These black and white dairy cows can produce about 2900 gallons of milk. In the late . . . — — Map (db m107615) HM
On Silver Lake Road 0.3 miles east of Kensington Road, on the right when traveling west.
Twenty-five year old Kinsley Bingham left his New York home in 1833 saying: "Give me $500 and let me go to Michigan and I'll be governor in two years." He settled here, constructing this handsome Greek Revival house in 1842. Bingham's boast was . . . — — Map (db m107539) HM
When the town was formally organized in 1884, it was named after local farmer Philander Gregory, who had been a resident since 1837.
In the early 1870s, the Michigan Airline Railroad Company began construction in Livingston County as part of a . . . — — Map (db m273815) HM
On Wetmore Street at North Walnut Street, on the left when traveling east on Wetmore Street.
Howell raised $20,000 in 1885 to induce the Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern Michigan to enter town. Many believed the town, already served by one railroad, would boom with a second line. Early in 1886 a right-of-way dispute erupted in an armed brawl . . . — — Map (db m107759) HM
On Trout Pond Road north of Maintenance Road, on the left when traveling north.
This cemetery is the resting place for at least two dozen early settlers to the falls area. It is believed that the burials, or at least the stones, were moved here from another location in the park. A number of graves are unmarked. In the 1950s, . . . — — Map (db m167908) HM
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