Frank and Elizabeth Gerber bought this 19
acre parcel in 1935 for $450.00. For many years
they made it available to youth groups and
neighborhood children for recreation / and
winter sledding, thus, the area became known
as Gerber Hill. In 1988 . . . — — Map (db m188438) HM
Gerber Hill Park contains significant remnants of Lenawee County's geologic past. As recently as 15,000 years ago, this
area was covered by glacial ice flowing to the west and northwest out of the, Erie Basin.
When the ice front began to . . . — — Map (db m188436) HM
After Frank and Elizabeth Gerber established this park, their
daughters, Sarah and Frances, decided to convey additional land
along this Eastern boundary to preserve these magnificent trees.
Forester Carl Burhop, in 2017, estimated these oaks . . . — — Map (db m188434) HM
