On State Highway 50 at Marshall Street, on the right when traveling south on State Highway 50.
Thirteen lay members founded the First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn in 1838. The Reverend C.W. Gurney became the church's first installed pastor in 1841. Dedicatory services for the church were held on October 7, 1845. Built with hand-hewn beams . . . — — Map (db m84885) HM
On State Highway 50 at Chicago Street, on the left when traveling south on State Highway 50.
This village was founded by the Rev. Calvin Swain, who filed the first land claim on June 16, 1832. Elder Swain, who had been a chaplain in the War of 1812, was a Baptist minister and the postmaster in Adamsville, New York, before coming to Michigan . . . — — Map (db m84886) HM
On South Mill Street at Case Road, on the right when traveling east on South Mill Street.
Brooklyn Plant a Significant Employer for Residents
In 1921, American industrialist Henry Ford purchased the property of the former Swain Mill, which had burned 9 years earlier. Ford held the site vacant until 1938, when he began construction . . . — — Map (db m210618) HM
On River Street near Brooklyn Road, on the right when traveling north.
This building endures as one of the small "Village Industry" factories built by Henry Ford throughout southeast Michigan in the early 20th century. Most of these
factories occupied the sites of earlier water-powered mills and harnessed small . . . — — Map (db m210729) HM
On North Main Street (State Highway 50) north of Chicago Street, in the median.
This memorial is dedicated in honor of all the men and women of South Central Michigan who rendered unyielding service to the cause of liberty in declared and undeclared wars to keep the United States of America a free and great nation
Civil . . . — — Map (db m206846) WM
On Austin Road just west of Mill Road, on the right when traveling west.
Dedicated to and in grateful recognition of those who made the supreme sacrifice and honoring all who gallantly served in defense and preservation of their country — — Map (db m211984) WM
Or Better Known In Ireland As:
The Great Potato Famine
1845-1850
Ancient Order of Hibernians
We remember the old ones
and the younger for we are the
harvest of the Hunger. They
sleep forever in the land of
their birth and our . . . — — Map (db m165616) HM
The Great Hunger Memorial
Kenneth M. Thompson, Sculptor
Dedicated September 19, 2004
An Gorta Mor, or the Great Hunger Memorial was constructed in honor of those lives lost to the Irish Potato Famine, a devastating catastrophe that
struck . . . — — Map (db m165618) HM
Travelers or neighbors, all were welcome here.
Two of the most important roads of Michigan's settlement era - the Monroe Pike (M-50) and the Chicago Road (US 12) crossed at Cambridge Junction. Settlers and stagecoach riders . . . — — Map (db m205428) HM
On U.S. 12 at State Highway 50, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 12.
This boulder marks the junction
of the Chicago Turnpike, running
between Detroit and Chicago
-an Indian trail prior to 1700-
with the Monroe Turnpike,
coming from Lake Erie.
Also
The old Walker Tavern-
built in 1833 and still . . . — — Map (db m205431) HM
Location, Location, Location
(left panel)
Nature made Sylvester Walker for his business. Men of every class and condition of life from the earliest times would stretch out their day's drive to reach the hospitable roof . . . — — Map (db m205529) HM
Near U.S. 12 west of State Highway 50, on the right.
This historic building, a link with the bygone pioneer era, dates back to 1832. Here at the junction of the Chicago Road and the road from Monroe, a small inn was opened by Sylvester Walker of Cooperstown, New York. Before long the Walker Tavern was . . . — — Map (db m205438) HM
Side 1
This tavern was built around 1832. Stagecoach passengers stopped here for lodging and food as they traveled between Detroit and Chicago on the Chicago Road (later US-12) and on the La Plaisance Bay Pike (later M-50) from Lake . . . — — Map (db m205435) HM
On U.S. 12 (U.S. 12) near US-12 Crossover, on the right when traveling west.
Ground was broken for what is now called "Michigan International Speedway" (M.I.S.), on Sept. 27, 1967. Over 2.5 million cubic yards of dirt were moved to form the . . . — — Map (db m239287) HM
Automobiles and the promise of paved roads brought opportunity to the Irish Hills. In the 1920s, anticipating change, two long-time neighbors erected competing observation towers to attract visitors to the spectacular views of area lakes and . . . — — Map (db m226829) HM
