From here, view both sides of Hammond
Road that in 1835 boasted a village with
a storekeeper, a tailor, a shoemaker, a
blacksmith, and many others who carried
on a busy community life. To the northeast,
observe the 210 acres that Deacon . . . — — Map (db m165356) HM
Village Contains 128 Lots
30 Acres On South Side
210 Acres On North Side.
Excluding Village Lots.
Were Donated For Two Colleges
Methodist Episcopal 1835
Free Will Baptist-1844
First Lots Sold
James Taylor . . . — — Map (db m210720) HM
Named in honor of Edward Payson Hart (1835-1919)
Founder of Spring Arbor University
1873
Born in Vermont, Edward Payson Hart with his wife, Martha (1838-1924), came to Michigan
as a Free Methodist Evangelist in 1864. In 1873, Hart . . . — — Map (db m206857) HM
Ed Cross and his wife, Edith, built this house, barn and granary in 1919. As a young man Cross (1863 - 1938) spent several years working as a logger in Mackinac County, eventually returning to Spring Arbor. During the last fifty years of his life he . . . — — Map (db m88675) HM
December 4, 1844, Michigan Central College, under
the auspices of the Free-Will Baptists, enrolled five
students and started classes near this location.
Earlier, the newly-chosen president, David M. Graham,
a graduate of Oberlin College, had . . . — — Map (db m165360) HM
Huron Potawatomi Village
As early as 1825 large numbers of Potawatomi encamped at this location. One of the most prominent Huron Potatwatomi located here was Wabkezhik (Whapcazeek), who was wounded during the 1811 Battle of Tippicanoe Creek . . . — — Map (db m84726) HM
I am thinking of old Spring Arbor and when we first came to Michigan in 1831. I do not
remember the exact date that we left Allen, Allegheny County, New York, but we reached
Detroit the last day of May or first of June and lived near Fort Dearborn . . . — — Map (db m165352) HM
Max Videto, Sr., the proprietor of the
store on Teft Road in the early 1900s
turned the old blacksmith shop south
of the store into a slaughterhouse so
that he could sell both groceries and
meat. In 1919 Clarence Cook changed . . . — — Map (db m206850) HM
A charter for a seminary under the auspices of
the Methodist Episcopal Church was approved on
March 23, 1835, by the Michigan Legislative Council,
Michigan Territory, Detroit, Michigan. In 1837, a
mile south of this site, a foundation for a . . . — — Map (db m165353) HM
This building, constructed in 1845 and pictured here in 1903, served as a residence hall of Michigan Central College. The connecting living quarters t the right were built in 1873 by Moses L. Hart, father of Rev. E.P. Hart. Moses Hart, the . . . — — Map (db m86569) HM
Humans have always had a close relationship with plants as they evolved.
Using roots, leaves, flowers and berries for food, clothing, rope, shelter, feed for
animals, and for medicine. Even though little has been written, herbal lore has . . . — — Map (db m210721) HM
The great chiefs are gone. Their peace pipes are in the sands of the four winds, cold and forlorn, waiting again to be born. There are no Indian ponies, unshod, rushing to the beat of war drums in the sky. There are no wigwams warmed by . . . — — Map (db m210905) HM
This survey map was done by Sheridan Surveyors in
2011, which establishes the Potawatomi
burial site described in local abstracts. A letter written by James Taylor, June 4, 1835 (shown here
at the right) describes this historic site.
The . . . — — Map (db m165359) HM
In 1992, this 15 ton granite boulder was moved
from a field north of Hammond Road near the
Potawatomi Indian Village "of five lodges” to this
location near the Potawatomi burial ground. An
Indian profile was sandblasted into this rock . . . — — Map (db m165358) HM
The view to the northeast shows the contour of the mound
containing the Potawatomi burial site, an area measuring 4
rods square (66 feet), marked by 4 cairns. Is this a natural
contour mound or did the natives enhance this site by . . . — — Map (db m165361) HM
Three Michigan institutions of higher education have had their roots here. The predecessor of Albion College, the Spring Arbor Seminary was chartered in 1835. Michigan Central College, founded in 1844, was located here until its removal in 1855 when . . . — — Map (db m212365) HM
To honor
the citizens of Spring Arbor
who served in
World War I
World War II
and the Korean War
They fought for peace with honor — — Map (db m207108) WM
The Wesleyan Quadrilateral is named for John Wesley (1703-1981),
founder of Methodism and one of the great theologians and critical thinkers in
the history of Christianity. The basic structure of the Quadrilateral begins with
Scripture and . . . — — Map (db m206884) HM
Free Methodist Movement Pursues Educational Freedom
In 1872, Free Methodist leaders bought and developed 10 acres of land that housed two vacant buildings for the purpose of founding Spring Arbor Seminary (see image below left). They hoped . . . — — Map (db m239288) HM
