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MotorCities National Heritage Area Historical Markers

The MotorCities National Heritage Area, designated by Congress in 1998, celebrates the auto industry and its impact on the Detroit area, southeastern Michigan, and communities as far away as Saginaw, Flint, Lansing, and Kalamazoo.
 
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Photo courtesy of the Kettereing University Archives, Flint.
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1 Michigan, Genesee County, Flint — Flint — College and Cultural Center
2 Michigan, Genesee County, Flint — Flint Automobile Company — Starting with A. B. C.
3 Michigan, Genesee County, Flint — Home — on Kearsley Street
4 Michigan, Genesee County, Flint — Josiah Dallas Dort — Committed to Flint
5 Michigan, Genesee County, Flint, Genesee Township — Charles Stewart Mott — Gifts to Flint and the World
6 Michigan, Genesee County, Flint, Genesee Township — Gentleman Tinkerers — Judge Wisner and Doctor Bardwell
7 Michigan, Ingham County, Lansing — I-496 Olds Freeway — Rolling Through the City — The I-496 freeway loop opened in late 1970. —
8 Michigan, Ingham County, Lansing — Lansing's Labor Holiday — The UAW Takes Action — They took it to the streets on June 7, 1937 —
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9 Michigan, Ingham County, Lansing — Olds Returns to Lansing — The Curved Dash Runabout — Fire didn't destroy Ransom E. Olds' dreams —
10 Michigan, Ingham County, Lansing — Ransom Eli Olds Breakthrough — Engines Turning Wheels — The spark of auto innovation ignited here in the 1890s. —
11 Michigan, Lenawee County, Brooklyn — At the Crossroads — Cambridge Junction and the Walker Taverns
12 Michigan, Livingston County, Hamburg, Hamburg Township — Trains to Hamburg — The Village with Two Railroads
13 Michigan, Livingston County, Hamburg, Hamburg Township — Travelers Stop — at the Hamburg House Hotel
14 Michigan, Livingston County, Pinckney, Hamburg Township — Hitting the Road — Changing Routes Through Hamburg Township
15 Michigan, Livingston County, Pinckney, Hamburg Township — The Big Chill — Railroads and the Zukey Lake Ice House
16 Michigan, Livingston County, Pinckney, Hamburg Township — Trains Off Line — The Challenge of Railroad Safety
17 Michigan, Macomb County, Romeo — Electric Streetcars — Romeo's Historic Movement
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18 Michigan, Macomb County, Romeo — From the Foundry Fires — Engine Blocks for Ford's Model T
19 Michigan, Macomb County, Romeo — Many Tools and Many Tasks — The C. Craig Blacksmith Museum
20 Michigan, Macomb County, Romeo — Wooden Wheels — Romeo Grows with its Carriage Industry
21 Michigan, Macomb County, Roseville — A Plank Road History — Gratiot Avenue and "The Junction"
22 Michigan, Macomb County, Roseville — Frenchy's Auto Parts — Helping Hands for the Roseville Community
23 Michigan, Macomb County, Roseville — Packard Field in Roseville — From Airport to Shopping Center
24 Michigan, Macomb County, Roseville — Rapid Railway Company — and Its Interurban Stops in Roseville
25 Michigan, Macomb County, Roseville — Watching the Big Show — at the Gratiot Drive-In Theater
26 Michigan, Macomb County, Shelby Township, Shelby Charter Township — "Quality First" — The Packard Motor Car Company
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27 Michigan, Macomb County, Shelby Township, Shelby Charter Township — Base of Operations — The Lodge at the Proving Grounds
28 Michigan, Macomb County, Shelby Township, Shelby Charter Township — Extreme Testing — The Packard Endurance Runs
29 Michigan, Macomb County, Shelby Township, Shelby Charter Township — In Times of War — Packard's "Arsenal of Democracy"
30 Michigan, Macomb County, Shelby Township, Shelby Charter Township — Made for Speed — The Test Track at the Proving Grounds
31 Michigan, Macomb County, Shelby Township, Shelby Charter Township — Packard Proving Grounds — Preserving Automotive History
32 Michigan, Macomb County, Shelby Township, Shelby Charter Township — Packard Takes Flight — Charles Lindbergh Visits the Proving Grounds
33 Michigan, Macomb County, Shelby Township, Shelby Charter Township — The Vincent Family — Home at the Proving Grounds
34 Michigan, Oakland County, Clarkston — Building Clarkston History — at 90 North Main
35 Michigan, Oakland County, Farmington — Travel Through Time — on Farmington's Grand River Avenue
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36 Michigan, Oakland County, Lake Orion — William E. Scripps — and the Scripps-Booth Luxury Automobile
37 Michigan, Oakland County, Milford — A Ford Village Industry — Along Pettibone Creek
38 Michigan, Oakland County, Milford — Milford at Work — The Ford Carburetor Plant
39 Michigan, Oakland County, Novi — Approaching "Novi Corners" — Headed in Four Directions
40 Michigan, Oakland County, Novi — Built for Fun — on the Shores of Walled Lake
41 Michigan, Oakland County, Novi — Grand River Avenue — Life Along Novi's "Main Street"
42 Michigan, Oakland County, Novi — High Performance Legend — The Novi Special at the Indianapolis 500
43 Michigan, Oakland County, Novi — Novi's Crucial Crossing — The Train Station and the Grand River Bridge
44 Michigan, Oakland County, Novi — Sharing the Bounty — Novi's Agricultural History at Tollgate
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45 Michigan, Oakland County, Novi — Walled Lake Casino — Where Detroiters Came to Dance
46 Michigan, Oakland County, Novi — Worth the Drive — to Walled Lake Amusement Park
47 Michigan, Oakland County, Orchard Lake — Drawn by Water — The Greater West Bloomfield Story
48 Michigan, Oakland County, Orchard Lake — Remembering Historic Railways — on the West Bloomfield Trail
49 Michigan, Oakland County, Orchard Lake — The Orchard Lake Museum — and the Treasures of Local History
50 Michigan, Oakland County, Orchard Lake — Tracks Over Tracks — on the Detroit United Railway
51 Michigan, Oakland County, Orchard Lake — Waiting for the Trolleys — and Riding Between the Lakes
52 Michigan, Oakland County, Orchard Lake — Waiting Room and the "Wye" — at the Michigan Military Academy
53 Michigan, Oakland County, Pontiac — "Body by Fisher" — A Standard of Excellence in Pontiac
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54 Michigan, Oakland County, Pontiac — Automobile Financing — Money Greases the Wheels
55 Michigan, Oakland County, Pontiac — Great Migrations — Opportunities in Boomtown Pontiac
56 Michigan, Oakland County, Pontiac — Versatile Vehicles — Pontiac's Early Carriage Industry
57 Michigan, Oakland County, Pontiac — Wessen & Bagley — A Town Within the City
58 Michigan, Oakland County, Pontiac — Woodward Avenue — A True Original
59 Michigan, Oakland County, Sylvan Lake — "X" Marks the Spot — A Tale of Four Townships
60 Michigan, Oakland County, Sylvan Lake — Learning and Growing — at the Daniel Whitfield School
61 Michigan, Oakland County, Sylvan Lake — New Life for Children — at the Detroit Free Press Fresh Air Camp
62 Michigan, Oakland County, Sylvan Lake — Oakland County Boat Club — Centennial 1912-2012 ... and Still Going Strong
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63 Michigan, Oakland County, Sylvan Lake — Ordered by Mail - Sent by Rail — Kit Homes in Sylvan Lake
64 Michigan, Oakland County, Sylvan Lake — Outdoor Attractions — on the Shores of Sylvan Lake — Reported missing
65 Michigan, Oakland County, Sylvan Lake — Sylvan Lake Inn — The Dream of Merrill B. Mills
66 Michigan, Oakland County, Sylvan Lake — The Great Escape — Traveling to Sylvan Lake
67 Michigan, Oakland County, West Bloomfield — "Motoring" to Pine Lake — with the Automobile Club of Detroit
68 Michigan, Oakland County, West Bloomfield — A Lake and a Trolley — Put Keego Harbor on the Map
69 Michigan, Oakland County, West Bloomfield — Gateway to Nature — at the Orchard Lake Beach Trolley Stop
70 Michigan, Oakland County, West Bloomfield — In Good Company — at Pine Lake Country Club
71 Michigan, Oakland County, West Bloomfield — Lakes and Attractions — at the Orchard Lake Trolley Stop
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72 Michigan, Oakland County, West Bloomfield — Remembering Historic Railways — on the West Bloomfield Trail
73 Michigan, Oakland County, West Bloomfield — Settling the Dust — The Countryside Improvement Association
74 Michigan, Oakland County, West Bloomfield — Sharing the Ride — on the Westacres Community Bus
75 Michigan, Oakland County, West Bloomfield — West Bloomfield Trail — Exploring the Tale of the Rail
76 Michigan, Oakland County, West Bloomfield — Westacres Community — New Life for Auto Workers
77 Michigan, Oakland County, White Lake charter Township, White Lake Township — Edsel Ford's Leadership — and His "Nerve Retreat" at Haven Hill
78 Michigan, Oakland County, White Lake charter Township, White Lake Township — Genevieve Gillette — and the Treasures of Nature
79 Michigan, Oakland County, White Lake charter Township, White Lake Township — Haven Hill Barn
80 Michigan, Oakland County, White Lake charter Township, White Lake Township — Haven Hill Carriage House — The Lodge's "Little Brother"
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81 Michigan, Oakland County, White Lake charter Township, White Lake Township — Haven Hill Farm — Exploring a New World of Agriculture
82 Michigan, Oakland County, White Lake charter Township, White Lake Township — Haven Hill Gatehouse — Crossing the Threshold to the Estate
83 Michigan, Oakland County, White Lake charter Township, White Lake Township — Haven Hill Lodge — Finding a Retreat in the Countryside
84 Michigan, Oakland County, White Lake charter Township, White Lake Township — Many Friends, Many Flags — The First Girl Scout Senior Roundup, 1956
85 Michigan, Oakland County, White Lake charter Township, White Lake Township — The Haven Hill Getaway — Celebrities Come to Visit
86 Michigan, Oakland County, Wixom — Ford Wixom Assembly Plant — Big Decisions in Wixom — Reported missing
87 Michigan, Oakland County, Wixom — Intersecting Lines — Put Wixom on the Map
88 Michigan, Oakland County, Wixom — Traces of History — Along Pontiac Trail
89 Michigan, Washtenaw County, Ypsilanti — Facing the Fire — at the Michigan Firehouse Museum
90 Michigan, Washtenaw County, Ypsilanti — Manufacturing History — at the Corner of Norris & Forest
91 Michigan, Washtenaw County, Ypsilanti — The Bomber Restaurant — Food, Fun, and Military History
92 Michigan, Washtenaw County, Ypsilanti, Depot Town — 220 N. Huron — A Home Becomes a Museum
93 Michigan, Washtenaw County, Ypsilanti, Depot Town — Food and Drink — Haab's Carries on the Tradition
94 Michigan, Washtenaw County, Ypsilanti, Depot Town — Hudsons & Friends — at the Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum
95 Michigan, Washtenaw County, Ypsilanti, Depot Town — Michigan Avenue Industry — Ypsilanti's Automotive Manufacturing
96 Michigan, Washtenaw County, Ypsilanti, Depot Town — Power on the River — Ford's Ypsilanti Village Industry
97 Michigan, Washtenaw County, Ypsilanti, Depot Town — The Amazing Quarter Mile — Auto Dealers in Ypsilanti
98 Michigan, Washtenaw County, Ypsilanti, Depot Town — Ypsilanti — and the Tucker Phenomenon
99 Michigan, Wayne County, Canton — Farming in Canton — The Sweet Corn Capitol of Michigan
100 Michigan, Wayne County, Canton, Cherry Hill Village — A Ford Village Industry — in Cherry Hill Village

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May. 8, 2024