An edition of Home town Rochester: (2008)

Home town Rochester:

A history of Avon Township, Rochester and Rochester Hills, Michigan

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An edition of Home town Rochester: (2008)

Home town Rochester:

A history of Avon Township, Rochester and Rochester Hills, Michigan

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When James Graham and his family established the first non-native settlement in the future Oakland County, Michigan in the spring of 1817, they were trusting that the government surveyors who had written the region off as a wasteland were wrong. After they found rich soil and waterways that could drive sawmills and grist mills, they were not alone for long. Within a generation, a healthy community was established and thriving. Natural resources supported the population of Rochester and Avon until the twentieth century development of the automobile industry redefined the area's economy, its landscape, and its demographics.

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English
Pages
104

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Home town Rochester:: A history of Avon Township, Rochester and Rochester Hills, Michigan
2008, Rochester-Avon Historical Society
ill. (part col.); maps; ports. in English

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First Sentence

"Michigan was a frontier territory and the region that would one day become Oakland County was a howling wilderness when the sons of James Graham followed the Huron River of Lake St. Clair (now known as the Clinton River) inland from Mount Clemens in the autumn of 1816."

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Foreword
Chapter One: The Pioneers
Chapter Two: Regiments and Railroads
Chapter Three: A New Century
Chapter Four: Depression and World War
Chapter Five: The Changing Landscape
Chapter Six: Tale of Two Cities
Selected Sources
Chronology
Index

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Rochester, Michigan

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Dewey Decimal Class
977.438 L

The Physical Object

Format
ill. (part col.); maps; ports.
Pagination
104 p.
Number of pages
104
Dimensions
22 x 29 cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL22647459M
ISBN 10
0967759927
ISBN 13
9780967759920
OCLC/WorldCat
276300443

First Sentence

"Michigan was a frontier territory and the region that would one day become Oakland County was a howling wilderness when the sons of James Graham followed the Huron River of Lake St. Clair (now known as the Clinton River) inland from Mount Clemens in the autumn of 1816."

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