Home town Rochester:
A history of Avon Township, Rochester and Rochester Hills, Michigan
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Author
Publication
2008 - Rochester-Avon Historical Society, Rochester, Michigan
Language
English
Word Count
26,000 words, Guess
Page Count
104 pages
Physical Format
Ill. (part col.); maps; ports.
Identifiers
- ISBN-100967759927
- ISBN-139780967759920
- OCLC Control Number276300443
- Open LibraryOL22647459M
Classifications
- DDC977.438 L
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.
Description
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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