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- A copy of a document from the United States General Land Office detailing the sale of public lands to Stephen Shippey of Jefferson County, New York. The land in question is described as "the west half of the South West quarter of Section Twenty Two in Township Three North of Range Eleven East in the District of Detroit and Territory of Michigan containing Eighty Acres," and consists of what would become Avon Township. The land patent is signed by President James Monroe and John McLean, Commissioner of the General Land Office on April 2, 1823. (P-7) Photograph Collection
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- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library
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- Rochester Municipal Park, formerly Avon Park, located between Ludlow Avenue, Woodward Avenue, North Main Street, and West Fifth Street (University). The swimming pool dam was created in the Paint Creek just north of the Rochester Community House. It was demolished in the 1980s. (RRP-277) [date is approximate] Ray Russell Postcard Collection
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- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library
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- Three views of sheep barns and silos at the Oakview farm.The D.M. Ferry Company, later known as the Ferry-Morse Seed Company, expanded operations from Detroit to Avon Township in 1902. Oakview Farm comprised the area between South Rochester Road, East Hamlin Road, John R Road, and East Auburn Road. In 1912, the company increased the size of the farm northward, so that it reached to East Avon Road. Oakview was the site of the company’s trial grounds and stock seed breeding operations until 1944. Sheep were feed the crops that were unsuitable for reproduction and their manure was used as fertilizer. (P-105) [date is approximate] Photograph Collection
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- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library
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- Samuel J. Serrell (1845-1908) and Addie Murlin Serrell (1844-1876) were the parents of Harry J. Serrell and grandparents of Alice Serrell.(P-69) [date is approximate] Photograph Collection
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- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library
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- View of the west end of the Stoney Creek Pond looking northwest. (P-368) [date is approximate] Photograph Collection
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- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library
- Description:
- Formal dining room at Meadow Brook Hall on Oakland University campus. Ray Russell Postcard Collection
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Date Issued:
- 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library
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- Female workers sitting among strawberry plants. Frank Kremer and other men are standing near a white tent in the background. Frank Kremer raised berries on his forty acres and sold them at Eastern Market in Detroit. He and his son, Clarence, loaded up in the evening three times a week and drove a horse and wagon down Woodward Avenue, which was a gravel road with a streetcar rail in the center. They sold berries and then Clarence would drive back to Rochester while Frank slept. These pickers rode out to the patch from Rochester via Detroit United Railway (DUR) cars. (P-183) [date is approximate] Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library
- Description:
- Ferry-Morse Seed Company. Ray Russell Postcard Collection
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library
- Description:
- The forty acres on Dutton Road were used to raise berries, which were sold at the Eastern Market in Detroit. Frank Kremer and his son Clarence drove the berries to the market via Woodward Avenue, which was then a gravel road with a streetcar in the center.
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library
- Description:
- Agricultural workers pose with horses at the Ferry Morse Seed Farm.
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Public Library