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- In 1899, several Detroit businessmen gathered to discuss building a mill for the production of sugar from beets. Thirty cents per row was paid for weeding the beets that were later turned into molasses and sugar. Farmers brought their beets to the mill where they were weighed and tested and ground to sugar. Some farmers produced poorer quality beets due to the soil condition. This angered some farmers because they were paid based on the saccharine content of the beets; poorer soil yielded lower saccharine content. That caused some farmers to reduce acreage devoted to beet production. In 1904, Manager Parker and mill representatives implored farmers to subscribe more acreage for beet production. The pleas did not help and the mill, in only five short years, was closed. The Detroit Sugar Mill was torn down in 1906; some of the bricks were used to build homes in Rochester. Today, Halbach Field, Jaycee Field, and the Rochester Public Works occupy the site where the Detroit Sugar Mill once stood. A Lively Town: 152 Years in Rochester, the Rochester Centennial Commission, 1969
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- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
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- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm
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- Set of obituaries gathered and prepared by the Ortonville Community Historical Society for years 2002 - 2013. This is book 5 of 7. Clippings of obituaries were taken from The County Line Reminder, later The Citizen and The Oakland Press. The index was compiled by the Ortonville Community Historical Society and the Brandon Township Public Library.
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- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Brandon Township Public Library and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
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- Oakland County Historical Resources and Brandon Township Public Library
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- A view of a field from the bridge in the Highlands section of Thelma Spencer Park in Rochester Hills. Spencer Park Development Slide Collection, Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm, Rochester Hills, MI
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- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
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- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm
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- The Woman's Relief Corps (WRC) is the official women's auxilary to the Grand Army of the Republic. The Grand Army of the Republic was the name of the Union Soldiers who fought in the Civil War. This cookbook contains the recipes of the Woman's Relief Corps William P. Everett No. 227, the Rochester area WRC. Year 1948, exact date unknown Cookbook Collection, Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm, Rochester Hills, MI
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- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm
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- A view of a building foundation and construction at Thelma Spencer Park in Rochester Hills. Spencer Park Development Slide Collection, Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm, Rochester Hills, MI
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- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
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- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm
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- A close up view of a flying insect landing on a patch of white flowers at Thelma Spencer Park in Rochester Hills. Spencer Park Development Slide Collection, Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm, Rochester Hills, MI
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- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
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- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm
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- Six people lined up for photoraphfour of them in costumefive women and one man at the Rochester Community Centennial in September of 1969. Natalie Stevenson Collection, Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm, Rochester Hills, MI
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- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm
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- Man dressed as President Abraham Lincoln for the Rochester Community Centennial in September of 1969. Natalie Stevenson Collection, Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm, Rochester Hills, MI
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm
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- A view of building construction during development at Thelma Spencer Park in Rochester Hills. Spencer Park Development Slide Collection, Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm, Rochester Hills, MI
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm
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- Animal tracks in the snow at Thelma Spencer Park in Rochester Hills. Spencer Park Development Slide Collection, Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm, Rochester Hills, MI
- Notes:
- Oakland County Historical Resources hosts digitized materials from Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm and many other local cultural heritage organizations in Oakland County, Michigan.
- Data Provider:
- Oakland County Historical Resources and Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm