Ronald K Gay: 2 books
by Ronald K. Gay, Oakland County Pioneer & Historical Society
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2010
Detroit�s first mayor, Solomon Sibley, and his wife, Sarah (Sproat) Sibley, were responsible for organizing a group that set out in 1818 for a plot of land 30 miles north, at the confluence of the Huron River of St. Clair (now the Clinton) and several Native American trails. The future town would be...
by Ronald K. Gay
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2015
West Bloomfield Township, located 30 miles northwest of Detroit, was carved from Bloomfield Township in 1833. There were settlements in nearby Pontiac as early as 1818 and in Bloomfield by 1820. The area, originally settled by Native Americans, became a farming community when it was later occupied by...