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The communities of West Bloomfield, Orchard Lake Village, Keego Harbor, and Sylvan Lake make up what is known as Greater West Bloomfield. According to the United States Census Bureau , the township has a total area of 31.2 square miles (81 km 2 ), of which 27.3 square miles (71 km 2 ) is land and 3.9 square miles (10 km 2 ), or 12.49%, is water.
The first known victim linked to the Michigan Murderer was a 19-year-old Eastern Michigan University accounting student named Mary Terese Fleszar, [8] who was last seen by a neighbor walking towards her Ypsilanti apartment on the evening of July 9, 1967.
Diane Janowiak is the third generation of her family to operate Kubiak's Tavern in Niles Township. The tavern recently celebrated its 90th anniversary.
They hired James L. Glen to draw up a plan, and in 1864 purchased the land and dedicated Highland Cemetery. By 1880, nearly 550 burial plots had been spoken for. In 1880, the ornamental gate was constructed in the front of the cemetery, and in 1888 a Richardsonian Romanesque chapel was built in the center of the cemetery. [4]
As early as 1933 he saw the need for a church in this area and established the George Foundation for that purpose. The congregation was organized by the Presbytery of Detroit in 1947, and the first services were held that year in Cedarholm Chapel. The cornerstone for the church was laid in 1951, the same year Colonel George died.
The Ypsilanti Historic District is a historic district located along several blocks on each side of the Huron River in the center of Ypsilanti, Michigan.The original portion of the district was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1973 [2] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978; [1] additions to the district were nationally listed in 1989.
On August 10, 1960, an honorably discharged 66-year-old World War I veteran, George Vincent Nash, was removed from resting alongside his Caucasian wife at the White Chapel Cemetery. [5] [6] The action took place immediately following the graveside service because Nash was a full-blooded Ho-Chunk (also known as Winnebago) or Native American. [7]
The Trowbridge Road bridge was a seven span, concrete T-beam structure. It was 231 feet long, with a 44-foot-wide deck carrying a 30-foot-wide roadway. It had false concrete arches with recessed panels in the spandrels. The railings were solid concrete parapets with paneled concrete posts and three recessed rectangular panels between each.