I think Inkster was a Scottish immigrant who owned a sawmill and a lot of land.
http://www.examiner.com/article/robert-inkster-pioneer
So any story about ink [[and all things black like ink) inspiring the name would be a canard.
I think Inkster was a Scottish immigrant who owned a sawmill and a lot of land.
http://www.examiner.com/article/robert-inkster-pioneer
So any story about ink [[and all things black like ink) inspiring the name would be a canard.
"Farmington was first settled in 1824 by Arthur Power, a Quaker from Farmington, New York." who named the city after where he came from.
was there ever a settlement called Plum Hollow?
Many of the localities were named by the railroad as they built. Between Detroit and Plymouth, the Detroit & West Michigan [[Pere Marquette) gave all the stations "tree names" like Oak [[Oak Yard), Ash, Elm, Beech, etc.
It's amazing how long that story has persisted. I remember hearing my grandfather pass that one on years ago.I think Inkster was a Scottish immigrant who owned a sawmill and a lot of land.
http://www.examiner.com/article/robert-inkster-pioneer
So any story about ink [[and all things black like ink) inspiring the name would be a canard.
Actually Ferndale was named for the fern plants that grew mostly around South Oakland when that area used to be very swampy area under Royal Oak TWP.
Dearborn is the name of one of the townships that were cobbled together to form the City. One of the other townships was Fordson, and if I am not mistaken there is a small part of Springwells that became Dearborn. http://atdetroit.net/forum/messages/62684/71657.html
The other two I don't know much about.
The Oakland Motor Company named the car line after the city where it would be assembled. Pontiac was the only GM brand that outlived it parent brand that started it.
The City itself is named after Chief Pontiac.
I believe Ferndale was originally called Urbanrest when it was part of Royal Oak twp. And speaking of Royal Oak, the story I have heard is that it was named by Alexis De Tocqueville when he was heading up the mud bog that was Woodward. His party came to rest under the branches of a massive oak and Alexis said it reminded him of the tree king Charlie of England hid inside of while hiding from the Roundheads.
but then again, I wasn't there, so who knows.
At one time there was Monguagon township in the area that now is Trenton and Riverview. Any knowledge on where that name came from? And any thoughts on how to pronounce it? I've thought of Mon-GWAY-gun, MON-gwah-gone. and Mon-GWAH-gun
Anybody know about Oak Park?
Garden City, MI. is named because lot's of neighbors who lived at Nankin TWP. at the time made gardens in their properties.
If I recall from an old history book on the city, Redford was named such because it was easy for people to "ford" [[cross) the Rouge [["red) River in the area
In 1819, Michigan Gov. Lewis Cass and several companions set out on an exploration of Michigan territory to disprove land surveyors’ claims that the territory was swampy and uninhabitable. The beginning of their journey seemed to support those claims until they reached a desirable area of higher ground near the intersections of Main, Rochester and Crooks Roads. Here they encountered a stately oak tree with a trunk considerably wider than most other oaks. Its large branches reminded Cass of the legend of the royal oak tree, under which King Charles II of England took sanctuary from enemy forces in 1660. Cass and his companions christened the tree, the "Royal Oak." And so Royal Oak received its name.I believe Ferndale was originally called Urbanrest when it was part of Royal Oak twp. And speaking of Royal Oak, the story I have heard is that it was named by Alexis De Tocqueville when he was heading up the mud bog that was Woodward. His party came to rest under the branches of a massive oak and Alexis said it reminded him of the tree king Charlie of England hid inside of while hiding from the Roundheads.
but then again, I wasn't there, so who knows.
https://www.ci.royal-oak.mi.us/porta...al-oak/history
Growing up in the area I had believed that the Monguagons were a native American tribe that lived along the river in the Wyandotte, Trenton, Riverview area. There is a school in Trenton named Monguagon Middle School and I'd always heard it pronounced, perhaps incorrectly, as muh-GWAH-gun.
In 1819, Michigan Gov. Lewis Cass and several companions set out on an exploration of Michigan territory to disprove land surveyors’ claims that the territory was swampy and uninhabitable. The beginning of their journey seemed to support those claims until they reached a desirable area of higher ground near the intersections of Main, Rochester and Crooks Roads.
https://www.ci.royal-oak.mi.us/porta...al-oak/history
First white flight from Detroit. They were saying you can't live south of Crooks. What jerks.
It's pronounced Mogwai and I have no idea what the furry guy from Gremlins has to do with this discussion.Growing up in the area I had believed that the Monguagons were a native American tribe that lived along the river in the Wyandotte, Trenton, Riverview area. There is a school in Trenton named Monguagon Middle School and I'd always heard it pronounced, perhaps incorrectly, as muh-GWAH-gun.
The City of Romulus, MI. was name after the person Romulus who had a twin brother named Remus. Both of them were built a city on the seven hills of Italy. After the bitter quarrel Romulus killed his brother Remus and called the city Rome. The people who came to live there were called Romans.
Highland Park was named for it was a Scottish village and farming settlement in the once Greenfield and Hamtramck Townships.
Erin TWP. was at the southern corner of Macomb County. It was a Irish farming settlement. When East Detroit was named, it maintained its Irish culture. Fewer Irish families live in there at the time. When more Germans, Polish and Italian Families came. Other Irish families move away. By the 1990s The name East Detroit was changed to Eastpointe. The people want their suburban name not to look like East Side Detroit. But to have a 'Grosse Pointe' of the East.
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