The Lincoln Park Historical Society has added a dozen new articles/pages on the early Pioneers of The Downriver Area.
Most were written by Frank Rathbun and published in the Mellus Newspapers during 1952-53.
Mr. Rathbun contributed a wealth of historical items to the Lincoln Park Historical Society in 1980.

Amongst those references was this 1891 Sunday News article:
Peter Lafferty 1891 Detroit Early Settlers. This article describes the Lafferty Family and the early settlers of the West-side.