Mike, you never fail to amaze me. Great history lesson.
Mike, you never fail to amaze me. Great history lesson.
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The next photo in Shorpy's Grosse Ile series is "Summertime:1900" showing an old log cabin in the middle of a potato field at "Rio Vista".
"Rio Vista" was the name shipping tycoon William Livingstone gave his home [[and presumably the entire property). The home was the Anthony Dudgeon House, which was designed by Gordon W. Lloyd and built in 1859 at the northwest corner of Grosse Ile Parkway and East River Road
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