Tag: Henry Ford

  • Village Industries

    NORTHVILLIANS, You may remember from a couple weeks back, we spoke about the Vagabonds group (Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone, John Burroughs) and their trips to Northville. Henry brought them to our town to see his first Village Industries workshop where he built all the valves for his Ford engines along the riverbanks. Hydro-electric…

  • Vagabonds

    NORTHVILLIANS, As we mentioned over the past few weeks, Northville has been part of this country’s innovative activities which includes being host to some famous inventors. Folks around the Ville as well as family members have verified articles written in The Record about a group of innovators who would visit Henry Ford’s first local Village Industry plant.…

  • Valve Plant

    NORTHVILLIANS, This week, I will close the chapter on the Northville “Gateway Series” which began a few months ago. For this last gateway, we will look at an iconic (Albert Kahn-designed) industrial touchpoint in our community. Additionally, you will hear “the rest of the story” as to why one of the nation’s true entrepreneurs spent…