Tag: Rivers

  • Rivers

    NORTHVILLIANS, THE RIVER TRULY RUNS THROUGH IT! The “Happenings in the Ville” theme continues as we note our Community’s history-making event of Daylighting the River at the Downs this past Wednesday. The river saw the sunlight in its entirety for the first time since last century, when it was placed underground to create space for the…

  • 1800s Industry

    NORTHVILLIANS, “The Happenings in the Ville” theme continues this week as we touch on our Community’s historical economic depth in the 1800’s, powered by our Rivers’ hydraulics when we were a community before Michigan was even a State. Rivers cut through Northville from four counties, making their way to the Detroit River feeding the Great…

  • Cooling Off

    NORTHVILLIANS, Happy Summer! It was great to see many of you in town this past weekend … it was active and the atmosphere electrifying. It doesn’t get much better than enjoying the music and fellowship in the Ville. Today, we continue our summer theme talking about where Northvillians cooled off in summers past. Some of…

  • Rivers

    NORTHVILLIANS, Over the next few weeks, I am going to wind down summer by writing about experiences on our rivers in Northville, and also our Gravel Pits where many of us swam in the heat of the summer. Then I will transition to fall with Labor Day and Schools as classes begin for the year.…

  • Rivers

    NORTHVILLIANS, Many of you know how important our Rivers have been to the development of our community. During the early 1800’s, the first Grist Mills in the Michigan Territory were centered here because of the multiple rivers coming together from 4 counties, establishing Northville as an actual headwaters area of southeastern Michigan. In the Detroit…

  • 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…