Posted December 26, 200618 yr Monroe County has a population of about 145,000. I've already posted pictures from Monroe which can be seen here: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=11046.0 Milan (4,775; in both Washtenaw and Monroe Counties) Dundee (3,522) Carleton (2,562) Petersburg (1,167)
December 27, 200618 yr Thanks! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
December 27, 200618 yr Come on guys, I got more replies when I made a thread for every city. You know you don't want that many threads for such small places!
December 28, 200618 yr Some nice-looking small towns. It's interesting to see that some have held together pretty well, and others, despite apparent efforts, have a lot of vacant lots.
December 29, 200618 yr I dated a girl from Carleton in college. Not a bad little town. Dundee is prospering these days, due to its proximity to Cabela's. Thanks for the photos!
December 30, 200618 yr i dunno, i kinda like milan, OH better After looking at the Milan, OH pics I can't argue with you there. Looks like a nice lil place.
December 30, 200618 yr yeah, i'm just being a dofus. Though you can't go wrong with thomas edison....
February 26, 200718 yr Azalia ^What store? Oh, the only store in town. London- no commercial buildings left, but I have asked a historical society to send old photos of them. Maybee Scofield It’s a little person house! Stony Creek (not a town anymore) St. Patrick Church *Irish and German immigrants first came to this area, known as Stony Creek, in the 1840s. The settlement was also called Athlone, after a city significant in Ireland’s military history. Redemptorist missionaries served Catholics here from 1847 until 1855. On March 17, 1847, they celebrated the dedicatory Mass of their first church, which was built of logs donated by parishioners. On June 26, 1860, the cornerstone was laid for the present church; six months later the church was completed. Built in the Round-Arch mode, it once had a lofty spire surrounded by finials. On December 27, Bishop LeFevre appointed Father Desiderius Callaert the first resident pastor of Stony Creek, and St. Patrick’s gained the full status of a parish. Strasburg Ida *Village history: A day’s ride from the River Raisin stood the Ida Inn. Settlers built log cabins around the inn and farms appeared along the old corduroy roads. The Inn, later to become the train station and post office, was purchased, along with its surrounding lands, by Henry Rauch. By 1860, the area was no longer wilderness frontier, but a thriving town with a steady stream of newcomers coming by rail to work in the quarry, or shops, and to farm. By 1868, the village was platted in the northwest corner of the township, securely nestled amidst lush green farms. *Township history: Named for Ida M. Taylor in 1837, the township became important to the Western migration. Smalls farms were scattered along rough corduroy roads built upon ancient Indian trails. A day’s journey by horse-drawn coach was eight miles of road pitted by large sinkholes. Farms could earn extra money pulling the coaches from holes which they often maintained well into dry weather. In 1837, the state provided land and money for a railroad system to promote immigration. By 1841, the horse-drawn Lake Erie and River Raisin line was incorporated into the Michigan Southern with rails from LaPlaisance Bay to Adrian. This became an east-west arm of the Erie Canal route. Lulu
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