Journey through the History of Dundee

Sept. 29, 2011 - PRLog -- New from Arcadia Publishing’s Images of America series is Dundee. In over 200 vintage photographs, local authors Dorothy R. Heinlein and Martha A. Churchill share the history of Dundee in this new book. It releases on Monday, October 3.

Shortly after its founding in 1824, Riley Ingersoll and George Wilcox built cabins in the wilderness that would become Dundee. Sybrant Van Nest platted the village along the north shore of the River Raisin and offered it for sale in 1835. His broadside advertised “two first rate Sawmills and one small Gristmill in the village, and a large and elegant Tavern House.” Eventually so many trails and roads crisscrossed in Dundee that the little farming community was dubbed “The Hub of the Highways.”

During the Great Depression, Henry Ford saved the decrepit Old Mill by turning it into a Village Industry. Michigan’s only triangular downtown, with its 1870s brick Italianate buildings, and the Old Mill were placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

Today, the village is home to 4,200 residents. While Dundee looks toward the future, it never forgets to honor its past. Dundee, with its emphasis on the early 1900s and the 1950s, offers its tribute to the area’s history.

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at (888)-313-2665 or www.arcadiapublishing.com.

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