The PBWOA Historical Committee wants to
compile a history of the Portage Chain of lakes and to act as a repository of
newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, letters, postcards, documents and photographs
We would get started with the gathering of the following
information in no particular order
- The
earliest settlers. Circa 1830
- First
buildings. Circa 1850
- Pre
and post World War 1
- Henry
Ford Property
- Pre
and post dam
- Stinchfield
Woods
- Peach
Mountain
- Dover
Mill
- Hudson
Mill
- Newport
Beach
- Yacht
Club
- The
Detroit Union Railroad
- The
Floods of 1946 and 1957
- The
building of the John Flook Dam
- Whitewood
Camp
- Huron
River mining
- The
Sewer
- The
Red Hen
- Portage
Land Company
- City
of Ypsilanti (a boat)
- U of
M Sail Club
- Zukey
lake Ice House