  Patrick Member Username: Patrick Post Number: 3768 Registered: 10-2003 |
Does anyone know the history of Moravian Road? There is an historical marker at Metro Parkway and Moravian. It is said that it connected Fort Detroit. It starts at a natural gas field west of Schoenherr Road and goes ends at I believe Cass. What was the original route of this road? http://www.michmarkers.com/Pag es/S0142.htm | ||
Dodgemain Member Username: Dodgemain Post Number: 126 Registered: 04-2005 |
I grew up 1/8 mile from that sign. They put it up in the mid 70's. It was a Chippewa Indian trail that went down into Detroit. The Moravians were settlers from Europe. Anything you could possibly want to know about this is in the Clinton Township library at Romeo Plank and Canal. Or You can try the Clinton Township Historical Society. | ||
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker Post Number: 1714 Registered: 04-2005 |
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Irish_mafia Member Username: Irish_mafia Post Number: 669 Registered: 10-2003 |
I forgot what movie it was where Groucho Marx declared himself King of Moravia... | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 1563 Registered: 06-2004 |
'Huron River' should be 'Clinton River' unless there's two Hurons around here | ||
Mikeg Member Username: Mikeg Post Number: 414 Registered: 12-2005 |
The 1859 Macomb County township maps clearly show the route of Moravian Road within the county. In addition to the current segment which remains today, it generally followed west along what is now 14 Mile Road over to and then down Chicago Road and what is now Van Dyke to Conner St. Note that the Clinton River was originally called the Huron River and it was later changed to avoid confusion with the other one. Clinton Twp. 1859 map Sterling Twp. 1859 map Warren Twp. 1859 map | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 1179 Registered: 12-2005 |
Google returned these links (and more): http://www.michmarkers.com/Pag es/S0142.htm http://www.clintontownship.com /History.htm http://ctwphc.org/search.html? query=Moravian | ||
Chitaku Member Username: Chitaku Post Number: 985 Registered: 03-2006 |
i did a project on it in third grade. It was an old native trail that is named after the moravian tribe. Many of Clinton townships oldest homes are on this road. when a friends house was built many artifacts were found in the digging | ||
Waz Member Username: Waz Post Number: 5 Registered: 11-2006 |
Irish_Mafia, the Marx Bros. movie you're thinking of is "Duck Soup". But the country was, I believe, Monrovia. | ||
Miss_cleo Member Username: Miss_cleo Post Number: 378 Registered: 05-2005 |
I lived at Moravian and 15 mile before we moved up here. When I first moved there in 90 there was a farm on the corner of Moravian and Utica and a small airport at 15 and Utica. Lots of open land and stuff. No Meijers, no 7-11, no condos. That lasted for about 2 years, then a great building boom came and the charm is just gone from that area. I couldnt take it anymore, too many people, way to many condos and cement and traffic there now. I am so glad we moved But yes, Moravian Rd has a great history. | ||
Ewo Member Username: Ewo Post Number: 7 Registered: 05-2006 |
I used to go to McKinley airport and check out the planes when I was a kid growing up near there. I loved watching the planes fly over the house, a steady stream of them on a nice day on the weekend. You're right Miss cleo, that area has lost it's charm, I don't miss living there anymore either. | ||
Sharmaal Member Username: Sharmaal Post Number: 973 Registered: 09-2004 |
" I am so glad we moved " Me too. I just wish you'd "move" from the forum as well. | ||
Rust Member Username: Rust Post Number: 140 Registered: 08-2004 |
Ewo, Where did you live when you were growing up. I lived on "Greentrees" the first residential street to the east of the airport. I too have memories of the sound of planes flying overhead. It reminds me of summer when we used to play in the field and orchards between the airport and our house. | ||
Ewo Member Username: Ewo Post Number: 8 Registered: 05-2006 |
Rust, I used to live on Penrod off Garfield by Moravian. I would ride my bike to the airport. Being a kid I never realized how much open space there was in that area in the 70's. It didn't feel like living in the suburbs, my parent's house had an acre lot and well and septic. McKinley used to have quite a few homebuilt planes that flew out of there. My favorite was a plane with no body on it, just a tube frame, wing, engine and seats. Fun to watch because it flew so slowly. | ||
Chitaku Member Username: Chitaku Post Number: 992 Registered: 03-2006 |
how was it out there in the 70's? I moved to 17 and Garfield in 1985 and remember Garfield being fast food row and Hall was not even built. In 1992 we moved to Hall and romeo and I would imagine the area which was all farm land would be equivalent to Garfield in the 70's | ||
Dabirch Member Username: Dabirch Post Number: 1986 Registered: 06-2004 |
Rust -- I lived on Morrison Court for a spell. Went to Black Elementary (mid-late 70's) for a couple of years. Greentrees was back by Big Boy, right? | ||
Miss_cleo Member Username: Miss_cleo Post Number: 379 Registered: 05-2005 |
yes, Greentrees is behind the Big Boy | ||
Rust Member Username: Rust Post Number: 141 Registered: 08-2004 |
Dabirch, Yes, Greentrees is over by the Big Boy. I also went to Margaret Black Elementary in the Mid to Late 70's. I remember a Nick Lowry that I believed lived on Morrison Court. Do you remember him? Did you also go to Melby Junior high? | ||
Dabirch Member Username: Dabirch Post Number: 1988 Registered: 06-2004 |
Nick was my neighbor, and one of my best friends until I moved to the other side of town. I moved before Melby. Your name, if you do not mind outing yourself? | ||
Rust Member Username: Rust Post Number: 142 Registered: 08-2004 |
Russ Mester Sterling Heights High Class Of 1988 | ||
Jams Member Username: Jams Post Number: 4345 Registered: 10-2003 |
moravian tribe??? One of the Lost Tribes? or http://www.moravian.org/histor y/ | ||
Ewo Member Username: Ewo Post Number: 9 Registered: 05-2006 |
In the 70's Garfield was a two lane that went to a dead end at Hall Rd. Except for the major intersections, it was pretty much undeveloped. I think a lot of longtime residents didn't like the changes occurring then because the rate at which it happened was so fast. I know in the mid 80's I avoided Garfield altogether, even now I think that fast food row is one of the most treacherous one mile segments of road around. Way too high density of drive thru businesses. | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 3280 Registered: 08-2004 |
I bet he didn't get an "A" on that Moravian Tribe paper...  The Moravians also settled in North Carolina. I've been to "Old Salem" (today Winston-Salem) that was a Moravian settlement there in the 1700's as well. The name "WACHOVIA" (as in the giant Wachovia Bank) is a Moravian name. | ||
Leoqueen Member Username: Leoqueen Post Number: 1444 Registered: 07-2004 |
This may brand me as naive at best, but I always figured that "Wachovia" as a name for a bank really meant "Watch-Over-Ya". Please pardon me for being paranoid. | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 3290 Registered: 08-2004 |
Nope Leoqueen (good one!)... it was the name the Moravians gave for their "new world" in North Carolina, IIRC. |
