Linda’s Monday Morning Moanings The roll out of ‘Farming in Northern Macomb County’, was more than we could have asked for, and I am sending a great thank you to all the people who made it out to the Washington Historical Museum on Sunday the 8th. The museum is such a special place and theContinue reading “My ‘Covid Lockdown’ Book – Part 2”
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My ‘Covid Lockdown’ Book
Linda’s Monday Morning Moaning’s Today August 9th, 2021 Arcadia Publishing will add ‘Farming in Northern Macomb County to its long list of publications. This book was put together, as with all these books with the help of many people, this time the people I was working with and meeting many for the first time, wouldContinue reading “My ‘Covid Lockdown’ Book”
‘Local Option Inforced’
Linda’s Monday Morning Moaning’s Today I want to talk about something that has given me reason for thought since working on my research material when writing the ‘Macomb Township’ Arcadia book. In Waldenburg on the north west corner of 22 Mile and Romeo Plank Road, there still stands the Dopp Building with a cap stoneContinue reading “‘Local Option Inforced’”
Macomb Townships, Waldenburg
Last week in Linda’s Monday Morning Moaning’s, I talked about the ‘Cobbler of Waldenburg’ and felt that a further look into Waldenburg was of interest. I hope you agree. Waldenburg, is a small town in Macomb Township, settled in 1831. The area was known as a German settlement of immigrants from mainly Prussia, in theContinue reading “Macomb Townships, Waldenburg”
The ‘Cobbler of Waldenburg’
Todays Monday Morning Moaning’s comes from an article in the Mt. Clemens Monitor, from Friday April 4, 1930, called “Cobbler of Waldenburg Celebrates 90th Birthday”. Born March 30, 1840 in Austrian Silesia, now Czechoslovakia, Ambrose Leyer was “just another mouth to feed” at the time when his parents were scarcely able to keep the familyContinue reading “The ‘Cobbler of Waldenburg’”