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Linda’s Monday Morning Moaning’s While researching my ‘Washington Township’ book, I came across a very interesting story, in the inventor of the first ‘typographer’. William Austin Burke, was born in Petersham, Massachusetts, on June 13, 1892. William would acquire much of his knowledge from borrowed books read by the light of a burning pine knot.Continue reading “Burt’s Writing Machine”
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Linda’s Monday Morning Moaning’s The Joseph Moyers Residence On October 3, 1825 Henry Moyers (Moires) purchased this 80 acres of land on 29 Mile Road east of Mound Road. The start of this piece was started in an already posted blog piece from a few weeks ago. Joseph Moyers would purchase this property, then eventuallyContinue reading “72220 29 Mile Rd, Washington”
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Linda’s Monday Morning Moaning’s I have had two books published by Arcadia in 2019 and 2020, and the process has begun on a third Arcadia book to be published in fall 2021. It will highlight farming life in and around Macomb County north of Hall Road, through out the nine different townships. When working onContinue reading “How the Process Began”
The Moyers Residence David Thruston Jr. purchased 320 acres of land running from 29 Mile to 28 Mile on Mound Rd. in 1824. In 1825 Henry Moires (Moyers) purchased 80 acres around the corner on 29 Mile from the Thurston property. He would deed to the township of Washington a half acre of his landContinue reading “62420 Mound Rd, Washington”
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Linda’s Monday Morning Moaning’s I sent my ‘Washington Township’ book off to the publisher in March 2019. It had been such a large portion of my everyday life for the last six months, my thoughts turned to “now what”! But very quickly the thought of another book came to mind, as I had really lovedContinue reading “Moving on to ‘Macomb Township’”
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