Clinton Township Historical Commission

Clinton Township, Michigan

The current members of the Clinton Township Historical Commission are:

Jim Hungerford, Chairman
Jim Kowalski
Eleonora Kukuk
Gerald Oehmke
Terry Nieman
Maxwell Heiderer
Frank Valdez
Sharron Butala
Karen Stephens
Clinton/Macomb Library liason Jeanine Taylor

If you are interested in being appointed to the Clinton Township Historical Commission click on the READ MORE

GREATER CLINTON TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY

The GREATER CLINTON TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESENTS A HANDS ON CIVIL WAR PROGRAM

On February 8, 2010 Todd Swanboro, will make a presentation on the Civil War. Todd is not only a life-long Civil War Buff, but also is a history, theatre, and choir teacher at Clintondale High School . Todd says his favorite Civil War topic is the Battle of Gettysburg. He will have various swords, pistols, rifles, uniforms and other Civil War paraphernalia that can be examined and he will demonstrate and explain their uses.

The program starts at 7 pm at the auditorium of the Clinton Macomb Public Library after the 6:30 business meeting and refreshments. The public is welcome and there is no charge.

For more information, call 586-286-9173.

Jeri Hungerford, President, Gr. Clinton Twp. Historical Society www.clintontwphistory.org

HISTORIC HOMES

There are a many older homes in Clinton Township. Anyone can purchase a plaque that designates the date of their house and put it up, but if you want it to be officially registered with the Clinton Twp Historical Commission, then these requirements must be followed.

Links

The following links may be of interest to those who seek information about local and Michigan history as well as general topics. PENNY POSTCARDS was recently added to the links. So was Detroit Pix (memories from the past) It is worth a look. June 9 2007, a new link was added.Early Michigan History. Added August 12, 2009 is the David Rumsey Map Collection. This is good reading and should keep you up at night. Also, if you want to learn more about the history of the area, you can pay a visit to the Don Green Local History Room at the Clinton Macomb Public Library. Give the reference librarians your library card and they will give you a pass key.

Moravians

This is an account by the Historian Henry A. Ford.(Not the Henry Ford of automobile fame): http://www.ole.net/~maggie/macomb/moravian.htm.

Also feast your eyes on the Michigan Pioneer Series.

Pages 38-46 mention the Moravian Settlement in what is now Clinton Township The complete set is found in the Donald Green Local History Room in the Clinton - Macomb Library.

The History of Clinton Township

The History of Clinton Township Michigan

On July 22, 1782 David Zeisberger and his followers founded the first settlement in Clinton Township. He described the site of "New Gnadenhutten" in his diary, "founded on this side of the river a fine place to lay out a town on a height ... between the river and the height, there are many springs with many separate little brooks that flow into the river and have exceedingly good water. The land on the site of the town is so sandy ... the lowlands are very rich with heavy timber. We chose this place before all others for our town site ... heavily laden boats can go even to the fork, a half-mile higher up ... and canoes can go much further. We are glad and thankful to have found such a good and healthy a spot for a town site nothing was lacking. We found traces that long ago an Indian town must have stood on this place."

Clinton Township Historical Village

This is a panorama of the Clinton Township Civic Center, and the Historical Village. It also shows the Clinton-Macomb Public Library.

Click and drag on the picture to look around.

Thomas Dean

This is the exciting account of Thomas Dean.

He traveled in 1817 from New York to the Ohio River and northeast on the Wabash and eventually to Detroit. There are 77 pages to the series.
To see them all type "dean" in the search bar. With luck they will be in the proper order.