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Hillsdale County MI

• 07.02.08
  Federal roads
  Amish country, Hillsdale County MI (0)

  Before Michigan became a state, a national military road was built to connect Chicago with Detroit. Territorial roads were also built. I presume they were financed by the federal government because there was no state government at the time, but I must confess that I don't know quite how they were financed. I've seen old newspaper notices from the early 1830s that solicited bids for construction of the Chicago Road (i.e. the Chicago-Detroit road). I don't know if the Territorial Roads were handled similarly. Territorial Road The Territorial Road in the photo, now a county road, ...
  
  
• 05.30.08
  James Fowle
  Hillsdale County MI (0)

  More from two Saturdays ago. I was tired enough after setting up camp, but there was still daylight and rain was forecast for the next day. Time to go get some photos while the weather was suitable. So I had a nice five-mile ride unencumbered by all that weight in my panniers. The sun had already set on the east-facing slope of the valley. Moscow would look even more like Sleepy Hollow if the decrepit general store building down at the bottom, on the right. was still standing. It was a building that crowded the road, and ...
  
  
• 05.30.08
  Moscow tavern
  Hillsdale County MI (0)

  When Black Hawk came through here in the 1820s, on his way to Fort Malden, there was no Moscow. On his last trip, in 1830, there would have been a new, log-cabin tavern. When the militias from Lenawee County and the Detroit area came through here in 1832, on their way to defend the territory from Black Hawk, the town had already gotten off to a start. The log-cabin tavern was then being replaced by a large, frame building, just across the Kalamazoo River from where I stood when I took this photo. The ...
  
  
• 05.21.08
  Moscow
  Hillsdale County MI, Moscow - 2008 (0)

  Moscow (Michigan) was the destination for last weekend's bike ride. I hadn't been there for several years. It's on U.S.-12, Black Hawk's old route, in the northeastern part of Hillsdale County. The militias from Lenawee County and the Detroit area passed through here in 1832, during the Black Hawk war. A hotel was under construction when they came through -- a building that was torn down in 1970. The photo here is looking west. The road has been improved considerably since 1832. Actually, it has been improved since I last rode here. ...
  
  
• 05.16.08
  Last time in Hillsdale County
  Hillsdale County MI (0)

  This is a scene from my last ride in Hillsdale County, almost a year ago. I'm hoping for another one tomorrow, even though there is a chance of rain in the forecast.
  
  

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