Clinton Township Historical Commission

Clinton Township, Michigan USA

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

To contact the webmaster use this address jphungerford@gmail.com If you are interested in being appointed to the Clinton Township Historical Commission click on the READ MORE

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.

Items for sale at the Festival of the Senses

The Clinton Township Historical Commission acquired items from a foreclosed house on Gary Street. We have these items for sale in Moravian Hall. They will be available during the Festival of the Senses Sept 25-26. If you are interested in a piece of furniture, contact the web master at jphungerford@gmail.com

To see the items for sale, type Gary Street in the search box in the lower left of the screen.

GREATER CLINTON TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY

The Historical Society and the Historical Commission will have the Historical Village open July 7,14,21. 2010 The Regular Baseball Club of Mount Clemens will play against Clinton Townships Home Town Team on July 14, the night of the fireworks. If you want to contact the society, since their Web Page is having a few problems, e mail the webmaster on the lower left corner of this page.

2010 Home Game Schedule

June 29, 2:00 p.m. Mighty River Hogs of Midland (Home Field) July 11, 2:00 p.m. Brooklyn Walker Wheels (Home Field) July 14, 6:00 p.m. Clinton Township Townspeople (Behind the Clinton Macomb Library) July 17, 2:00 p.m. Northville Eclipse (Home Field) July 24, 2:00 p.m. Wyandotte Stars (Home Field) * Home Field: On the East side of Romeo Plank, 2 tenths of a mile North of Clinton River Road, near the sledding hill.

THE CLINTON RIVER OXBOW

The Clinton River Oxbow is an area of the meandering river that is rich in history.

Links

The following links may be of interest to those who seek information about local and Michigan history as well as general topics. 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."