Today we jump in the car and head back to the county, in search of more lost Essex County. The map shows the town as being just south of the Michigan Central tracks in this map from 1959.
The MCRR tracks are long gone, but the remains of the rail line can still be seen.
Across the street in a field, there appeared to be a pile of junk.
Upon further inspection it would seem that that’s where all the railroad ties ended up. 🙂
A view just south of the tracks towards Southwick reveals nothing more than a handful of houses.
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From a historical perspective, it is also worth noting that the partially obscured homestead pictured on the right side in the lowermost photo was the Whelan residence (purchased by the father of Sen. Eugene Whelan from of the granddaughter of the original owner by the name of McQuaid). Since the time of the original posting of this thread in '07, the homestead has been demolished. Happily, the original McQuaid log cabin, around which the home was expanded for the growing Whelan family, was preserved and moved to the Canadian Transportation Museum and Heritage Village. It can be seen there today while awaiting funding for its final proper restoration.
John, I purchased mine at the Gordon House in Amherstburg, though I am pretty certain you could also obtain a copy at the Marsh Collection Society office on Dalhousie Street in A'burg across from the former Amherstburg Echo office. As I recall, it was around $50 and well worth every cent of it (1877 pull-out Walling Map included!). The author also maintains a website devoted to this publication. One might think of this former township's history as being essentially dull until they discover how colourful it truly was via this book.
I emailed the author and got some purchase options info. Will pick up a copy next time I roll through the A'Burg area (which is often enough). The previews look amazing. Worth it for the big map alone.
A few years ago I noticed that chief splitlog's grave and headstone are at the foot of the detroit river just outside of amherstburg where the golf course is I cannot remember the name of the golf course at this time though. The grave stone is a cement tree stump with his name on it . The white family is dispersed throughout essex county.
Probablt the Wyndotte Indian Cemetary you were looking in, Larry.
Is this it?
http://goo.gl/maps/HBYbd