An interesting photo above, taken in 1893. It appeared in a book called Picturesque Detroit and Environs.
The location of the photo is unknown, but I can only assume that it is near the intersection of Walker & Tecumseh Roads. The Walker’s had farms in the area around the same time period, as you may recall the Walker Farm Manager’s House that was on Walker and demolished in 2006… So there was activity in the area in this time period. I wonder what the ride was like back then, and what awaited you in Tecumseh back then besides Ste. Anne’s Church?
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The power lines may provide a clue to this location. The first generating stations using Thomas Edison equipment in the late 1880s cranked out direct current. (DC) which has transmission limits. Electricity could be distributed only about 1.5 miles from the plant and grids were limited to a neighborhood districts. George Westinghouse generators, producing alternating current (AC), could transmit power for miles. The AC generators began entering the market in the 1890s. and the Ontario grid was several decades away. If, repeat if, those are DC lines in the picture there has to be a generating station within 1.5 miles. Anything in Walkerville in the 1890s fit that desciption.? Maybe a station at Walker Farms?
i was also wondering why, in 1792, anyone would have any reason to name a settlement here tecumseh before 1812? is there any special meaning for the name that would have preceeded his arrival in the area? he was born in 1768 in ohio.....could his reputation have already been so respected at that point as to name your settlement after him?
I live in the Walker/Tecumseh intersection area.. I have the strangest urge to start digging holes in my backyard to see if i can find anything interesting.
No, Tecumseh was originally Ryegate. It was not reffered to as Tecumseh before the war of 1812.
There is some infor here on the Tecumseh website:
http://www.tecumseh.ca/residents/community-profile/history
It had to have been called Tecumseh prior to 1912 un-officially, because in the maps of 1880 it is called Tecumseh.
But remember, 1912 was the 100th anniversary of the war of 1812 (which really started in 1811). So offically maybe then it was changed to solidify the name the locals have been calling it for years. Ryegate was probably given by the British surveyors that explored those areas of Essex County of the same year 1792.