Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm Presents October 20th and 22nd, 2022 Events!
Event: Mt. Avon Cemetery Tour
Date: Thu Oct 20
Time: 6pm to 7pm
Location: Meet at the Mt. Avon Cemetery
Cost: $8/Museum Member; $10/Non-Member
Register: Rochester Hills Museum by Wednesday at noon.
Platted in 1826, this land embraces the souls of settlers! Here you will find gravestones for our community’s earliest leaders, soldiers, poets, and philanthropists. We will examine the beautiful artwork of headstones and divulge the forgotten lives and stories of the past.
Meet at the Billy Yank Civil War Statue. The cemetery is bounded by 1st and 3rd street, at 200 Wilcox St.
Event: A Tour of the Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal
Dates: Sat Oct 22
Time: 10am to 4pm
Location: Meet at Clinton Township Hall in the Historic Village, 40700 Romeo Plank Road, Clinton Township, MI 48038
Cost: $15/Museum Members; $20/Non-Member
Register: Rochester Hills Museum. Register Online - Pay CASH the Day of Event
The Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm in partnership with the Clinton and Kalamazoo Canal Society presents "A Tour of the Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal".
Michigan’s first internal improvement in 1837 was a proposed canal that was supposed to run through the Rochester community! Join us for a tour of the remains of the Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal – our answer to the Erie Canal. As you retrace its route from Mt. Clemens to Rochester, you will be able to walk along parts of the canal, where some portions still contain water, see remains of one of the locks, and learn the history of this manmade waterway that endured as a millrace long after its use for transportation ended. This event is presented by the Clinton and Kalamazoo Canal Society.
Bring a bag lunch. Participants drive themselves to multiple locations throughout the tour.
Meet at 10am at the Clinton Township Hall in the Historic Village at Romeo Plank and Canal Road, just south of the Clinton-Macomb Library - 40700 Romeo Plank Road, Clinton Township, MI 48038.
About Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm
The Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and features the stories, people, and events that has made our community an exceptional place to call home for 200 years. We can host weddings, anniversaries, graduation parties, and more! The Rochester Hills Museum is located at 1005 Van Hoosen Road, off Tienken Road between Rochester and Dequindre Roads.
Email: rhmuseum@rochesterhills.org
Phone: 248.656.4663
Web: www.rochesterhills.org/museum.
Oct 2, 2022, Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm and Rochester.Life staff