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raymond - 2005-01-21 07:59:04 Those must be the same flats referred to by the girl--I'll have to get out there and check it out. There's a graveyard on Tuttle Hill Road, too, if I remember right--Childs Cemetery I think. Now I want to check and see if any Grants or Tuttles are laid to rest there.* * * * * * * * * * * * raymond - 2005-01-21 08:41:13 The flats are submerged in Ford Lake. Tuttle Hill now terminates at Huron River Drive on the south side of the lake. The remnant on the north is now Harris which stops at Grove. We can imagine the descent of the past roadway after we look at the level of the water east of the Bridge Road dam. It's amazing, though, to consider the speed of the building of Ypsilanti (and other places.) Within a few decades settlers erected some of Ypsi's finest and still standing buildings. It takes me years just to get around to fixing up something around the house.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-01-21 08:48:50 Just checked the map--Raymond is right. Tuttle Hill Road ends rather sharply at Ford Lake, but it's clear that Harris Road north of the lake was once the same road, and that the Tuttles lived in what's now the bottom of Ford Lake. It's a rather amazing discovery about the lost road--thank you Raymond!* * * * * * * * * * * * IBTMDRCR President - 2005-01-21 09:49:17 Although Raymond is usually right, a member of our Cross st. Bridge local has filed a greivance against Mr. Raymond demanding compensation for his taking photographs under the bridge without permission and is a violation of our contract section 14, para: 12 "all tolls, fees, commissions and payments otherwise, windfalls, media promotions, container refunds, and all such monetary assets shall be reported to, and a percentage given, to the local troll. International Brotherhood of Trolls, manikins, dwarfs and Refundable Container Returners Local 204* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-01-21 10:12:45 Noting that gnomes are not a part of this group, Ypsidixit suspiciously wonders if there's been a falling-out. Those quarrelsome trolls. Picking fights right and left, nagging Raymond (whose Jan. 19 photo was beautiful), ticking off gnomes--gosh, guys, a little aromatherapy never killed anyone. * * * * * * * * * * * * Anna - 2005-01-21 10:48:34 From the sound of it, the Tuttles et al, wouldn't be upset to hear that their first settling spot was now under water.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-01-21 10:51:10 Thinking your future house is a sheep-pen at first sight does suggest they were underwhelmed. And with that gaping, no-chimney hole in the roof, I'm sure it got mighty cold in the house in winter--no warmer than outside. Brr.* * * * * * * * * * * * raymond - 2005-01-21 12:56:56 Wasn't that log building by Parker Mill said once to have been used for human habitation? It used to be across the road from the mill, but it was saved when the intersection of Geddes and Dixboro was widened. There's some kind of commemorative plaque by the log building, but I can't recall what it says. My short-term memory is...uh...* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-01-21 13:23:03 All 4 are nicely photographed--very nice troll's-eye views. Thanks Raymond. Yes, at Parker Mill there's a plaque on a stick there, explaining the (once inhabited) cabin, and there's a picnic table next to the cabin. Also, the huge old tree next to the current site of the cabin is said to be original.* * * * * * * * * * * * add your comment: |