Drayton Plains Station 1918 – Waterford’s Amazing Fish Hatchery
The Drayton Plains hatchery was not just a pretty pond. In 1918, it was part of Michigan’s push to raise fish, stock public waters and manage nature by hand.
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Brief History of Ortonville Michigan – The depot, the mill, and the day the rails failed (1890-1940)
Ortonville’s early 1900s video show a working Main Street, a depot on the Detroit United Railway line, and a hotel called the Yolande House. A federal crash report from 1929 adds the hard edge: progress came fast, and it came with risk for local riders.