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Historic Mill Race Village is recognized as a National Heritage Site

Historic Passport bookletHistoric Mill Race Village is recognized as a National Heritage Site and is featured in the newest pamphlet published by the MotorCities Passport Stamp Program. Visitors receive a free stamp in their National Park Passport book to mark their visit to the historic Village. The passport book is available for sale at Mill Race Village for $10 and can be used in all National Parks and heritage areas throughout the United States.

Prices include sales tax. Shipping and Handling is an additional $3 per book.  Please call 248-348-1845 with a credit card, or mail a check, made out to the Northville Historical Society, to:
Northville Historical Society
Att: Book Chair
215 Griswold Ave.
Northville, MI 48167

If you prefer to pick up the books (minus the shipping and handling fee), they are available at Mill Race Village Office and the Mead General Store (215 Griswold), Northville City Hall (215 W. Main St.), Knightsbridge Antiques (42305 Seven Mile Rd.), Northville District Library (212 W. Cady St.). Note:  Northville Historical Society books only.

Images of America: Northville
Northville's Mill Race Village - Photographs of a Living Museum
Northville...The First Hundred Years -  4th Printing
Northville - Ideal Suburban Village
Step by Step Through Northville - Four Walking Tours
Greetings from Northville - A Postcard Album
Welcome to Historic Mill Race Village... We Saved it for You!
Boiled Peanuts & Buckeyes
“This is Dr. Atchison"
Town One South - Northville Poems
Other Available Publications - from the Northville Genealogical Society
   Northville Township...from the beginning. A journey recalled...
   Knapp (Section 35) Cemetery Book
   Oakwood (Cady) Cemetery Book
   Rural Hill Cemetery Book - 1800-1990 - On Sale Now
   Rural Hill Cemetery Book - Updated to November 2003 
   Thayer Cemetery Book
   Waterford Cemetery Book
   Yerkes Cemetery Book

 

Images of America: Northville

NorthvilleAuthor: Michele M. Fecht
Copyright: 2010
Pages: 127
Binding: Soft Cover
Price: $23.30
Description: Using images from the Northville Historical Society's archives and other collections, author Michele Fecht offers a visual history of the people, places and events that shaped Northville's history.

 

TopNorthville's Mill Race Village - Photographs of a Living Museum

Photographs of a Living Museum coverPhoto from bookAuthor: Rod L. Arroyo
Copyright: 2008
Pages: 52
Binding: Soft cover
Price: $21.00
Description: The vibrant fall colors are captured by the eye of the camera and reveal the Village's spectacular beauty.

 

Northville...The First Hundred Years -  4th Printing

Cover of Northville...The First Hundred YearsAuthor:  Jack Hoffman
Copyright:  2005
Pages: 433
Binding:  Soft cover
Price:  $25.00
Description:  History and Historical Photos from 1800s to early 1900s.
Indexed.

 

TopNorthville - Ideal Suburban Village

Cover of Northville - Ideal Suburban VillageAuthor:  Eagle Steam Printing & Engraving
Copyright: 1892
Pages: 32
Binding: Stapled Booklet
Price: $3.50
Description: A reproduction of a book published in 1892 as an advertising brochure to lure people from the city. It describes and pictures the businesses, schools, and cultural groups of that time.

 

Step by Step Through Northville - Four Walking Tours

Cover of Step by Step Through Northville - Four Walking ToursAuthors:  Barbara G. Louie & Diane Rockall
Copyright: 1989
Pages: 64
Binding: Stapled Book
Price: $5.50
Description: Pictures and descriptions of buildings and homes in the Historic District, Bealtown, Orchard Heights, Cabbage Town and Points of Interest.

 

TopGreetings from Northville - A Postcard Album

Cover of Greetings from Northville - A Postcard AlbumAuthor:  Francis P. Gazlay
Copyright:   1999
Pages: 28 (112 postcards)
Binding: Stapled Book
Price: $8.00
Description: Reproductions of vintage postcards depicting Northville landmarks from early1900s to 1980s.

 

Welcome to Historic Mill Race Village... We Saved it for You!

Cover of Welcome to Historic Mill Race Village... We Saved it for You!Author:  Francis Pershing Gazlay
Copyright:   2005
Pages: 39
Binding: Stapled Book
Price: $8.00
Description:  Many photos and history of the making of Mill Race Village, an 11-acre site housing local buildings with historic and architectural value that have been saved and moved.

 

TopBoiled Peanuts & Buckeyes

Cover of Boiled Peanuts & BuckeyesAuthor:  Lee Eudon Holland
Copyright:  2006
Pages:  539
Binding:  Bound SOFT Cover and Bound HARD Cover
Price:  $16 hard cover, $11 soft cover
Description:  A memoir-novel based on the author's family's life, their struggles, and the people who influenced their lives.

 

“This is Dr. Atchison"

Cover of “This is Dr. Atchison"Author:  Bill Sliger
Copyright:  2000
Pages:  48
Binding:  Bound Soft Cover
Price:  $20
Description:  The stories of an amazing man who, at 90 years of age, was still holding office hours and making house calls.

 

TopTown One South - Northville Poems

Cover of Town One South - Northville PoemsAuthor:  Kathleen Ripley Leo
Copyright:  1988
Pages:  72
Binding:  Bound Soft Cover
Price:  $5.50
Description:  Poems and drawings inspired by the history and stories of Northville taken from the time the first settlers ventured to the northern section of “town one south, range eight east”, as this city and township were originally designated, to today.  Drawings by Allen Berlinski.

 

Other Available Publications - from the Northville Genealogical Society

 

Northville Township...from the beginning. A journey recalled... - OUT OF STOCK

Cover of Northville Township...from the beginning. A journey recalled...Author:  Northville Township Foundation
Copyright:  1998
Pages:  118
Binding:  Bound Soft Cover
Price:  $18
Description:  Compilation of interviews, historical photos, archival documents, and Township minutes dating back to 1898. No index.

 

TopKnapp (Section 35) Cemetery Book

Author:  Northville Genealogical Society
Pages: 5
Binding: Folder
Price: $7.00
Description: Names and dates read from gravestones

 

Oakwood (Cady) Cemetery Book

Author:  Northville Genealogical Society
Copyright: 1989
Pages: 30, Indexed
Binding: Folder
Price: $10.00
Description: Names and dates read from gravestones

 

TopRural Hill Cemetery Book - 1800-1990 - On Sale Now

Author:  Northville Genealogical Society
Copyright: 1990
Pages:  176, Indexed
Binding: Spiral Bound
Price: $16.00 (on sale while they last)
Description: Names and dates read from gravestones

 

Rural Hill Cemetery Book - Updated to November 2003 

Author:  Northville Genealogical Society
Copyright: 1990
Pages:  238, Indexed
Binding: Spiral Bound
Price: $32.00
Description: Names and dates read from gravestones

 

TopThayer Cemetery Book

Author:  Northville Genealogical Society
Copyright: 1989, revised 2001
Pages: 24, Indexed
Binding: Folder
Price: $10.00
Description: Names and dates read from gravestones

 

Waterford Cemetery Book

Author: Mill Race Chapter #1007 of Questers
Copyright: 1986
Pages: 12, Indexed
Binding: Folder
Price: $7.00
Description: History of Waterford. Names and dates read from gravestones

 

TopYerkes Cemetery Book

Author:  Northville Genealogical Society
Copyright: 1990
Pages: 13, Indexed
Binding: Folder
Price: $7.00
Description: Names and dates read from gravestones





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