History of Oakland County Michigan a narrative account of its historic progress, its people, its principal interests / compiled from the official records of the county, the newspapers and data of personal interviews, under the editorial supervision of Thaddeus D. Seeley.

CONTENTS xiii
CHAPTER XXXIII
ADDISON AND BRANDON TOWNSHIPS
LAKES OF ADDISON TOWNSHIP-LAKEVILLE'S EARLY PROMISE-TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION AND DISTRICT SCHOOLS-VILLAGE OF LEONARD
-BRANDON TOWNSHIP-ITS PIONEER SETTLERS-VILLAGE OF OAKWOOD-TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION-VILLAGE OF ORTONVILLE. 461
CHAPTER XXXIV
INDEPENDENCE AND COMMERCE
SASHABAW PLAINS, INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP-WATER COURSESSETTLERS AT CLARKSTON AND THE "PLAINS"-THE PRIMITIVE
SCHOOLHOUSES-CLARKSTON UP TO DATE-COMMERCE LAKES AND
STREAMS-FIRST SETTLERS AT COMMERCE AND WALLED LAKECOMMERCE OF TODAY-TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION AND FIRST POSTOFFICES-WIXOM AND SWITZERLAND. 466
CHAPTER XXXV
SPRINGFIELD AND HIGHLAND
SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP ORGANIZED-SPRINGFIELD AND ANDERSON SETTLEMENTS-DAVISBURG-HIGHLAND'S PHYSICAL FEATURES-FIRST
SETTLERS-HIGHLAND POSTOFFICE AND STATION-VILLAGE OF CLYDE
-METHODISM IN THE TOWNSHIP. 471
CHAPTER X'XXVI
ROSE AND WEST BLOOMFIELD
PHYSICAL FEATURES OF ROSE TOWNSHIP —ROSE CENTER, OR ROSEBLOOMFIELD AS A LAKE TOWNSHIP —EARLIEST PIONEERS-SALE OF
INDIAN RESERVATIONS-FIRST POSTOFFICE-ORCHARD LAKE POSTOFFICE-THE POLISH SEMINARY 476
CHAPTER XXXVII
NOVI AND WATERFORD TOWNSHIPS
THE NAME "NOVI"-THE COLONY OF I825-26-NOVI CORNERS, OR NOVI
-WATERFORD TOWNSHIP AND ITS LAKES-COMING OF THE WILLIAMS' FAMILIES-WATERFORD VILLAGE FOUNDED-SCHOOLS AND
CHURCHES-WATERFORD OF TODAY —DRAYTON PLAINS-OLD CLINTONVILLE. 482
CHAPTER XXXVIII
TROY AND OAKLAND
THE TROWBRIDGE FAMILY OF TROY TOWNSHIP-JOHNSON NILES AND
TROY-BIG BEAVER AND CLAWSON-UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
OF TROY-OAKLAND TOWNSHIP IN GENERAL-GOODISON'S. 487