![]() There were fourteen cars piled up in a promiscuous heap, and the contents of these cars intermixed with the wreckage of cars, making a tangled mess which was not easy to clean up. One of the worst freight wrecks which the Michigan Central has experience on its Mackinaw Division in a number of years took place at the long curve just north of Frederic on Tuesday morning of this week causing a blockage of the tracks for about 24 hours and not only causing a large property loss in the destruction of freight and cars, but also a serious delay to passenger and freight traffic on the road. Took About 24 Hours to Clear Tracks and Get Traffic Moving Regularly (From the Otsego Herald and Times, October 19, 1917). ġ932- The former D&C branch line is abandoned. The siding is approximately 1,400 feet long (28 50' car lengths).ġ873- The railroad comes through here from Grayling.ġ901 - The Detroit & Charlevoix is built northwest to East Jordan from here. The siding is used to store empty cars needed for customers in Gaylord. This was formally at milepost 103 (from Bay City). Today, the Lake State Railway has a siding two miles north of Frederic. Photo Info: The Frederic depot and surrounding area in 1910. The Detroit & Charlevoix branched off the MC here to 1901 and later became MC branch line. įrederic was a station stop on the Michigan Central. It was originally called Forest, then changed to Fredericville and then Frederick in 1886. The town was southwest of Mount Clemens on Moravian Drive across the river from Canal Park.Frederic, in northern Crawford County, was settled about 1874 as a wood stop on the Michigan Central railroad. This from Jon Fredric Steevens, current resident of Macomb County, Great-Great Grandson and namesake of the Fredric Steevens for whom this town was named.) (Also note: The name Stephens and Stevens as mentioned in this article are more properly spelled Steevens. ![]() The village prospered until 1852 when the sawmills burned to the ground rendering Frederick a ghost town. By 1843 the town was the Clinton River's busiest port. In 1836, the same year Stephens laid out the town, the eastern terminus of the Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal was Frederick, and the portion from Frederick to Utica was the only segment completed to have regular boat traffic. The town proper got its start when Horace Stephens, Detroit resident, purchased land in Frederick and laid out a village which he named in honor of his brother. Prior to the War of 1812 a sawmill was likely built in the town, another sawmill was constructed around 1826 by Job C. ![]() Associate Judges Stevens, Harrington, and Conner lived in Frederick and sat with Judge Clemens In about 1836, the Shelby road was opened to Frederick. She married Judge Elisha Harrington, whose farm covered the site of the old mission. Richard Conner's only daughter, Susanna, was born at the mission December 16, 1783, the first child of white parents born within the limits of the present Macomb County. His son Henry Conner, fought with Harrison in the Battle of the Thames and was present at the death of Tecumseh. Only Richard Conner (1719- 1808) and his family remained behind. The mission was abandoned in 1786 after being warned by the Ojibwe to leave. The road followed the course approximated by Moravian Drive to Schoenherr Rd to Gratiot Ave. In 1785-1786, some of the Indian brethren of the mission laid out a road into Detroit from the mission, the first interior road in Michigan. The mission prospered for a short while, receiving the benefit of liberal supplies from De Peyster and his successor Lord George Hay. ![]() The group arrived in at the site in July 1782. Zeisberger and his group, after assuaging De Peyster's suspicions were granted a place by the local Ojibwe to establish a mission a few miles north of Detroit on what was then known as the Huron River. David Zeisberger and his group were summoned to Detroit by the British Major De Peyster, who suspected the Moravians of favoring the Americans in the American Revolutionary War. Following the Gnadenhütten massacre in March 1782, the Rev. Clemens.įrederick was situated at the location of the New Gnadenhuetten Moravian mission, which is now just west of Mt. It was located on an oxbow of the Clinton River southwest of present-day Mt. Not to be confused with Frederic, Michigan.įrederick, Michigan, also known as Casino, was a community in Clinton Charter Township of Macomb County, Michigan in the U.S.
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