Editor’s Note: In case you missed it last month, Michael Madden is working through Flint’s History from A to Z. Applewood and Avery Aldridge last month, Baker and Bivens this month. Eldon Baker, postmaster, a college, and a street. Ollie Bivens, Jr., the first...
Applewood, at the end of East Kearsley Street, sits on what remains of Charles Stewart Mott’s sixty-four-acre estate in the City of Flint. At one time the property stretched from Kearsley Street to Court Street and was a working farm as well as the home of Flint’s...
In a town awash with buildings, parks, and streets named for the many automotive pioneers who called Flint home, there are a few reminders that women also contributed to the development of Flint. The flagship hospital of the third largest health system in Michigan...
Editor’s note: The December 2023 edition of this publication related the story of Robert T. Longway, the major sponsor and benefactor of the Flint Cultural Center. There were many other people involved who contributed money to be sponsors. Here are the short...
One hundred years ago J. Dallas Dort was Flint’s biggest hometown promotor and benefactor. Today the Dort family is mainly remembered for their contributions to the Flint Institute of Music and the St. Cecelia Society. However, in 1906 Dort paid for the services of...
Editor’s note: This month we welcome a new contributing writer to this publication. Many of you will recognize him if you frequented the Gloria Coles Flint Public Library over the past several years. Michael Madden has been a fixture in the genealogy room at the...
