Thank you for taking the time to visit! We are a historical-based website
focused on the evolution and story of the southern Metropolitan Detroit, Michigan
area.
From its humble beginnings as an off-shoot of
emerging French settlements along the river south of the new Fort Pontchartrain in
the early 1700s, we visit its pioneering steel and chemical industries, and how each
of our eighteen cities and townships have uniquely evolved since initially plotted
in the 1827 Michigan Territorial Survey. If Detroit was once called "The Arsenal of
Democracy," Downriver definitely gave its share toward making that arsenal possible.
The
challenge factor in creating a central site is definitely there. Memories do blur,
times & locations may shift, but we found our contributors' enthusiasm
unmistakable and their resolve unshakable. We believe our mission statement sums it
up nicely.
We hope your stay is an enjoyable
one!
KEVIN HARRISON, webmaster