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1818-2018: Bloomfield Turns 200!

Sun, Oct 07

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Bloomfield Township Public Library

199 years and 11 months ago, a group of prominent Detroiters, inspired by Michigan Territorial Governor Lewis Cass, decide to see for themselves if the land that would become Oakland County was really the "Interminable Swamp" earlier surveyors said it was. Follow their journey.

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1818-2018: Bloomfield Turns 200!
1818-2018: Bloomfield Turns 200!

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Oct 07, 2018, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Bloomfield Township Public Library, 1099 Lone Pine Rd, Bloomfield Twp, MI 48302, USA

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199 years and 11 months ago, a group of prominent Detroiters, inspired by Michigan Territorial Governor Lewis Cass, decide to see for themselves if the land that would become Oakland County was really the "Interminable Swamp" earlier surveyors said it was. Follow their journey.

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