Ecorse: Along the Detroit River (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781467112093)

French explorers called the Ecorse River the "river of bark," or Ecorces, because the Huron Indians who lived in the villages surrounding it wrapped their dead in the bark of the birch trees that grew along its banks. White pioneers settled on French ribbon farms along the Detroit River, and a small village called Grandport sprang up where the Ecorse River met the Detroit River. By 1836, Grandport, now known as Ecorse, had grown into a fishing and farming center, and, by the 1900s Ecorse had gained fame as a haven for bootleggers during Prohibition, an important shipbuilding center, and the home of several championship rowing teams.

Author: Kathy Covert Warnes
ISBN-10: 1467112097
ISBN-13: 9781467112093
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2014
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.58w x 0.34d