The Ten Eyck Tavern
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N 42° 18.601 W 083° 13.227
17T E 316998 N 4686585
This Marker is found on a Toll Gate Monument on the Westbound side of Michigan Ave, near Southfield. There is a pullout on the side of the road, but no formal parking.
Waymark Code: WM3D3Q
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 03/17/2008
Views: 60
THE TEN EYCK TAVERN
Conrad Ten Eyck (1768-1847) Built a famous tavern in 1826 about 300 feet west of this marker, the first resting place of travellors, one days trip west of Detroit. It stood on the River Rouge on a point where the Chicago Road forked. The Northerly branch, called the Ann Arbor Trail led toward Lansing, and the Westwardly branch to Ypsilanti. The Inn burned down in 1869 it's stables in 1906. Ten Eycks humor may have given Michigan the nickname "Wolverine". He served Dearborn township as supervisor, Wayne County as Treasurer, and the State as constiutional convetion member, and his country as United States Marshall.
This Tablet was placed by the Dearborn Historical Comission 1950
Historical Marker Relocation
This historical marker and tablets were relocated to this site , approximately 970 feet West of the original 1950 location, in 1969. Road improvements along Michigan Avenue necessitated the move the marker and tablets were rededicated jointly by the Michigan department of State Highways and The City of Dearborn's Historical Comission . 1971
Historical Name: The Ten Eyck Tavern
Parking nearby?: no
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website: [Web Link]
Registered Site #: none
Historical Date: Not listed
Description: Not listed
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