Cruzin’ Flat Rock Cruise Gibraltar Road Single Loop Route 2021

September 10, 2020 By Joe Pagano

The Cruzin’ Flat Rock Car and Truck Show cruise route starts at HuRoc Park on Arsenal Road. To participate in the cruise you MUST be registered at the car and truck show. The route will move east down E. Huron River Road to Garden Boulevard. Once on Garden Blvd, turn right to eastbound Gibraltar Road. Travel down Gibraltar to the Gateway traffic signal and turn right. Gateway circles around back to Gibraltar. Turn left to westbound Gibraltar Road back to Telegraph Road. Turn right to northbound Telegraph (US24). The cruise ends at the city limits.

Observers can park at places like the City Hall Lot or any other lawful lot along the route.

Drivers MUST obey all traffic signs, signals and laws throughout the short cruise.

The first Euro-American settlers in Flat Rock were Michael Vreeland and his five grown sons between 1811 and 1820. Michael had been captured by British Rangers during the Revolutionary War and released after American independence.

The family purchased 800 acres (3.2 km2). The town was called the Village of Vreeland until 1838 when the Vreeland family sold off the majority of the land and relinquished control of the area. The Vreeland families built the first grain and lumber mill, having brought the grinding stones from New York.

Descendants of Michael Vreeland still live in the town and attend Flat Rock public schools, being the seventh generation to reside in the town their family founded.