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Leprechauns and Bunnies Descend on Flat Rock

March 4, 2013 By Downtown Flat Rock

shutterstock_110011307OPEN HOUSE QUILTS, LEPRECHAUNS, AND BUNNIES

At the Flat Rock Historical Society — Sunday, March 10th from 1-4 pm at the Munger Historical Museum behind the Flat Rock Library at Gibraltar and Aspen (782-5220 for details).

The Hotel will also be Open Quilt Open House – Velia Lauerman will be at the Mungar Museum for our open house on March 10. She will give written appraisals for $10/quilt. If you have a quilt you are willing to display that day, please contact Cindy. We will have many quilts and quilt squares on display. You are invited to sit in on the appraisals and learn more about quilt dating and quilts in general.

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[Image courtesy of: Olga Nichols]

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WELCOME TO FLAT ROCK

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.

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