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Riverfest Committee “Thanks” To Everyone

September 18, 2011 By Downtown Flat Rock

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The Flat Rock Riverfest Committee says “Thanks” to everyone who supported it and everyone who attended.   “From the entertainment to the venders, everything was first class.”, was a comment from a local citizen after walking around this year’s Riverfest.  She enjoyed the music of Alexander Zonjic and his band.  A comment from another local citizen was that everyone they talked to said this was done after a 10 year gap.  Mayor Jonathan Dropiewski was on stage in the
evening and thanked Gary Bordon and the entire Riverfest Committee for all of its hard work and thanked the citizens for attending after a long awaited return.

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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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