
Flat Rock History Museum
25200 Gibraltar Road, Flat Rock, MI
Flat Rock Historical Society
PO Box 337, Flat Rock, Mi 48134
- Lila Fedokovitz 734-782-1269
- Don & Cindy Fesko 734-789-8946
- Barbara Fedon 734-782-1225
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Flat Rock History Museum
25200 Gibraltar Road, Flat Rock, MI
PO Box 337, Flat Rock, Mi 48134
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.