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A Spring Walk through HuRoc Park 2019

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This weekend was a beautiful Spring weekend in Flat Rock with folks visiting HuRoc Park in the downtown area. There were people walking, biking, skate boarding, playing basketball, and fishing. Everyone just enjoying a spring weekend at the park. Here are some pictures from Saturday at HuRoc Park.

A Spring Day fishing at HuRoc Park in Flat Rock, Mi.

The outside tables and chairs are up and ready for the spring season at Atwater Street Taco. A view from HuRoc Park.
Rapid Flow through the lower section of the Huron River though HuRoc Park.
Kids playing on the basket ball court at HuRoc Park in Flat Rock, Mi.
Playing with the family dogs at HuRoc Park in Flat Rock.
Big Catch, a 24″+ Steel Head along the Huron River in Flat Rock.

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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