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Welcome to MotorCities National Heritage Area (MotorCities), where you can Experience Everything Automotive! We invite you to join us as we take a drive down memory lane, gaze into the future and share with you an amazing automotive journey.

Pull out a calendar, road map and pen, and let the fun begin! We invite you to browse the many wonderful automotive museums, homes and gardens, tours and sporting events located in MotorCities and plot your path through the heart of the American automotive industry. If you need help, we're ready to jump in! Whether your visit lasts a few hours or a few days, you are guaranteed an exciting variety of places to see and things to do.

With over 100 sites and experiences waiting to be explored, go ahead and choose your category of interest - and get ready to Experience Everything Automotive!

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Here, we have Henry Ford’s last factory, built on the 14-acre Cherry Hill Ford Factory Complex. Along with a veteran’s dormitory, this site was designed…
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This landmark building is known as the Pettibone Creek Hydroelectric Station. This remains as a reminder of Milford's "village industry" build back in the early…
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Monday, 02 July 2018 13:49

Milford Ford Plant

The Pettibone Creek Hydroelectric Station was built in 1938-39 to bring the power of water to Ford's Carburetor Plant, which is no longer standing. Here…
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The first airplane with an enclosed cabin, electric starter, and wheel brake, gained it's financing from Detroiters. The financing was successful in helping Eddie Stinson,…
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Monday, 02 July 2018 13:57

Northville Valve Plant

Henry Ford decided to make Northville his first "Village Industry" which was established in 1920. The plant made valves for the Model T and was…
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Monday, 02 July 2018 14:01

Wayne Industries

From this building, many industries put people in motion. The first was Harroun Motor Car Company, which built more than 3,000 vehicles here from 1915…
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Monday, 02 July 2018 14:21

Westward Welcome in Dearborn

The Chicago Road was the way to go west from Detroit. It became known as Michigan Avenue, starting in Detroit and becoming the main street…
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Monday, 02 July 2018 14:25

Dearborn Country Club

It was a gift for his hometown. Henry Ford developed an 18-hole golf course at Outer Drive and Military Street that opened in 1925. With…
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Monday, 02 July 2018 14:28

UAW Local 600

Conditions were ripe for the rise of unionism in the Depression-ravaged 1930s. Ford Motor Company was the last of the "Big Three" to unionize. The…
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Monday, 02 July 2018 14:31

Business Pioneers on Morley Ave

This Morley Avenue neighborhood has a special history. In the early 1800s, the U.S. government purchased this land near the Rouge River for a frontier…
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