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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.

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New-Way Factory, ca 1910

New-Way Factory, ca 1910

The New-Way Motor Co was incorporated January 1, 1905A.C. Stebbins-- the man who was once Secretary of OMVW, Secretary and Manager of Lansing Wheelbarrow, then…

Newburgh Mill

Newburgh Mill

Newburgh Mill used hydroelectric power to produce drills for Ford plants around the world. During World War II, local farmers who worked at the mill…

Northville Mill Race Village

Northville Mill Race Village

The Mill Race Village in Northville, MI, serves as a historical site dedicated life and architecture from the early 19th Century. The sites resides on…

Northville Valve Plant

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…

Northville's Silver Spring Well

Northville's Silver Spring Well

As far back as 1913, city residents enjoyed cold spring water fron the artesian well here, and visitors traveled here to fill their bottles. This…

Notable Neighbors in the Franklin Boulevard Historic District

Notable Neighbors in the Franklin Boulevard Historic District

Lawyers, bankers, doctors and publishers lived along this beautiful "Boulevard of Roses" in the late 1800s. The Franklin Boulevard neighborhood was designated Pontiac's first historic…

Novi's Agricultural History at Tollgate

Novi's Agricultural History at Tollgate

This 160-acre plot of land had a series of owners who used the farm for various means. From auto supply owners to Michigan State University,…

Clarence E. Bement, Lawrence Price, E.F. Peer, Donald Bates and R.H. Scott were all management to Novo at one time or another. Other than Bement (who started in his father's factory), all were ground-floor REO people. Manufacturers of "stationary gasoline engines and gray iron castings," this company's product line expanded throughout the years to include the largest kinds of industrial equipment. Pictured is the shop in 1912, after it moved to Sheridan Ave, along the rail lines of the Michigan Central and next to Auto Wheel. The backbone of the Novo Company in the early days was its Type S, vertical, four cycle hopper that was used mainly for cement and mortar mixing. Over 100,000 of these models were produced and, with increased power added over the years they helped the construction industry in the building up of American cities before the Great Depression in their use as hoists.

Novo Factory Lansing

For some reason the management of the brand-new New-Way Motor Co thought they could succeed with the where Lansing's Clarkmobile had already failed. Using leftover…

Oak Hill Cemetery

Oak Hill Cemetery

The highest point of land in Pontiac was selected as the village cemetery in 1822 and from 1840 a long line of accomplished individuals have…

Oakland Motor Car Company

Oakland Motor Car Company

In 1907 Edward Murphy's Pontiac Buggy Company was an established carriage company in Pontiac when Murphy founded the Oakland Motor Car Company to build motor…

Oakland University

Oakland University

Oakland University was established in 1957 by Alfred and Matilda Dodge Wilson on the Meadow Brook Farms property originally purchased in 1908 by automotive pioneer…

Old Mill Museum

Old Mill Museum

The Old Mill Museum in Dundee is housed in a former grist mill which Henry Ford converted into his tenth village industry plant. Three floors…

Olds Returns to Lansing

Olds Returns to Lansing

On March 9, 1901, a fire had destroyed the new Olds Motor Workd plant in Detroit and the Lansing Business Men's Association offered Olds land…

Orchard Lake Museum

Orchard Lake Museum

The first building here was a small tavern named the Orchard Lake House whcih was built in 1857 for stagecoach travelers. Various owners rebuilt and…

Ordered by Mail - Sent by Rail

Ordered by Mail - Sent by Rail

With the demand for housing began to skyrocket in the early 1900s and manufacturers began shipping out materials for entire houses, from precut lumber to…

Original Gas Engine Co, 1913

Original Gas Engine Co, 1913

Olds was President and E.F. Cooley V.P. of The Original Gas Engine Co - a return for Olds to a company like his first on…

Orphans of the Automobile Industry

Orphans of the Automobile Industry

Several companies had opened and closed their doors during the period of 1900 - 1920 while the auto industry was up and coming. Some companies…

Ortonville A&W Drive-In

Ortonville A&W Drive-In

One of a small handful of drive-ins left in the state transporting guests back to a simpler time of cruisin' and milkshakes. Roy W. Allen…

Otto P. Graff: Building a Business in Flint

Otto P. Graff: Building a Business in Flint

Graff knew the business of selling cars and his name has been prominent in Flint for a century. He sold over 150 Model Ts in…

Outdoor Attractions on the Shores of Sylvan Lake

Outdoor Attractions on the Shores of Sylvan Lake

Sylvan Lake's name means "wooded shady lake" for its unique natural beauty. In the 1940s marshy lakefront property on the south side of the lake…

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