A Place Called Rose

The Rose Township Heritage Committee provides this site for people who are interested in the history of our special township. We invite you to join us as we delve into Rose Township’s heritage — the landscape and people who shaped where we live today.

Join historian Carol Bacak-Egbo as she explores the early history of Rose Township in a series of video presentations: Making Homes of Logs in the Oak Forest, A Township Takes Shape in a Tavern, A Horse Thief, A Blacksmith and a Mystery Man, A Mill Turns into a Tannery, Two Hotels, Two Blacksmith Shops and Maybe a Tailor, Sold! To the Highest Bidder, and A Depot, Potatoes, Picnics, and Ice.

Read through a number of essays researched and prepared by Maura Jung and Carol Bacak-Egbo that examine the panorama of Rose Township's history. These include First People, Native American Trails in Rose Township, Early Surveys and Maps of Michigan, Natural Features of Rose Township, Surveys of Natural Features, Land Speculators, Traveling to Rose Township, Formation of Rose Township, In Search of the Naming of Rose Township, Women who Owned Land in Early Rose, Sophia Hadley, Eunice Lockwood, Elizabeth Garner Moore, Charity Miller, and Mills of Rose Township.

Take a look at the Rose Township historic house census as documented by Linda and Pete Stouffer on their series of walks through the township.

Visit Rose Township's beautiful cemeteries, the final resting place of many early residents. Rose Center Cemetery guide (printable brochure), Beebe Cemetery guide (printable brochure) will provide context to a selection of the notable grave markers you will see.

Visit Rose Township's three parks for walking and enjoying nature. A printable brochure describes the features and history of each park and a map of their locations.

Explore various resources for researching and documenting history as presented at the 2022 Michigan Historic Preservation Network annual conference.

Help expand and enrich our website by sharing a family story, historic document, or photograph about Rose Township. Please contact us at rosetownshipheritage@gmail.com