Lake Orion

Lake Orion details the historical transformation of this small village from vacation destination to suburban paradise.

Orion Township, established in 1835, became a prosperous agrarian and resort community by the beginning of the 20th century. The village of Lake Orion developed as the center of commerce for township residents and a summer community of tourists and revivalists. Passenger boats and an amusement park popularized Lake Orion as a vacation destination with hotels and summer cottages. Suburban development has since transformed the landscape, but township signposts proudly display a vestige of the past: "Orion Township, where living is a vacation.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: 07/19/2006
ISBN: 9780738539560
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 9.22h x 6.52w x 0.41d