Hathaway-Hess Farm
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N 42° 37.662 W 083° 26.545
17T E 299719 N 4722364
Located within Hess-Hathaway (yes, reversed order) Park on east side of Williams Lake Road between Waterford and White Lake Township.
Waymark Code: WMBN7
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 04/30/2006
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The Hathaway-Hess Farm originated as the homestead of Jonathon Owen Hathaway, who migrated from New York to Oakland County with his parents in 1830. In 1861, Hathaway and his wife, Marcy C. Dewey, acquired an 80-acre parcel of land in Waterford Township. In 1892, Hathaway’s granddaughter Myrtle Hathaway married William Hess, an early investor in Fisher Body Company. Following William’s retirement in the 1930’s, the Hesses devoted their lives to the family farm. Here they operated a successful dairy known as Lone Cedar Farm, and raised champion sheep, and Jersey and Hereford cattle. Myrtle Hess died in 1985. She bequeathed the family farm to Waterford Township and stipulated that the land be used as a park. In 1989, Waterford Township dedicated the Hess-Hathaway Park.
Parking nearby?: yes
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Registered Site #: 1682
Historical Date: Not listed
Historical Name: Not listed
Description: Not listed
website: Not listed
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