Manchester's First Hundred Years

Manchester's First Hundred Years - Book cover

Indian History (p 3)

One of the oldest available pictures of Main Street. (p 5)

Warren Kimble's stone boat factory stood just east of the river and south of the Main Street bridge. (p 5)

Manchester House was at the corner of Main and Clinton. Note watering trough for horses. (p 6)

Manchester Enterprise office. (p 7)

Looking toward the old cemetery on the bend of the Raisin. (p 8)

Ward School on West Main Street. (p 9)

Pioneered Bus Route - R. C. Merithew with an original time card designating the departure and arrival of buses between Manchester and Chelsea. One of the first in the country, it was inaugurated in 1905. (p 11)

Among the early train crew of the New York Central was Herman Wurster (seated on engine). (p 11)

Main Street had a dirt road. Baptist Church steeple is on the left. (p 12)

[Steel bridge, in use from 1881 to 1929.] (p 12)