🌲 Livingston County

Livingston County is in southeast Michigan. These stops use real places and real dates, told in kid-sized words.

The whole county

Name Detective

History

The county has a person’s name hiding inside it.

Near Fowlerville

Long, Long Ago

History

People lived here thousands of years before the towns.

Putnam Township

First Settler Timeline

History

Put three dates in order.

Howell

Howell’s Mystery Name

History

The county seat had a different name at first.

Thompson Lake Mill

Science

Moving water can turn a wheel and do work.

Carnegie Library

Reading

A stone library that opened in 1906.

All Aboard at the Depot

History

A train station from 1886 is a museum now.

Melon Math

Math

A festival about growing a wonderful melon.

Wetland Neighbors

Science

Woods and wetlands around Pleasant Lake.

Brighton

Why Brighton?

Science

A creek, some iron, and a name from New York.

Mill Pond

Music

A dam from 1840 made a pond people still enjoy.

Fowlerville

Fowlerville to the Tigers

History

A town named for Ralph Fowler, and a bridge to Detroit.

Fair and 4-H

Life skills

A fair about farms, animals, and careful work.

One-Room School

History

A schoolhouse from 1882 still stands at the fairgrounds.

Pinckney

A New Home

Reading

A village named for a brother, and a book about starting over.

Hartland

Two Names, One Word

Words

Cromaine is a word made from two donors’ names.

Pipe Organ

Music

Air through pipes can make music.

Brighton and Pinckney

Hills from Ice

Science

Huge ice sheets shaped the lakes and hills.

Island Lake

Follow the River

Science

A river runs through 4,000 acres of park.

Lakelands Trail

Trail on a Railroad

Life skills

An old railroad path is for walking, biking, and horses.