Elmwood Cemetery has great historical significance to Detroit and the state at large. Since its establishment in the mid-19th century, many of the movers and shakers of Michigan have come to rest here, with elaborate tombstones and masoleums. You know, the people who all of our streets and cities are named after: Mr. Alger, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Cass and many more. There are memorials to, W.A. Bert, michigan resident and inventor of the solar compass, prominent abolitionists, scientists, industrialists, veterans and many others.
The Cemetery is built on a landscape of rolling hills, next to a quiet, creek (which coincidentally was the location of the Battle of Bloody Run, a fierce battle during the British campaign to quell Chief Pontiac's Uprising in 1763). I'm told the cemetery is a remnant of the landscape of Detroit before the city and its many roads and houses were built. Its hard to imagine Detroit was so hilly.
So come and experience a part of the city's incredible past and lament about it's cloudy future. read more