Oh These Irish Hills! MotorCities Tour Guide In Partnership with
“Tomorrow’s History Is Made Today”
The Irish Hills history lives on!
The Irish Hills is a scenic destination that beckons the traveler to journey its winding roads, meet its
people, explore its places and uncover its hidden treasures.
Irish immigrants traveling west came upon the rolling emerald green countryside of the southeastern
Michigan with its prominent hills and scattered lakes. It reminded them so much of homeland, that this
area came to be known in the hearts of these settlers as the “Irish Hills” and remains the same for us
today.
It took over two hundred years to transform the Native America Sauk Trail into the modern highway
we now know as US-12 that connected man, commerce, culture and nature. Today the Greater Irish
Hills encompasses a 50+ lake and hill region.
Oh These Irish Hills! Presents this
MotorCities Tour Guide for your convenience as you
Explore the Irish Hills this Summer!
Memorial Weekend Happenings!
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Oh These Irish Hills invites you to stop in and Enter to win a FREE $100 Gas Card at Irish Hills
Plaza - Weichert Realty (US-12 & Pentecost Hwy) at the History Palooza!
Saturday and Sunday 10am.-3pm.
Free Mini Golf at the Irish Hills Towers!
St. Joseph Shrine, the Outdoor Stations of the Cross & the An Gorta Mor Famine Memorial will
be available for self-guided tours Saturday & Sunday. Directed Tours on Sunday only 12-2 pm.
Irish Antiques will be holding a Flea Market Saturday and Sunday.
Walker Tavern Historic Site - Visit the newly renovated Hewitt Room and a new Irish Hills
History Exhibit. Farmers Market Opens Sunday!
Brick Walker Tavern will be conducting tours Saturday & Sunday at 12, 1, & 2 pm.
Also a Vintage Market Sale.
Cherry Creek Winery - Free Wine Tasting!
Bring the family to see the Antique Tractors and watch a Steam Engine in Operation
Onsted American Legion will be open to the public to view their Historic Displays
Saturday only 10-3 pm.
Greenleaf Mansion in Onsted tours from 10-3 pm. Saturday and Sunday.
Enter Drawing to win a Free Gift Basket!
Antique Cars from “Phil Hubbard's Car Museum” will be on display in front of Hubbard Auto
Center.
Enjoy a cup of coffee or tea as you browse the Brooklyn Historical Society’s new display.
Enter Drawing to win a Free Gift Basket!
Oh These Irish Hills! MotorCities Tour Destinations 1. Site of the Clinton Inn/Eagle Tavern - now Village Office
located at 119 E. Michigan
State of Michigan Historical Marker - Originally the Eagle
Hotel, Henry Ford moved it to Greenfield Village. The Inn
was restored and reopened for business in 1929.
2. The Smith-Kimball Community Center located at 211 Tecumseh Rd.
Clinton - Greek Revival Style building built in 1840. It is available for
meetings, private parties and special occasions.
3. The Clinton Inn - 104 W. Michigan Ave., Clinton - The Clinton Inn built in
1901. Hotel & Restaurant still serving.
4. The River and the Road/Clinton at the Crossing US 12- Tate Park
where the Chicago Road crossed the River Raisin.
In 1829 The River Raisin provided energy to various mills at dam sites.
A Wayside Exhibit location.
5. Davenport Hotel - 1280W. US-12, Irish Hills
Placed on the National Register of Historic Sites - Drive By Only.
6. Irish Hills Plaza - Weichert Realty - 6867 US-12, Onsted
Home of the 2015 Oh These Irish Hills! History Palooza
7. Stagecoach Stop Western Resort - 7203 US-12, Onsted
Stop in to see the newly renovated areas.
8. Hayes State Park - 1220 Wamplers Lake Rd., Onsted
Display on the Beach - State Park Pass Required.
9. The Irish Hills Towers - 8433 US-12 Onsted
Placed on the National Register of Historic Sites – A Wayside Exhibit
location - Display and Information
Oh These Irish Hills! MotorCities Tour Destinations 10. St. Joseph Shrine - 8743 US-12 Onsted
Placed on the National Register of Historic Sites – Self Tours
of the Shrine, Stations of the Cross and the An Gorta Mor
Famine Memorial. Directed Tours of the Shrine Sunday Only
from 12 - 2:00 pm.
11. Jerry’s Pub & Restaurant - 650 Egan Hwy., Brooklyn
Photo and Memorabilia Displays.
12. Irish Hills Antiques - 10600 US-12, Brooklyn
Flea Market finds and pictures depicting early Irish Hills
13. Walker Tavern Historic Site - 13220 M-50, Brooklyn
Placed on the National Register of Historic Sites - A Wayside Exhibit
location. Newly renovated Hewitt Room and new Irish Hills Exhibit Sunday Farmers Market – State Park Pass required.
14. Brick Walker Tavern & Vintage Mkt - 11705 US-12, Brooklyn
Placed on the National Register of Historic Sites. Vintage
Market Sale - Tavern Tours on Sat. & Sun. 12, 1, & 2 pm.
15. Cherry Creek Winery - 15750 US-12, Cement City
The historic, renovated 1870’s Silver Lake School. Enjoy a free wine
tasting.
16. McCourtie Park - 10426 S. Jackson Rd., Somerset
Center - A 42 Acre public park containing 17 unique
cement bridges (circa 1930's) using an "el trabejo
rustico" technique, a Mexican folk art tradition
where wet concrete is sculpted to look like wood.
Tennis Courts & Picnic Area. Admission Free!
17. Hidden Lake Gardens - 6214 Monroe Rd., Tipton
Self-tour guide of the Gardens are available at the Visitors’ Center.
18. St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church - 11646 Old Monroe Pike
Rd., Onsted - Placed on the National Register of Historic Sites
Drive by only
Oh These Irish Hills! MotorCities Tour Destinations 19. Antique Tractors Display & Steam Engine in Operation
(circa 1919-1958) - 10900 Stephenson Hwy., Onsted
20. American Legion – Durkee-Seager Post 550 - 330 Conner St., Onsted
View the historic display and Senior Center information Sat. only 10-3.
21. Greenleaf Mansion - 247 S. Main St., Onsted
Tours available on Saturday and Sunday from 10 – 3 pm.
22. Phil Hubbard's Antique Cars Display - 275 S. Main St., Onsted
Antique Cars on display. 23. Brooklyn Village Office - 121 N. Main St., Brooklyn
Originally State Bank, restored to its natural beauty - Drive by only.
24. Pinetree Antiques & More - 129 N. Main St., Brooklyn
Stop in to view a display of Pinetree's Private Collection of Brooklyn's
History.
25. Theresa’s Angels, Gifts, Coffee & Tea House - 132 N. Main St.,
Brooklyn - Enjoy a cup of Coffee or Tea as you view the Brooklyn
Historical Society’s Display.
26. Ford Plant - 221 S. Mill Rd., Brooklyn
Currently being renovated to become The Old Irish Mill. Drive by only.
27. Swain Memorial Park - Brooklyn
Henry Ford in Brooklyn - Building a Village Industry. A Wayside Exhibit
location.
28. Beach Bar - 3505 Ocean Beach Dr. Clarklake
Watersport Memorabilia Display
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