Southeast Michigan

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When people discuss southeast Michigan, whether native Michiganders or folks from out of state, they nearly always focus on the great city of Detroit.  Detroit does have some cool features like Kings Book store but, the rest of this area is simply full of hidden treasures.

The Great Sauk Trail that runs from Dearborn to Chicago and once marked the boundary between settled land and the wilderness frontier, leads through or near a great variety of destinations and attractions.  There is McCourty Park, Hidden Lake Gardens, The Burlington Store, and many, many more scattered throughout the southern half of the state.

At one time, the road known as the Sauk Heritage Trail was the line that marked the Michigan wilderness known as "up north".

There is an oddity about Leslie recorded in the book "Michigan, A Guide to the Wolverine State" published in 1941 as part of the WPA project.  North Leslie was part of the Village of Leslie.  Rice's Creek ran along the western edge and there were Indian Mounds covering some 15 - 20 acres.  A human skull was dug up there that was too large for any hat that could be found to fit it.  There was also a thigh bone that was three inches longer than that of the tallest man in the village.  There were also impressive earthworks in the region.