The Early Years

ABOVE A police station was established on Belle Isle in 1889. Sergeant Cahoon, front row far left, was in charge. THE DETROIT NEWS

LEFT The Evening News, November 6, 1889.

OPPOSITE TOP RIGHT This hay market was established on the northwest corner of Michigan and Trumbull Avenues, the future home of Bennett Park, Navin Field, and Tiger Stadium, in 1875. The city’s weighmaster collected a fee for weighing hay, straw, coal, and livestock before they were sold. In 1881 the fees were ten cents per head for cattle and five cents for sheep. THE DETROIT NEWS

OPPOSITE TOP LEFT Wood was the principal fuel used in Detroit in the 1870s, much of it brought from the north in schooners. The Peacock wood and coal yard at Griswold and Clifford was positioned across the street from the Clifford Street engine house. THE DETROIT NEWS

OPPOSITE BOTTOM Horses pull a streetcar down Woodward Avenue at Campus Martius, circa 1885. Although horse-drawn carts were not speedy transportation, their steel wheels riding on iron rail right-of-ways in city streets delivered a smoother ride than on rough cobblestones or dirt. THE DETROIT NEWS