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Welcome to MotorCities National Heritage Area (MotorCities), where you can Experience Everything Automotive! We invite you to join us as we take a drive down memory lane, gaze into the future and share with you an amazing automotive journey.

Pull out a calendar, road map and pen, and let the fun begin! We invite you to browse the many wonderful automotive museums, homes and gardens, tours and sporting events located in MotorCities and plot your path through the heart of the American automotive industry. If you need help, we're ready to jump in! Whether your visit lasts a few hours or a few days, you are guaranteed an exciting variety of places to see and things to do.

With over 100 sites and experiences waiting to be explored, go ahead and choose your category of interest - and get ready to Experience Everything Automotive!

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Friday, 20 September 2019 14:58

Dearborn's Cultural Gateway

Dearborn's South End has known many cultures across centuries, including Native American, French fur traders and British settlers in the 18th century, and later residents…

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Friday, 27 September 2019 14:00

Yankee Air Museum - Bombers on the Line at Willow Run

The federal goverment called on Ford's producer, Charles Sorenson, to produce the B-24 "Liberator" bombers before the U.S. even entered World War II. Willow Run…

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Friday, 27 September 2019 15:06

Shipbuilding Traditions Along The Rouge River

Early 1700s French settlers decided to establish a shipyard on the Rouge River at Baby Creek. Later on in history, Ford built anti-submarine patrol boats…

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Friday, 27 September 2019 15:11

Nankin Mills - The Power of Water

When Henry Ford was young, he visited Nankin Mills and was amazed by the use of water power. When he grew older Ford decided to…

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Friday, 27 September 2019 15:15

Nankin Millers House

This home was not far from Nankin Mills that families who owned and operated the mill had a short walk to work. The milling families…

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Friday, 27 September 2019 15:33

Learning By Doing At Ford's Nankin Mill Schoolhouse

This rural schoolhouse provided children in the area to "learn by doing" from 1937 to 1946. This schoolhouse was a part of Ford's Edison Institue…

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Friday, 27 September 2019 15:43

Newburgh Mill

Newburgh Mill used hydroelectric power to produce drills for Ford plants around the world. During World War II, local farmers who worked at the mill…

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Friday, 27 September 2019 15:47

Wayne Companies Serving The Nation

During 1888, Prouty & Glass begain to build carriages and sleighs but unfortunatly could not survive the automobile industry with the invention of the automobile…

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Friday, 27 September 2019 15:56