Premier Public Showing
The premier public showing of Rediscovering Edsel Ford’s Haven Hill will be four weeks from tonight, at 6pm, Wednesday, October 21 at the Village Branch of Cromaine Library in Hartland, Michigan. Following the film, there will be time for questions. DVD’s will also be available for sale.
This is a free showing, open to all, whether you live in Hartland or not. Preregistration is encouraged, but not required. You can register at the Cromaine Library’s web site.
Please note that, even if it says it’s full, you can still come. They just add more chairs.
Rediscovering Edsel Ford’s Haven Hill
Bet you thought we’d crawled into a cave somewhere and gone into hibernation, it’s been so long since we’ve posted anything. Nope. Not even close. We’ve just been working so hard on our latest project that we haven’t had much of a chance to post on here. Now it’s finally time to show it off!
In 1923, Edsel Ford began buying up land an hour northwest of Detroit in what would become his Haven Hill Estate. In the end, he’d own nearly four square miles of forest, farmland, lakes, and wetlands.
In 1946, a few years after his his death, his wife Eleanor sold the estate to the State of Michigan.
The major buildings remained in use, for a time. Eventually, even the remaining builders were abandoned to time and the elements. Between, fire, neglect, decay, and the passing decades, most of the estate was lost and forgotten.
In 2009, explorations began with a few friends and, in 2014, Exploration Guides, led by Darrin Fowler, committed to rediscovering and sharing the Haven Hill Estate with the world.
Granted exclusive access to every building and underground space on the estate, and having scoured the grounds looking for any trace of the past, they’ve discovered not only a lot about Edsel Ford’s Haven Hill, but a lot about what happened before and since, too.
Join Darrin and his team as they Rediscover Edsel Ford’s Haven Hill.
We have DVD’s on-hand today, but we’re still not quite set up to sell them on-line. Check back soon for that, and also some sneak peeks.