Bentley’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Bentley. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗A post office was opened on Feb 26, 1887, called Bently. A post office was opened on Stevenson Road just east of Standish Road on March 15, 1900, called Glover and operated for exactly five years. On June 30, 1909, the Bently post office was renamed Bentley.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bentley’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewGibson Township, MI location: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Bentley, decade by decade
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Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Gibson Township, MI location and it appears here side by side.
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nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.