Fowler’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Fowler. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Originally called "Dallas", Fowler was created when Robert Highman, Chief Engineer of the Detroit, Grand Haven, and Milwaukee Railroad, and E.A Wales acquired a tract of land along the railroad right-of-way in 1857. The Detroit, Grand Haven, and Milwaukee railroad completed the rail line though the area in July and August 1857. Dallas was later changed to Isabella and subsequently Fowler.
A few years after the founding of Dallas, the town had little economic growth and was subsequently moved to a tract of land 1/10 of a mile west of the original tract, owned by John N. Fowler and in 1869 the name was changed to "Fowler". The village was originally settled in a swampy area and the move was driven by the lack of economic growth.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fowler’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewFowler, MI location: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Fowler
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Fowler, decade by decade
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Nothing in Fowler is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Fowler has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is St. John the Baptist Catholic Church Complex in North Plains, 8.1 miles away.
Fowler and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Fowler, MI location and it appears here side by side.
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