Love letter to the old Ypsilanti Airport

Today's story in the Ann Arbor Chronicle. The story of a field, from elegant wooden biplanes to an international stop for Trans World Airlines (TWA)...and then back to a field.

Wednesday Mystery Spot

So much for stumping readers with the merest wisp of a clue: the onetime name of a vanished settlement, Carpenter's Corners. Wysten and Joan both guessed it correctly: Carpenter and Packard (click for larger image).

You can see it here in an 1864 plat map. Curiously, the 1864 map is the only map, of 5 ranging from 1856-1915, in which the name of the settlement appears. This might suggest that the settlement was at its most prominent around 1864.

Joan added some additional interesting information: "I agree with Mr. Stevens, because of the Carpenter reference but also the reference to Leverett's. When I first moved to AA over 40 years ago there was a Leverett's home, market, etc.on Packard near Carpenter."

A check of aforementioned plat maps reveals that the Leverett name does not appear (so far as I can see) until the 1915 map. On that map, excerpted at right, you can see the extensive landholdings of Charles W. Leverett. At right is a rectangular section stretching from modern-day Washtenaw down to Packard. At center is a section south of Packard and east and west of Carpenter. Below that is another section extending south.

Dusty D would love to know the location of Leverett's onetime home and market. Guessing those were in the central portion...but where? And what sort of market was it? I'd love to know.

Moving on to this week's Mystery Spot now, here's a view of a scene somewhere around town. But where could you see "Insane Love"? Answer next Wednesday!

Wednesday Mystery Spot

This 1919 Daily Ypsilantian-Press story covers the news from Carpenter's Corners. At this time, this was a recognized locale, and appears on old plat maps (dangit, I may have given it away right there).

It was named for a onetime farmer in the area and was a li'l settlement back in the day. But where was it?

Dusty D is choosing this article for this week's Mystery Spot in a so-far-unsuccessful attempt to stump the uber-history-experts out there. With this one, you don't even have a pic to go on. Heh. OK, y'all, where was Carpenter's Corners? (rubs hands with glee!)