The Haven Hill Getaway

In the early 1920s, weekend jaunts in automobiles and on new roads brought day travelers to this countryside like never before and also drew prominent people from around the world. Edsel Ford, whose world included relationships with many leaders and explorers of the era, invited them to his wooded hilltop refuge. Among the visitors were his father Henry Ford, inventor Thomas Edison, aviation explorers Charles Lindbergh and Admiral Richard Byrd, the Prince of Wales, Tarzan author Edgar Rice Burroughs, and movie actor Jackie Cooper. In 1923, local people gathered along Highland Road to catch a glimpse of the visiting Prince of Wales.

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