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First Oakland County Explorers

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During the early summer of 1818, the first white men to systematically explore this region camped near this spot on the first night they spent in what is now Oakland County. These men were D.C. McKinstry, Benjamin Stead, John Montieth, A.G. Whitney, and Austin E. Wing.
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