1905 Map of Wayne

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Northville and Plymouth stand as established centers of commerce and industry on the western edge of this early twentieth-century landscape, connected by the Pere Marquette R R. The region is defined by a dense network of early transportation, where electric lines like the Detroit and Northville Electric R R and the Orchard Lake Electric R R parallel traditional roads, signaling the rapid suburban expansion outward from Detroit. These interurban tracks linked smaller crossroads like Clarenceville and Stark to larger hubs, serving a population still largely dependent on the river valleys for industry and irrigation.