#walker tavern

[detroitlib]

View of the Murder Room in the historic Walker Tavern in Brooklyn, Michigan. Room is furnished with bed and chair. Printed on front: "Murder Room, historic Walker Tavern, R.F.D. Brooklyn, Michigan." Printed on back: "46 thrilling rooms. History, drama, murder, antiquity, oldtime stagecoach. Walker Taverns, R.F.D. Brooklyn, So. Michigan. Irish Hills, U.S. 112 at M 50. Hewitt-Antiques, An enormous stock for sale. Admission 25c. Made in U.S.A. by E.C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wis. (GKA)."

Courtesy of the Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library

[detroitlib]

View of the James Fenimore Cooper Room in the historic Walker Tavern in Brooklyn, Michigan. Room is furnished with bed, tables, dresser, chair and artwork. Printed on front: "James Fenimore Cooper Room, historic Walker Tavern, R.F.D. Brooklyn, Michigan." Printed on back: "46 thrilling rooms. History, drama, murder, antiquity, oldtime stagecoach. Walker Taverns, R.F.D. Brooklyn, So. Michigan. Irish Hills, U.S. 112 at M 50. Hewitt-Antiques, 28 rooms of antiques on sale. Silvercraft. Made by Dexter Press, Pearl River, N.Y."

Courtesy of the Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library

[detroitlib]

View of the historic Walker Taverns in Brooklyn, Michigan. Printed on front: "Historic Walker Taverns, Cambridge Jct., Brooklyn, Mich. Situated at gateway to Irish Hills, corner U.S. 112 and M-50." Printed on back: "Historic Walker Tavern, erected 1832. Showplace of Michigan. 1. Tap room, old bar, etc. 2. Dining room, original stage coach post office. 3. Log joisted kitchen, ladder to loft, bear traps. 4. Barber shop. 5. Parlor with original sofa and chair. 6. Fenimore Cooper Room with original gun, etc. 7. Spinning room. 8. Daniel Webster Room with high canopied bed. 9. Priest Lyster's Room. 10. Harriet Martineau Room. 11. Old time attic with relics. 12. Indian Guide Room. 13. Murder Room with original blood stains. 14. Garden with historical oak and Indian graves. Brick Walker Tavern, erected 1854. Huge antique display. Antiques of all kinds for sale, also sightseeing place. P.O. and Tel., Brooklyn, Michigan. Motoring direction, corner U.S. 112 and M-50, Cambridge Junction, Irish Hills, Michigan. Admission each tavern, 15c. Frederick Hewitt, proprietor. Made in U.S.A. by E.C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wis."

Courtesy of the Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library

[theopenroadwest]

From Clinton we made our way into the Irish Hills with stops at the iconic twin observation towers and the historic St Joseph Shrine and Church with its stations of the cross trail. Heading out of the Irish Hills, we stopped by Cambridge Junction State Park and the historic Walker Tavern. More info: http://www.irishhillstowers.com/irish_hills_towers/Home.html http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph_Church_and_Shrine http://www.michigan.gov/mhc/0,4726,7-282-61080_61873---,00.html