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Geocaching Event : GC8CZ63
St Paul's United Church on Mound north of Beebe
Settlers came to this area before Michigan was admitted to the union as a state in 1837. When Joseph Wampler surveyed the territory now known as Warren and Center Line in 1817, he found a lot of swamp occupied by a few squatters and some Indians. The land was placed on the market, but initial sales were slow.
Beebe's Corners, as the Village of Warren was once called, is also older than Warren Township. The "corners" was settled in 1830 and the first known landowner to actually settle here was Charles Groesbeck. He was soon followed by his brother Louis and Charles Rivard. Louis, who settled at what became the northwest corner of 12 Mile and Mound, hosted the organization of Hickory Township (later Aba, then Warren) on April 3, 1837, the year Michigan became a state.
Traveling north from Detroit, the tollgate was located at the corner where travelers and farmers paid to use the road and Beebe's Corners became a stage stop between Detroit and Hog’s Hollow (now known as Utica) back then.
Some of it was a plank road when it passed through a marshy part of town. Beebe’s Corners was an active place with a tavern, a distillery, a mill, and a trading post; all requisites for a meeting place.
This was to be the first seat of our town government and many years later, on April 28, 1893, became the Village of Warren. It was a one square mile area from 13 Mile Road to 14 Mile Road and extending one-half mile on either side of Mound Road.