The Rochester-Avon Historical Society’s November 2014 member meeting will be held Thursday, November 6 at 7 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room of the Rochester Hills Public Library, 500 Olde Town in Rochester. The program will feature Joel Stone, Senior Curator for the Detroit Historical Society, who will present ‘Boom Town: Detroit in the Roaring ‘20s’ and discuss the auto industry, prohibition, rum running, organized crime and the emerging businesses in Detroit during that era.
Raised in the Detroit area, Stone has studied journalism, history, archaeology and archival management at University of Detroit, Wayne State University and the University College Cork, Ireland. He serves on the Detroit Historical Society’s Strategic Planning Steering Committee and is Vice President of the Association for Great Lakes Maritime History.
The meeting is free and open to the public. No reservations are required. Students are welcome.
The Rochester-Avon Historical Society (RAHS) was founded in 1969 to help preserve, collect and interpret the history of the greater Rochester area for present and future generations. For more information, including a list of upcoming events, visit online at www.rochesteravonhistoricalsociety.org/
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