At our Annual Meeting on May 16, former OCPHS Administrative Director Leslie Edwards presented her talk on ice harvesting in Oakland County. Leslie's research included information and photos from our collections, and painted a vivid picture of the days when our ice was cut directly from the lakes. Attending OCPHS programs or visiting our research library is a sure way to learn about Oakland County's past and to quench your thirst for knowledge!

Visit Pontiac's lovely gardens, including those at Pine Grove, on Saturday, July 18 from 9:30 - 4:00. This tour is sponsored by the Pontiac Garden Club, whose members volunteer their time, talents, and resources to help us keep our grounds looking great! For more information about tickets and the tour, see our Events page. We are grateful to the Pontiac Garden Club for tending the rose hedge along our front border, for working on our gardens, and for supporting our mission here at Pine Grove!

Join us for our annual ice cream social and trip back in time, on Saturday, July 25 from noon to 4:00! Tour the Wisner House and outbuildings, admire the vintage cars on display, enjoy refreshments, children's games, and music, and absorb the historic atmosphere at Pine Grove! If you have an antique of your own, bring it along for a verbal appraisal (limit 1 item, $5 fee), or shop our sales for a remembrance of your day. Tickets are $8 in advance, $10 at the gate, free for children under 12. Sponsorships are available, too--visit our Donate page for details. All proceeds benefit the Oakland County Pioneer and Historical Society. Come spend A Day at Pine Grove, and help promote appreciation of local history!

Our first history challenge features Moses Wisner! Click on Challenge to see how much you know about the man who built Pine Grove. If some of the questions have you stumped, you can check the answer key that's now linked to the Challenge page! Go ahead, try your hand at Wisner history! We hope to publish more History Challenges in the future, so check back periodically for new quizzes!

A generous donor has given the Society six burial sites and space for an above-ground monument at Pontiac's Perry Mount Park Cemetery. This donation provides a way to generate funding for the Society through resale to our members or friends. The monument space, valued by the cemetery at $325, and the burial sites, valued at $1,000 each, are located in the oldest section of the Perry Street cemetery. We invite those interested in purchasing one or more of the sites to contact us for further information. Thus far, we've sold two lots; four lots and the monument space remain available. All reasonable offers will be considered.

The following counter shows how many visitors we've had to our website since October 12, 2008. We're glad you're one of them!

2008 marked the fifth year in a row that we received funding from the Pontiac Community Relations Committee of General Motors Corporation. The grant enabled us to offer free school tours for Pontiac elementary schoolchildren, to support continued improvements to our facilities, and to purchase computer and AV equipment for education and outreach. We are proud that General Motors helped us to preserve history, to educate, and to promote Pine Grove for the benefit of Pontiac and the surrounding community!