Out of Small Beginnings: A Bicentennial Historical Sketch of Oakland County, Michigan, 1815-1976
By Richard Lee Waddell, as edited and rewritten by the History Committee of the Oakland County American Revolution Bicentennial Commission. Developed from a research Project of the Oakland County Planning Commission and Thesis of J. Carlton Starbuck, University of Chicago, 1968.
“This sketch of Oakland County is meant to give local residents during the Bicentennial period a general picture of how Oakland County progressed and how it fits into the national pattern.”