What Indian trail passed through Royal Oak? Is there a remnant today?
List three streets in Royal Oak with Native American names.
Where was the hotel owned by a cousin of a famous member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Royal Oak? What was it called?
How many State Historic Markers are there in Royal Oak? Name and locate three?
Who started the first public library in Royal Oak? Where is he / she buried?
Where was the site of the "Royal Oak" (tree)?
What stream / creek flowed through Royal Oak?
What was the name of the school at 13 Mile Road and Rochester Road in 1900? What is located there now?
What was the trade of the first man who established a light industry in Royal Oak?
What year did Royal Oak become a city? Who was the first mayor?
Who owned the land that Royal Oak Dondero High School stands on today?
What kinds of jobs did Jake Levy do? Can you name two?
What was the southern boundary of the Village of Royal Oak? The eastern boundary? What was the western boundary? What was the northern boundary?
Who was responsible for developing Northwood Subdivision?
Where was the first hospital in Royal Oak?
In early Michigan, what was a "public house"?
What natural disaster happened in Royal Oak in 1893?
What cemetery in Royal Oak celebrated its 175th anniversary in 2001?
What school in Royal Oak will celebrate its 75th anniversary in 2002?
How did the earliest settlers get to Royal Oak? - horse / ox cart, walk, jet plane, train, interurban / streetcar, bus, automobile, motorcycle, stagecoach, carriage,
boat, pogo stick?
Contact D. Penney for the answers - dpenney@cmb.biosci.wayne.edu
Note: These questions were given to the Northwood School Bear Scouts so they could learn about our town.
