MARCH 11 ISSUE ANSWERS: The 1859 Wall Map of Macomb and St. Clair Counties hangs on the wall of the Romeo Historical Society’s research library. This map was professionally conserved through the generous funding of a Romeo family and Four County Community Foundation. It has been cleaned, stabilized and encapsulated for future research of Romeo residents. The map illustrates the streets of each city in these two counties showing the roads and important buildings. Pictured are the city maps are the various occupations of these residents. Because most folks were farmers at the time, only non-farm occupations are listed. The map also lists hotels, merchants, books and jewelry, boots and shoe factories, carriage factories, blacksmiths and farriers, cabinet and chair factories, physicians and surgeons, justices, hardware stores, surveyors clerks and two farmers. In 1859, Romeo was the lead manufacturer of the two counties. The only advantage Mount Clemens had was a multitude of government activity. When the nonfarm occupations are graphed, leaving out government and farming, Romeo towers in activity above the other towns. Now by 1875 this all changed, as other towns became competitive. Romeo was the place to be in business in 1859. Come into the archives to view the graphs produced by Heidi Wenrick. -Richard Beringer, Romeo Historical Society Archive Curator