The memorial sign in the shopping center notes the Packard family
that built the earliest airfield in Michigan,
but that is not the entire story.
The airfield was later known as Hartung Airport
before Eastgate was built in the mid 1950's.
Photos from Rosie & Wally's copy of the 1989 edition of Looking Back at Roseville
published by the Roseville MI Public Library History Committee in 1986
in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Roseville Public Library
The memorial sign in the shopping center notes the Packard family
that built the earliest airfield in Michigan,
but that is not the entire story.
The airfield was later known as Hartung Airport
before Eastgate was built in the mid 1950's.
