Maybury State Park
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Maybury State Park is a state park in Michigan composed of 944 acres (3.82 km²) of gently rolling terrain, open meadow, and mature forest. The park gives people in the nearby metropolitan area an opportunity to get involved in outdoor recreation activities in a state park setting.
Long before the park became a haven for picnickers, the isolated woods and farm fields held more than 40 buildings -- infirmaries, children's playgrounds in a quarantined city for thousands of Detroit's highly infectious tuberculosis patients.
Many of Maybury's paved walking trails are on former walks and roadways, although just four stone and brick doctors' residences remain, including one that serves as park headquarters.
From 1919-69, the site served as a quarantine and recovery center for people suffering from what was called "consumption." Most of the buildings were torn down before the land became Wayne County's first state park in 1975.
Wealthy retired real estate tycoon William H. Maybury spearheaded Detroit's construction of the facility so thousands of TB sufferers could be removed from the city, and where the beautiful surroundings might help nurse some back to health.
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- Maybury State Park - MIDNR
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