The Detroit News has a great area of its website that focuses on local history.  The focus of one article is the now defunct Detroit News Hiking Club.  Apparently, between the 1930s and 1950s, the Detroit News encouraged local residents to go for hikes in area parks.  The first hike drew 1,600 participants.

Dozens of clubs formed.  Participants helped to plant trees in places like Waterloo Recreation Area.  And many marriages resulted.  By the early 1970s only one group remained.  The article is worth a read:

http://info.detnews.com/history/story/index.cfm?id=135&category=life

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