This was the location known as the Albright Farm in the early decades of the twentieth century. It was situated on both the south and north side of South Custer Road (M-50) and the house probably stood in the now vacant area on the north side of the road shown above. To the back of the lot is Dixon Road just before it curves to join with South Custer. Behind it is the River Raisin.

According to the 1901 plat map shown below, this 76 acre property was being purchased by William Carl and Mary (Rambow) Heiden. They lived on the Albright Farm from 1899 to 1909 and their second through sixth children, Carl (1900), Leo (1902), Lester (1905), Hilda (1906) and Mildred (1908) were born here before the family moved to 8861 Dixon Road in 1909. Their first child, Edna (1898) (right) was born while they lived at their previous home at the nearby Eby Farm.

In 1952, in honor of their 55th wedding anniversary, D.N. Roberts, known as The County Visitor, interviewed Wm Carl and Mary for an article which appeared in the Monroe Evening News. The following paragraph appeared in that article and it helped us find the four places they lived as a married couple starting after their marriage in 1897 and lasting until Wm Carl's death in 1967.
 

"Mr and Mrs. Heiden rented a farm just east of their present home on the same road. The farm is known now as the Albert Adler farm. [8420 Dixon Road]. Here they farmed for one year, then moved to a farm John Eby now owns on South Custer Rd. [6130 South Custer] They bought the place next to it, where August Albright now lives [6003 South Custer], and when they sold that farm, they bought and moved to their present location [8861 Dixon Rd], where they have lived for the last 43 years."

The river was named "Riviere aux Raisin" by the French-Canadian people that first settled in Monroe County. They called it the River Raisin because of the wild grapes growing along its banks. This led to the naming of Raisinville Township and the community of Grape. Also many of the farms along the river are long and narrow so that each farm has access to the banks of the river in the French tradition.