SEPT. 4 ISSUE ANSWERS: This new series is called “There and Here.” In the weeks to come the stories of how Romeo folks got from There to Here will be discussed. Transportation has always been important to us. How do we find food and shelter or maybe occupation or entertainment? Since people migrated to the Romeo area over the years, decades or centuries we will say “There” first to get “Here.” The first Michigan residents were the Paleo-Indians who traveled through Michigan 11,000 years ago. They even stopped long enough in Sterling Heights at the corner of Dodge Park and 16 Mile roads. These Paleo-Indians set up camp along the shore of Lake St. Clair at that time and made or lost flint arrow heads. Archeologists have collected many stone tools at this location. These Paleo-Indians might have been hunting large game such as the mastodon which were foraging plants throughout Michigan at the time. The Romeo Historical Society Archives displays one of these tools. On July 7, 2006 the Oakland Road Commission discovered the remains of one such mastodon. The Adams Road Mastodon was