Editing Walled Lake, Michigan (section)

==History==
The town's name is said to have been given by the first American settler, Walter Hewitt, in 1825. Upon his arrival, he noticed what appeared to be a stone wall along the western bank of a [[Walled Lake (Michigan)|nearby lake]], possibly constructed by earlier [[Potawatomi]] Indian tribes.<ref>[http://www.lorimarshick.com/WLHistory.html Walled Lake History] - ''LoriMarshick,.com'', retrieved December 14, 2007</ref>

Walled Lake was a village inhabited by [[Ojibwe|Ojibwa]] and [[Potawatomi|Potowatamie]] people until about 1830.<ref>[[Helen Hornbeck Tanner]], ed., ''Atlas of Great Lakes Indian History''. (Norman, University of Oklahoma Press, 1987) p. 135 (Map 25)</ref> It appears that these people had relocated from an earlier village in the area that is today [[Southfield, Michigan|Southfield]].

Resting spots along the [[Underground Railroad]], where [[fugitive slave|runaway slaves]] could sleep and eat, were called "[[railroad station|depot]]s". One of these was the Foster Farmhouse (built in 1833) in Walled Lake, which served as a refuge for those making their way to freedom in [[Canada]].<ref>[http://www.globalindex.com/comindex/mi/walled_l.shtml Walled Lake facts page] - ''globalindex.com'', retrieved December 14, 2007</ref> The Foster Farmhouse was located on Pontiac Trail near 15 mile road until 1997, when it was moved to Riley Park in downtown Walled Lake to avoid demolition.<ref>http://walledlakelibrary.org/local_history/foster/underground_rr.html, Oakland Press article from December 10, 2001, retrieved July 8, 2008</ref>

In the 1920s Herman chankush ordered the Walled Lake amusement park to be built. He died in 1928, but the park finally opened on memorial Day of 1929. It prospered for 39 years until competition with Edgewater Park and Boblo island led to its closure in 1968.<ref>{{cite news | title = Michigan History: Walled Lake Amusement park | newspaper =[[Michigan State University]] | url =http://michiganhistory.leadr.msu.edu/walled-lake-amusement-park/| access-date =January 15, 2021}}</ref>

In September 2022, a [[QAnon]] adherent and local resident [[Timeline of incidents involving QAnon#Walled Lake family shooting|shot multiple members of his family]] before being killed by police.<ref>{{cite news |first=David |last=Gilbert |title=QAnon Follower Killed Wife and Shot Daughter Before Cops Shot Him Dead |date=12 September 2022 |work=[[Vice News]] |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/qanon-igor-lanis-walled-lake-michigan-murder/ |access-date=12 September 2022}}</ref>