The History of Grosse Ile Islandfest- by Tammy Travis-Taylor It all began with an azalea. When Earnest Stanton, a descendent of Alexander and William Macomb, returned home from World War I in need of work to assist with his recovery, he returned to the family farm on Grosse Ile. Westcroft, the oldest farm in Michigan, maintained by the same family, was a hay farm at the time. Stanton began Continue Reading