area developed along with the rest of the state, fifty-four square miles of the Michigan territory outside of Detroit were established as Ecorse Township. Michigan officially became a state 10 years later, but it wasn’t until 1899 that River Rouge followed suit and became officially incorporated as a village. River Rouge changed from village to city years later on April 3, 1922.Penny accomplishes this by flawlessly blending local history within her own fictional story lines.

During the seventh season, Penny discovers that her aforementioned youth elixir has been stolen. Without her frequent dosage, she quickly begins to revert back to her true age. With time as a factor, Penny realizes that she’s better off trying to recreate the potion first, as opposed to locating the culprit. Needing the blood of a vampire to complete the potion, she heads to real life Rhode Island cemetery, The Baptist Church of Exeter, to locate the remains of Mercy Brown.

Mercy Brown is prominent in New England lore as being a documented case of vampirism (in truth, most likely a victim of tuberculosis, but let’s not ruin the fun). Without the benefit of modern science,