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    Upcoming events: Nerd Nite 313 + A westward bus tour

    by amy • March 25, 2013 • Events • 0 Comments

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    Talking about Detroit's first Prohibition this Thursday, March 28, at Great Lakes Coffee. Showing you around pre-automotive Detroit on Saturday, March 30, with the Detroit Bus Company

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    Belle Isle and The Park Question: 1879-1881 (Part II)

    by amy • February 15, 2013 • History • 1 Comment

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    Part two of the Park Question, in which Detroit actually buys Belle Isle, the Mayor fights with the Council President, and nothing actually happens for almost ten years.

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    Belle Isle and The Park Question: 1871 – 1873 (Part I)

    by amy • February 15, 2013 • General Friend Palmer, History • 1 Comment

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    How, and why, Detroit spent three years arguing over the purchase of a park.

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    PHOTO: Cute kids sledding in the cemetery

    by amy • January 18, 2013 • Cemeteries, History • 0 Comments

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    Adorable! Beautiful! And a little bit morbid.

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    Drunk History is tonight, Mon. Jan. 14: Dan Austin shares Detroit’s forgotten landmarks

    by amy • January 13, 2013 • Events, History • 0 Comments

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    Meet the author of "Forgotten Landmarks of Detroit" tonight at McShane's.

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    Meet Christian Clemens, founder of Mt. Clemens

    by amy • December 28, 2012 • History, metro Detroit • 1 Comment

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    The pioneer settler of Mt. Clemens owned a distillery, was a prisoner of the British during the War of 1812, and founded a city that loved dancing.

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    2012 in review + State of the nerdy local history blog

    by amy • December 26, 2012 • History, Meditations • 3 Comments

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    Where we've been, where we're headed, and why you haven't seen as much of me this year.

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    Drunk history is tonight, Thurs. Dec. 20, at 1701 Cigar Bar

    by amy • December 19, 2012 • Events • 1 Comment

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    We're meeting up at 1701 Cigar Bar to talk about the legacy of Detroit's once-leading industry -- tobacco.

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    TONIGHT: Repeal Day is Weds., Dec. 5 at the Sugar House

    by amy • December 4, 2012 • Events, Parties • 1 Comment

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    Join us for a party at the Sugar House celebrating the repeal of Prohibition.

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    Drunk history: Detroit’s Delectable Past with Bill Loomis, Thurs. 11/29

    by amy • November 28, 2012 • Books, Events • 0 Comments

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    Bill Loomis, author of"Detroit's Delectable Past," tell us all about muskrat, milk peddler wars, taverns, drugstore whiskey, passenger pigeons, Christmas traditions, and so much more.

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    PHOTO: Adorable couple playing with a dog in Palmer Park, 1890

    by amy • November 26, 2012 • History • 0 Comments

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    Just what it sounds like.

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    Frontier Anarchy: Pre-automotive Detroit history tour with THE DETROIT BUS COMPANY

    by amy • November 20, 2012 • Events, History • 1 Comment

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    Three-hundred years of history. Dozens of places you've been meaning to visit. The story of Detroit in person, from Hog Island to Log Cabin Park, Scott's Folly to the State Fair. And we're going to the bar.

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    Election day special: Lewis Cass, Also-Ran

    by amy • November 6, 2012 • History, Uncategorized • 0 Comments

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    What happened the last time a Detroiter ran for President?

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    Celebrate with us as Stevens T. Mason turns 201

    by amy • October 21, 2012 • Events, History • 1 Comment

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    In Michigan's 175th year as a state, celebrate the life of our first, youngest, and fieriest governor: the hotspur Stevens T. Mason. We gather to toast his memory this Thursday, 10/25, in Capitol Park.

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    The homeliest woman out west

    by amy • October 17, 2012 • History, metro Detroit • 1 Comment

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    Meet Mother Handsome.

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    Palmer Park’s annual architecture tour is this Saturday, Oct. 6

    by amy • October 5, 2012 • Events • 1 Comment

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    And the log cabin will be open!

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