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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Why are we called "Wolverines"? You've heard the stories about the Toledo War and greedy land-grabbing settlers. Here's one more idea, from an old tavern in Dearborn.
Read more →A voice from the past corrects the historical record.
Read more →Oh, happy Friday. You’re going to love this guy. Major Arent Schuyler DePeyster, a British officer from New York, became Commander of Fort Michilimackinac in 1774. His legacy there includes this famous silver bowl and a 10-foot tall carving in his image. In 1779, he...
Read more →The dreaded werewolf with the fancy French name stalked innocent settlers on the Detroit frontier and down in the Louisiana colony.
Read more →A stately, romantic old oak, the "monarch of the forest," once marked the site of the Battle of Bloody Run.
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The cities share a lot, including the Commandant himself: Antoine Laumet de la Mothe, Sieur de Cadillac.
Read more →We’re on our way out of town to celebrate the wedding of two of our closest friends. That means we’ll miss this: And this, for those of you of a more relativist perspective on the bogeyman. But you! You. Should definitely go. You can learn more about the Nain Rouge in Legends of Le...
Read more →Silas Farmer: upright Christian citizen, co-founder of Detroit's YMCA, author of "History of Detroit and Michigan" and "The Drinker's Dictionary." All in our very first podcast
Read more →Festive Christmas traditions from early Detroit, as related by General Friend Palmer. Pony races, mince pies and all-night noise-making.
Read more →In 1848, James Fenimore Cooper published a book about a bee hunter, set on the Kalamazoo River during the War of 1812.
Read more →A souvenir from the '70s in an old Detroit history book.
Read more →Shoot your own turkey. At the bar.
Read more →A poem about tearing down abandoned houses in Detroit. Written in 1882.
Read more →Some Princes on a Dauphin-hunt visit Detroit in 1841, and buy some French books.
Read more →The remarkable story of a French immigrant, swindled into coming to America, finding himself in Detroit, starting a general store, and selling some legendary goose yokes. Also marbles.
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