April 23, 2014
Happy birthday to Bela Hubbard, prominent Detroit citizen and tree-hugger
The naturalist, bird-lover, explorer, and namesake of Hubbard Farms turns 200 today.
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November 28, 2012
Drunk history: Detroit’s Delectable Past with Bill Loomis, Thurs. 11/29
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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March 12, 2012
One reason we might be called “Wolverines”
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.
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June 17, 2011
General Friend Palmer’s scrapbooks
A voice from the past corrects the historical record.
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May 13, 2011
Arent Schuyler DePeyster: Commander and poet
Oh, happy Friday. You’re going to love this guy.
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May 12, 2011
Detroit & New Orleans: Le Loup Garou
The dreaded werewolf with the fancy French name stalked innocent settlers on the Detroit frontier and down in the Louisiana colony.
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May 10, 2011
The Pontiac Tree
A stately, romantic old oak, the “monarch of the forest,” once marked the site of the Battle of Bloody Run.
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May 4, 2011
Detroit & New Orleans: Antoine Cadillac
The cities share a lot, including the Commandant himself: Antoine Laumet de la Mothe, Sieur de Cadillac.
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March 17, 2011
With our regrets
We’re on our way out of town to celebrate the wedding of two of our closest friends. That means we’ll miss this:
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January 6, 2011
Who was Silas Farmer? We found out.
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
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December 22, 2010
Christmas with General Friend Palmer
Festive Christmas traditions from early Detroit, as related by General Friend Palmer. Pony races, mince pies and all-night noise-making.
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December 2, 2010
Reading list: The Oak Openings
In 1848, James Fenimore Cooper published a book about a bee hunter, set on the Kalamazoo River during the War of 1812.
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November 29, 2010
Detroit 1701 – 1976: The commemorative bookmark
A souvenir from the ’70s in an old Detroit history book.
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November 24, 2010
A defunct Detroit Thanksgiving tradition
Shoot your own turkey. At the bar.
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June 2, 2010
And change had oft succeeded change.
A poem about tearing down abandoned houses in Detroit. Written in 1882.
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April 19, 2010
Tuesday with General Friend Palmer: The Lost Dauphin
Some Princes on a Dauphin-hunt visit Detroit in 1841, and buy some French books.
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