Happy flag day: Here’s the history, briefly, of Detroit’s flag
by amy • June 14, 2013 • History, Holidays • 1 Comment
Designed by a Jew in 1908, it represents all manner of fate and tragedy. And it was first flown to celebrate baseball.
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Belle Isle and The Park Question: 1879-1881 (Part II)
by amy • February 15, 2013 • History • 1 Comment
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.
Read more →Belle Isle and The Park Question: 1871 – 1873 (Part I)
by amy • February 15, 2013 • General Friend Palmer, History • 1 Comment
PHOTO: Cute kids sledding in the cemetery
by amy • January 18, 2013 • Cemeteries, History • 0 Comments
Drunk History is tonight, Mon. Jan. 14: Dan Austin shares Detroit’s forgotten landmarks
by amy • January 13, 2013 • Events, History • 1 Comment
Meet Christian Clemens, founder of Mt. Clemens
by amy • December 28, 2012 • History, metro Detroit • 2 Comments
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.
Read more →2012 in review + State of the nerdy local history blog
by amy • December 26, 2012 • History, Meditations • 3 Comments
PHOTO: Adorable couple playing with a dog in Palmer Park, 1890
by amy • November 26, 2012 • History • 0 Comments
Frontier Anarchy: Pre-automotive Detroit history tour with THE DETROIT BUS COMPANY
by amy • November 20, 2012 • Events, History • 1 Comment
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.
Read more →Election day special: Lewis Cass, Also-Ran
by amy • November 6, 2012 • History, Uncategorized • 0 Comments
Celebrate with us as Stevens T. Mason turns 201
by amy • October 21, 2012 • Events, History • 1 Comment
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.
Read more →The homeliest woman out west
by amy • October 17, 2012 • History, metro Detroit • 1 Comment
Today is the bicentennial of the surrender of Detroit
by amy • August 16, 2012 • History, War of 1812 • 1 Comment
Presently a shell whizzed past him, taking with it the pipe from his mouth. He was unharmed, but was so indignant at the unceremonious treatment and the loss of his pipe that he seized his musket and ... fired at the battery of the enemy until his ammunition was exhausted.
Read more →July 24, 1701: Cadillac lands
by amy • July 24, 2012 • Hidden History of Detroit, History • 4 Comments
The story of Detroit begins on July 24, 1701, when an argumentative French fugitive shores his canoe on the banks of the strait and founds a city for the glory of King Louis XIV.
Read more →Fall in love with Corrado Parducci, Detroit’s designer extraordinaire
by amy • July 19, 2012 • Art, Culture, History • 1 Comment
Corrado Parducci designed much more than architectural ornamentation — he also painted intricate designs on the walls of his home, wove tapestries, carved wooden busts of his children, and designed hub caps and bumpers for cars. A guest post about Detroit's most prolific designer from the maker of a new documentary.
Read more →Detroit and the War of 1812
by amy • June 21, 2012 • History, War of 1812 • 0 Comments
Four reasons to celebrate Detroit's role in the War of 1812. We'll talk more at Drunk History on Thursday, 6/21.
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