December 28, 2012
Meet Christian Clemens, founder of Mt. Clemens
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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October 17, 2012
The homeliest woman out west
Meet Mother Handsome.
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July 27, 2011
Novi, Michigan: What’s in a name?
Was Novi, MI really the No. 6 (get it? No.VI?) stop on the toll road?
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May 25, 2010
Perrin Cemetery: Troy
A semi-restored 19th-century family graveyard nestled between an airport and a Meijer.
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February 21, 2010
More pictures from Maybury State Park
It was warmer and sunnier at last week’s end, so we went back to Maybury for another shot at finding the History Trail (and better photographic opportunities).
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February 16, 2010
Maybury State Park/Sanitorium
We got off M-14 at Beck Road on our way home from a lunch date in Ann Arbor. My mom wanted me to pick up some cookies. I obliged.
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January 25, 2010
Lazy Monday flu-ridden round-up
Besides feeling swamped with projects, I’m terrified that I’m coming down with some kind of flu, so here are a few items to keep you busy in the event that I become bedridden or shackled to my (other, metaphorical, paid-gig) desk this week.
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January 20, 2010
WHO WAS SILAS FARMER?
UPDATE: Silas Farmer’s death certificate is in the Michigan state archives. He died suddenly on December 28, 1902, apparently of a heart attack. He was living in present-day midtown, at 52 Selden, and is buried in Elmwood Cemetery. Next stop, as my mom sassily pointed out to me on Twitter (MOMS ON TWITTER!!), is a real-life library.
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November 13, 2009
Woodward Avenue, circa 1917
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November 12, 2009
Detroit History Tour: Campus Martius and Cadillac Square
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November 6, 2009
Great Lakes Memorial at Old Mariner’s Church
Two summers ago, over watermelon mojitos, I met with Captain Rick Hake of Adventure Charter Boats, who shocked me with stories of violent storms and deadly shipwrecks in the Lakes’ waters.
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November 5, 2009
Will Detroit ever be this good again?
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October 28, 2009
New site, Bought in Detroit, catalogs things bought in Detroit
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October 26, 2009
Avedon at the DIA; Free water at Leopold’s
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October 23, 2009
Soupy Sales, Motown legend in his own right, dead at 83
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October 15, 2009
Save the Deli media whirlwind, OR: My dad is in this book
Yes, I am a vegetarian. Yes, my dad is a meat magnate.
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