July 22, 2011
Detroit turns 310
Dear Detroit: Happy birthday. And chin up.
July 22, 2011
Dear Detroit: Happy birthday. And chin up.
June 15, 2011
The heartbroken wolverine at the Belle Isle Zoo.
June 10, 2011
Fake eviction notices in Detroit. From 1837.
June 7, 2011
An astronomical clock built in Detroit was a marvel of the modern world.
May 27, 2011
A brief scrapbook of Detroiters, Veterans and countrymen (and women) from the Revolution to the Civil War.
May 19, 2011
A brief biography of Ebenezer Rogers, a.k.a. “Squirrel-Tooth,” a.k.a. “Old Famine,” who ate everything, leered at women and got in a lot of fights.
May 4, 2011
The cities share a lot, including the Commandant himself: Antoine Laumet de la Mothe, Sieur de Cadillac.
April 13, 2011
Five years ago today, on the first take-off-your-sweater-nice day in spring, in a college town on the stateline between Wisconsin and Illinois, I walked to a tattoo parlor, had this done, and then went out for a beer.
March 30, 2011
It’s not the likeliest place for a hallowed memorial to a decorated officer of the Revolutionary War. But here he lies, along growly old Jos. Campau, across the street from an L.A. Insurance.
March 9, 2011
On the Belle Isle Casino, where the author will be wed.
February 14, 2011
Something to think about when we think about the Robocop statue.
January 19, 2011
A tragic Victorian stage actress rises from poverty in Detroit to live in celebrity, if not artistic splendor.
January 6, 2011
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
December 30, 2010
OR: What I learned about Detroit history in 2010.
December 22, 2010
Festive Christmas traditions from early Detroit, as related by General Friend Palmer. Pony races, mince pies and all-night noise-making.
November 24, 2010
Shoot your own turkey. At the bar.