Settlers beware

Fake eviction notices in Detroit. From 1837.

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Links for Friday, 5-20-11

A documentary about the Brewster-Douglass projects, ongoing headaches at the Jim Scott Fountain, the continued relevance of local media, kids in costumes. And kittens.

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Detroit’s most annoying lawyer

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.

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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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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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We did it!

And it was the best.

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The Spirit of Detroit

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.

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