The Night Train

October 28, 2011

Dogs in early Detroit

In early Detroit, owning a dog cost you a 50-cent tax. Per dog. Why? Because there were so many damn dogs. Wrote Silas Farmer:

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January 12, 2011

New Year’s Resolution, 2011: Learn to dance the “Money-musk”

From General Friend Palmer’s account of lively French winter-time dance parties. Puts a little kick in your Thursday walkabout, I hope.

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July 1, 2010

The Fourth of July in Early Detroit: FIREBALLS!

Some danger to hands and some to property.

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May 17, 2010

One constant succession of amusements

Detroit Rock City, 1815.

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