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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