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    June 11, 1805: The fire

    by  • June 11, 2010 • Best of THE NIGHT TRAIN, Uncategorized • 3 Comments

    It’s the anniversary of Detroit’s Great Fire of 1805 — early Detroit’s defining moment. The fire destroyed the city nearly completely. After the city burned down, Father Richard (whose church, Ste. Anne’s, had just burned down for the second time in its amazing history) coined Detroit’s notorious motto: speramus meliora; resurget cineribus. We hope...

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    Detroit History Tour, Part II: Grand Circus Park

    by  • December 17, 2009 • History • 7 Comments

    On our last Detroit history tour — following an itinerary from the 1933 schoolbook History of Detroit for Young People — your heroes visited Campus Martius Park, Cadillac Square and points west of Woodward that we just sort of aimlessly happened upon. Yesterday, aimlessly driving up and down Woodward looking for something to do...

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