• Posts Tagged ‘hamtramck’

    Jean-Francois Hamtramck

    by  • March 30, 2011 • Best of THE NIGHT TRAIN, Cemeteries, History • 1 Comment

    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. There’s a certain satisfaction to swinging open one of the iron gates that picket the tomb of Colonel Jean-Francois Hamtramck. You...

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    Lost and found: Hamtramck family photos

    by  • December 7, 2009 • Culture, History, Local Color • 1 Comment

    Well, well. If it isn’t the internet, up to its old tricks! During my usual late-night internet scrounging — browsing lazily for Detroit Christmas artifacts — I found an incredible Flickr haul of old photos, which had themselves been found somewhere between Detroit and Hamtramck. Besides a lot of great mugging in front of...

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