A few months ago I was intrigued to find a headstone in Farmington's Quaker Cemetery for Oliver Perry Hazard, March 17, 1836 — September 16, 1923.
Read more →The mister and I took a field trip to Ann Arbor last Sunday, desperate to get out of the apartment and into the world after three and a half long days of family visits, plans with out-of-town friends and eating/drinking too much. Our destination: the beautifully renovated University of Michigan Museum of Art. We...
Read more →Our Detroit history tour earlier this month left us with some unanswered questions about the fate of several artifacts from old City Hall, which was razed in 1961. We found some! Including a few we weren’t looking for. Let’s check in, shall we? I. THE CAMPUS MARTIUS a. Find cannon from Perry’s...
Read more →This weekend — with its unbelievable 60 degree weather, a healthy serving of historical adventuring and a rollicking season finale of Mad Men — was one of the best ever. The Hounds Below got down with their howly selves at the Majestic Cafe, we took in a month’s worth of accumulated recyclables, we witnessed...
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