"Some of the blamed things have grown until they are as long as your arm, and they wallow about on the bottom like a lot of hogs until the water is ruined in appearance."
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Posts Tagged ‘thomas w. palmer’
Fish week*: Palmer’s carp
by amy • June 11, 2012 • Fish week, History • 0 Comments
The Old Log Cabin
by amy • September 16, 2011 • Best of THE NIGHT TRAIN, General Friend Palmer, History • 4 Comments
The old Log Cabin at Palmer Park. Why a log cabin? What did it look like inside? Did people really live in it?
Read more →Making do
by amy • June 16, 2010 • Meditations • 2 Comments
Fort Wayne could be closing. I'm trying to harden my heart. Starting with bike rides.
Read more →On writing, about history and otherwise
by amy • May 23, 2010 • History, Meditations • 5 Comments
Unequaled Detroit historian Silas Farmer has some advice for you.
Read more →Practically Blameless: James Scott and his Memorial Fountain
by amy • April 13, 2010 • Best of THE NIGHT TRAIN, History • 2 Comments
Was this "vindictive, scurrilous misanthrope" really so bad? The New York Times didn't think so.
Read more →Thomas W. Palmer, and his Park
by amy • March 10, 2010 • Best of THE NIGHT TRAIN, History • 6 Comments
A rustic log cabin, a massive Italianate marble fountain and an 18th-century bell from Spain at Senator Thomas W. Palmer's park.
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