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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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    Michigan Military Figures: THE ANSWERS EDITION

    by  • June 2, 2010 • Uncategorized • 0 Comments

    After days! of suspense! Here are the answers to our special Memorial Day Michigan military figures trivia game. We might do this again sometime. We might not. It was a little silly, but we had fun. #1 The one & only … General Mad Anthony Wayne. #2 Colonel Jean-Francois Hamtramck. When Mad Anthony was...

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