October 15, 2010
Happy Birthday, Gabriel Richard
“It was said that Father Richard was so studious and patient in his search after knowledge that he actually counted the eggs in a whitefish. How many millions, history fails to tell.”
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June 22, 2010
Biking Detroit: A brief history
Gay parties on Detroit, bad-ass 1890s cycling clubs, paved roads, and how the bike made the car a reality.
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January 14, 2010
Historic Elmwood Cemetery & Environs
Yet another tip off from History of Detroit for Young People, which included a stop in their self-guided tours at Mt. Elliott Cemetery to visit with the venerable Colonel Jean Francois Hamtramck. Colonel Hamtramck, who served as Lieutenant Colonel under Mad Anthony Wayne in the fight for the Northwest Territory, established and became the first commandant of Fort Wayne Detroit and officially settled the city of Detroit for America at Fort Lernoult on July 11, 1796 (instead of Mad Anthony, who was struck, fatally, with gout).
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December 17, 2009
Detroit History Tour, Part II: Grand Circus Park
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.
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November 23, 2009
Detroit history, lost and found: Oliver Hazard Perry, Chevalier de Cadillac and City Hall relics
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November 12, 2009
Detroit History Tour: Campus Martius and Cadillac Square
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November 9, 2009
Changes afoot
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November 5, 2009
Will Detroit ever be this good again?
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