Sunday, August 3, 2025

Detroit's Nineteenth-Century Moonlight Towers

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Newport, Rhode Island introduced the first gas street-lighting in America in 1803. Throughout the nineteenth-century, it was the preferre...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Antoine Cadillac--Detroit's First Godfather

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Bust of Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac An expedition financed by the French monarch--King Louis XIV--and promoted by his Minister of ...
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Thursday, July 24, 2025

Something Fishy About "The Spirit of Detroit"

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Photo courtesy of Chris Ahern Photography LLC The Spirit of Detroit statue has graced the site of the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center (or...
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Monday, July 21, 2025

Popeye and His Pals Captain Jolly and Poopdeck Paul

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"I'm Popeye the Sailor Man I'm Popeye the Sailor Man I'm strong to the "finich" 'cause I eats me spinach I...
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Saturday, July 12, 2025

Alex Karras' NFL Gambling Suspension--Part Three of Three

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Late one December night in 1963 just before closing, Johnny Butsicaris was tending bar while Alex Karras was sitting in a booth counting m...
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Thursday, July 3, 2025

Alex Karras' NFL Gambling Suspension--Part Two of Three

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Anthony Giacalone - Vito Giacalone - Odus Tincher On August 18, 1962, Detroit crime figures Tony and Vito Giacalone and a few of their frien...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2025

The Evolution of America's Patriotic Images: Yankee Doodle, Uncle Sam, Miss Columbia, and Lady Liberty

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Originally titled Yankee Doodle Dandy, The Spirit of '76 was painted in 1876 by Archibald MacNeal Willard for the centennial celebration...
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