Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Harry Bennett's Role in the Ypsilanti Torch Murders of August 11, 1931

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Torch Murderers Frank Oliver, Fred Smith, and David Blackstone protected from the lynch mob outside by Washtenaw County Police and Harry ...
Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Ypsilanti History--The Town and the Gown

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Three forward-looking American businessmen with thick billfolds bought up the French land claims along both sides of the Huron Rive...
Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Ypsilanti History--The Boom and the Bust Years

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In 1851, frontier downtown Ypsilanti burned down and was rebuilt with red common brick. By the late 1880s, many Michigan rural com...
Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Up and Down with The Three Stooges

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Known for farce and slapstick comedy, The Three Stooges began their career in 1925 as second bananas to vaudeville comedian Ted Healy. ...
Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Detroit Athletic Club Turns One Hundred

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The Detroit Athletic Club (DAC) is a private social club in the sports and entertainment district of downtown Detroit. Its doors opene...
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Wednesday, August 5, 2015

The Ypsi-Ann Trolley - Maybe What's Old Can Be Made New Again!

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While doing some research on Washtenaw County, Michigan, for my next book - The Rainy Day Murders - I came across an interesting tidbit...
Monday, July 27, 2015

The Rainy Day Murders Reincarnation

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I think about this Robert Frost poem every time I'm asked if The Rainy Day Murders will be finished soon. "The Armful" s...