Friday, June 19, 2020

The Mackinac Bridge--Michigan's Most Valuable Asset

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If people needed to cross the four mile Straits of Mackinac between Michigan's Lower and Upper Peninsulas before 1957, they went e...
Sunday, April 12, 2020

2020 Alex Karras Film Fest

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Although on the face of it, an Alex Karras film festival seems ludricrous, Alex Karras had a good career as a character actor and televis...
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Friday, April 10, 2020

The Detroit Area Salt Mine

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Bulk salt waiting to be loaded for shipment Twelve hundred feet below the surface of the state of Michigan lies the largest salt depo...
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Wednesday, March 18, 2020

"Why I Decided to Self-Publish"

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On March 17th, 2020, I participated in a webcast on Authors Helping Authors discussing the topic "Why I Decided to Self-Publish Ra...
Sunday, March 8, 2020

Detroit Baby Boomer Kids Show Hosts

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Poopdeck Paul, Milky the Clown, Captain Jolly, Jingles, Johnny Ginger, and Bozo the Clown. Late in 1950, Twin Pines Dairy wanted to s...
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Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Lunch With Soupy Sales in Detroit

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Soupy Sales was born Milton Supman on January 8, 1926, in Franklinton, North Carolina. His father Irving Supman immigrated to America...
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Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Allen Park's Uniroyal Giant Tire--Fifty-Nine Years Old--Heralds Entrance into The Motor City

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The original U.S. Royal Tire exhibit was a Ferris wheel attraction at the New York World's Fair of 1964/1965, held in Flushing ...
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