Sunday, July 26, 2026

Bob-Lo Island - Another Fondly Remembered Detroit Tradition

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Bob-Lo Island was a family amusement park fondly remembered by Detroiters of a certain age. The park was located at the mouth of the Detr...
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Monday, July 20, 2026

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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Friday, July 10, 2026

Michigan Homegrown Terrorism of the 1930s--The Black Legion

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I like to think I am well-versed in Michigan and Detroit history, but it wasn't until I recently read Tom Stanton's Terror in the...
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Sunday, June 28, 2026

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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Tuesday, June 23, 2026

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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Saturday, June 6, 2026

Dodge Brothers Stand Up To Henry Ford

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Automobile pioneers John and Horace Dodge John Francis Dodge [October 25, 1864 - January 14, 1920] and Horace Elgin Dodge [May 17, 1868 - De...
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Saturday, May 23, 2026

Detroit's Pfeiffer Brewery and Johnny Pfeiffer

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The Johnny Pfeiffer plaster-of-paris figurine depicts a Revolutionary War minuteman playing a fife. Designed by Walt Disney Studio...
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