As I explained in an earlier post, I’m in the process of making my way through the house and separating the wheat from the chaff, determining which items will remain in our family archive, and which will be jettisoned into the ever-churning gyre of garbage that surrounds us. What follows is my justification for keeping […]
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Maynard-Lao Archive: Item 0002 [Historic Ann Arbor Farmhouse Brass Doorknob]
Posted in Education, History, Mark's Life, Uncategorized Also tagged 1995, American Studies, Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum, arson, creative writing, Ed Rutsch, EMU, farmhouse, hands-on education, Hands-On History, Henry Ford Museum, historic archeology, historic artifacts, Linette Lao, Mark's chances to change history, Mark's jobs, Sears catalog, Seva, Smithsonian Institution, Society for Industrial Archeology, summer camp, teaching, The Brown Jug, University of Michigan, work-study, Ypsilanti State Mental Hospital 9 Comments
The Untold History of Ypsilanti: Our Native American Past
As I mentioned a few days ago, two articles were recently brought to my attention (one from 1901, and the other from 1914) about the discovery of what appeared to be Native American remains on the property in downtown Ypsilanti we today call Water Street. Well, I followed up with the fellow who sent these […]
Posted in History, Michigan, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged 1600s, 1680, 1700s, 1800s, 1823, Abram B. Burnett, agricultural communities, Algonquian, Athens, beaver, Beaver Wars, Blue Jacket, burial grounds, burial mounds, burial tumuli, cemeteries, Chippewa, Concordia College, de La Salle, Delaware, dislocation, Edward King, epidemics, farming, forced removal, Ford Lake, Fort Recovery, French and Indian War, frontier, fur trading, Gabriel Godfroy, Georgian Bay, Gilbert Residence, Giwitatigweiasibi, glaciers, Hinsdale Atlas of Michigan Archaeology, Historic Preservation Act of 1966, Ho-Chunk, Hopewell Mound, human history, hunter gatherer, Huron River, Huron River Watershed Council, ice age, Indian, Iroquois, Joslin, King’s Flats, Lake Erie, Late Woodland period, Little Turtle, looting, Matthew Siegfried, Miami, Michigan Avenue, Michigan Pioneer Collection, middens, Nandewine Sippy, native american artifacts, Native Americans, nomadic, Northwest Indian War, Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi, Odawa, Ohio River Valley, Ojibwe, oral history, Ottawa, Pontiac’s War, Potawatomi, reservations, Revolutionary War, Romaine La Chambre, Sauk, Sauk Trail, Serpent Mound, Shawnee, smallpox, South Huron, springs, Tecumseh, the British, the French, the history of white people, Three Fires, trading post, Treaty of Greenville, untold history, War of 1812, Washtenaw County, Water Street, westward expansion, Wilbert B. Hinsdale, Winnebago, Woodruff's Grove, Worden House, Wyandots, Ypsi history 47 Comments
How is that I’ve never heard about Native American remains having been found on Water Street?
The following clipping was just sent to me by a fellow named Matt Siegfried. According to him, it’s from a local paper printed June 11, 1914. The area indicated in the article, he says, is somewhere near the back of the property we new refer to as Water Street. One wonders if the photos referenced […]
Posted in History, Ypsilanti Also tagged Bert Vealey, crosses, cultural impact study, Eastern Michigan University, Fall River Lumber Company, Frank Fletcher, historic archeology, James Garer, Jan Williams, Lewis Green, Mark Jefferson, Michigan State Normal School, native american artifacts, Native Americans, Oscar Lawrence, Verne Vealey, Water Street, Water Street Commons, Westfield Lumber Company, Ypsilanti Historical Museum 25 Comments