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The Untold History of Ypsilanti: Our Native American Past

By Mark | April 21, 2014

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, archeology, 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, 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

From the erection of the Bronze Fonzie to the closing of the Pabst plant…. Your virtual tour of old Milwaukee

By Mark | August 5, 2013

The family and I spent this past weekend in Milwaukee with my old high school friend Dan, his wife Jen, and their two daughters. Here’s some of what I learned. The history of Milwaukee started when the white people showed up… OK, maybe that’s unfair. Maybe there are places around town where would could hear […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 30 Americans, Adam-12, Alexis Laframboise, August Krug, Bacon, bacon pills, bar reviews, Beautiful Losers, beer, Blatz, bricks, bronze Fonz, bronze Fonzie, Byron Kilbourn, Chicago, Chicago fire, cream brick, Dan Richardson, ducks, fish fry, FOX, Garry Marshall, George H. Walker, Gertie the Duck, green brick, Happy Days, Henry Winkler, Henry Winlker, Ho-Chunk, Hosed on Brady Street, Iggy Pop statue, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jen Larson, Kehinde Wiley, Kilbourntown, Lake Michigan, Lakefront Brewing, Laverne and Shirley, leather jacket, leather jackets, Linette Lao, mallard, Mascouten, Menominee, Michilimackinac, Micky Dolenz, Miller, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Bridge War, Milwaukee River, Monica's on Astor, native american, Nick Cave, Nomad, Nomad World Pub, old bricks, Pabst, Potawatomi, prix fixe, Rodney McMillian, Sauk, Schlitz, sitcom stars, sitcoms, Solomon Juneau, travel, travel tips, Walker's Point, wheat, Wisconsin | 14 Comments

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