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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, 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

The closing of the Savoy, and the launch of Woodruff’s

By Mark | November 30, 2010

As most of you know by now, the Savoy – the Washington Street club managed by Andy “tight pants” Garris – has closed its doors. As I understand it, there were a number of issues, but, in the end, it was the building owner’s non-payment of electrical bills that did them in. But, downtown’s loss […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Food, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Andy Garris, Bill French, Dave Curtis, Depot Town, DIYpsi, DTE, food entrepreneurship, John Dingell, Krampus, Krampus Ball, Krampusdeep, Mittenfest, Pub 13, Sandee French, The Savoy, Woodruff's, Woodruff's Grove, Ypsi entrepreneurs, Ypsilanti bars | 41 Comments

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