Category Archives: Places

Brooks barges in

Posted on July 9, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Where were Bob and Kwame? The scene couldn’t have been more Detroit, more Wayne County: I’m standing on a barge docked at the mouth of the Rouge River opposite Zug Island. The huge black blast furnaces of … Continue reading →

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The governor and history — John Swainson’s house in Plymouth

Posted on May 21, 2008 by admin

Here is the speech I gave Wednesday, May 21, 2008 to Friends of the Plymouth Library: Pontiac has its Governor Moses Wisner house. Today, it’s the town’s museum. Farmington has a governor’s house, too — it’s the old Fred Warner … Continue reading →

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Rumor has it

Posted on April 24, 2008 by admin

On February 29, 2008, I spoke to about 200 people at a luncheon given by the Women’s Resource Center at Schoolcraft College in Livonia Michigan. My topic was that fading white pile on the main square of Plymouth, Mich. It’s … Continue reading →

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Joel’s water taxi 2.0

Posted on March 29, 2008 by admin

Guess I jumped the gun. I’d heard that one of the plans for the Rouge River was to have water taxis taking tourists to such destinations as the Ford Motor Co. Rouge assembly plant, Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum, … Continue reading →

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Joel’s water taxi

Posted on February 21, 2008 by admin

I’m so embarrassed. I can’t believe I did this. I should go hide somewhere. But instead, blogger that I am, I feel compelled to confess. Publicly, digitally, electronically. The deed I perpetrated cannot be undone. Here it is in a … Continue reading →

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