City to Honor Its War Dead on Thursday This article appeared in The Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan), 26, May 1946, highlighting Memorial Day services held in Detroit; the first peacetime Memorial Day in five years. Detroit will honor its war dead Thursday, first peacetime … Continue reading Memorial Day
A Rip Van Winkle appeared in the Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan) on 20 May 1870. I will need to do a little research to determine if the saloon-keeper was prosecuted or not. I do wonder if those young men ever consumed a large stock … Continue reading A Rip Van Winkle
A Belle Isle Romance featured in the Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan) 14 April 1895. A Belle Isle Romance. Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan), 14 April 1895, p. 17, col. 1, Newspapers (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 14 April 2020).
From The Detroit Times, June 21, 1909
SUNDAY AMUSEMENT. -- There will be the usual excursion to Belle Isle to-day, and besides the other attractions, an open air brass band concert. This is becoming quite a place of resort. On Tuesday evening a ball will be given at the same place, under … Continue reading Sunday Amusement
Explore Detroit's Crowning Jewel - Belle Isle Park, through a series of postcards, photos, and personal memorabilia by authors, Ericka Grizzard and Karen MacArthur Grizzard.
CAPSIZED. -- On Thursday afternoon, about three o'clock, a party of four gentlemen were out sailing in a yacht, near Belle Isle, when a sudden squall struck the boat, and capsized her. The accident came near resulting in the death of the yachtmen, as they … Continue reading CAPSIZED Near Belle Isle
A NARROW ESCAPE. -- Yesterday as Arthur Gore and a couple of friends were duck hunting near the foot of Belle Isle, a shot gun lying between Mr. Gore's knees accidentally exploded. Fortunately no one was injured, and the only damage done was the tearing … Continue reading A Narrow Escape
From The Detroit Free Press, 23 March 1924
Discouraged because of a quarrel with his sweetheart, Thomas Newton shot himself through the heart yesterday afternoon. He was found in a semi-conscious condition near the new canal at the upper end of Belle Isle by a park policeman about 3:30 o’clock and was taken … Continue reading Lovers Quarrel
Historic Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan 