DOWNRIVER THINGS

Dedicated to recount and preserve the history of Downriver, Michigan, USA

January 21, 2013

Viaducts weren't ALWAYS clean and tidy

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In my opinion, this was a heart-felt letter to the editor written by News-Herald staff on June 19, 1985, addressing the then-deplorable ...
August 31, 2012

Petroleum Specialties, Inc.

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Off Telegraph Road between Van Horn and Vreeland Roads, at the point where Brownstown, Flat Rock and Woodhaven all converge, resides one of ...
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Which came first, the city or the handyman?

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Through the years, there have been many home improvement stores, large & small, general and specialty, to have dotted the Downriver land...
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August 29, 2012

Thomas J. Anderson house is up for sale

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This is the Jones farm house in Southgate, listed with a historical plaque (below), and more familiarly known as the former home of Thoma...
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August 26, 2012

There's Green Above Me, There's Green Below Me

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Many people have distinct recollections of the Derecho Storm (which I thought was a hurricane) of July 16, 1980.  An impression I am gett...
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Kevin Harrison
I have lived in the Downriver (Michigan) area for 33 of my 41 years and have always been a fan of its history: from a blue-collar area to its varied offerings of today. It is my hope that I can help recapture its past and preserve it, in written and visual form, for today and the future.
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