Amy Elliott Bragg
@amyelliottbragg.bsky.social
I work at a cemetery, I write about Detroit history, I’m in it for the quips. littledetroithistoryletter.substack.com
Report: stuck boat still stuck
Several tugboats were alongside the MV Rt. Hon. Paul J. Martin on Saturday afternoon.
Plan to refloat Canadian freighter stuck in Detroit River being reviewed
Several tugboats were alongside the MV Rt. Hon. Paul J. Martin on Saturday afternoon.
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November 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Report: stuck boat still stuck
Happy stuck boat day everybody
November 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Happy stuck boat day everybody
Reposted by Amy Elliott Bragg
we need a Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald about Amelia Earhart
November 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
we need a Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald about Amelia Earhart
this is important journalism
November 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
this is important journalism
oh no
The #Detroit Catholic church, whose mural of a Black Jesus Christ gained international acclaim and violent threats, is shutting down. The fate of the building and renowned mural are unknown. www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
Detroit church with Black Jesus mural to close, though family would like to see it saved
The image of Black Christ painted in 1968 has garnered worldwide acclaim and violent threats for St. Charles Lwanga, formerly known as St. Cecilia.
www.detroitnews.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
oh no
been a few coyotes at the cemetery lately
October 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
been a few coyotes at the cemetery lately
autocorrect for no reason I can fathom just added a little accent in the phrase "press reléase" and I'm keeping it that way
September 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
autocorrect for no reason I can fathom just added a little accent in the phrase "press reléase" and I'm keeping it that way
Heckled on my bike by a seemingly pro-bike driver to get IN the bike lane, sort of felt worse than the usual anti-bike variety of driver heckling
September 29, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Heckled on my bike by a seemingly pro-bike driver to get IN the bike lane, sort of felt worse than the usual anti-bike variety of driver heckling
Getting back to trash history
September 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Getting back to trash history
me on my deathbed, on a Tuesday,
September 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
me on my deathbed, on a Tuesday,
Reposted by Amy Elliott Bragg
Reposted by Amy Elliott Bragg
Haymarket Martyrs' Monument, Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois.
September 1, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Haymarket Martyrs' Monument, Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois.
We only have another week of after-8 p.m. sunsets in Michigan, so I wrote (again) about why our sunsets are so late in the first place.
How Eastern Time was won: open.substack.com/pub/littlede...
How Eastern Time was won: open.substack.com/pub/littlede...
How Detroit got its late summer sunsets
George Renaud, the More Daylight Club, and how the fight for Eastern Time was won
open.substack.com
August 30, 2025 at 1:21 AM
We only have another week of after-8 p.m. sunsets in Michigan, so I wrote (again) about why our sunsets are so late in the first place.
How Eastern Time was won: open.substack.com/pub/littlede...
How Eastern Time was won: open.substack.com/pub/littlede...
hell yeah, can’t wait to see this for myself one day
studio gang absolutely killed it with the beloit college powerhouse oh my god
August 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
hell yeah, can’t wait to see this for myself one day
Look at my mom and dad’s beautiful ghost dog
August 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Look at my mom and dad’s beautiful ghost dog
Dad was just reminiscing about old Detroit TV shows. His favorite was TRAFFIC COURT, a show where actual cops and witnesses and a real traffic court judge (but actor defendants) re-enacted cases. There was also a similar JUVENILE COURT show. Incredible, detroitkidshow.com/traffic_cour...
Traffic Court
detroitkidshow.com
August 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Dad was just reminiscing about old Detroit TV shows. His favorite was TRAFFIC COURT, a show where actual cops and witnesses and a real traffic court judge (but actor defendants) re-enacted cases. There was also a similar JUVENILE COURT show. Incredible, detroitkidshow.com/traffic_cour...
I try not to use in-flight WiFi because there’s nothing better than reading a book on a plane but it turns out something that’s almost as good is a little Newspapers dot com joy ride
August 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I try not to use in-flight WiFi because there’s nothing better than reading a book on a plane but it turns out something that’s almost as good is a little Newspapers dot com joy ride
Reposted by Amy Elliott Bragg
Current* conditions near Sturgeon Bay, WI:
August 6, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Current* conditions near Sturgeon Bay, WI:
Rewatching “Death Becomes Her” which was a big family classic growing up. Amazing that I was not allowed to watch “My Girl” (kid dies!) but this (reanimated corpses in service of beauty standards satire!) was fine
August 2, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Rewatching “Death Becomes Her” which was a big family classic growing up. Amazing that I was not allowed to watch “My Girl” (kid dies!) but this (reanimated corpses in service of beauty standards satire!) was fine
How is this carriage still for sale
The antique carriage has been marked down to $1,200 and is now available for direct sale at msusurplusstore.com/products/antique-horse-drawn-metal-carriage or browse over 6,500 items at msusurplusstore.com/collections. The Free Area in our parking lot has also been restocked with twin XL mattresses.
July 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
How is this carriage still for sale
Hello to this just-emerged cicada
July 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Hello to this just-emerged cicada
I’ve been thinking about this carriage for weeks
Electric or horsepower? Take your pick and place your bids.
Electric: msusurplusstore.com/products/201...
Carriage: msusurplusstore.com/products/ant...
Electric: msusurplusstore.com/products/201...
Carriage: msusurplusstore.com/products/ant...
July 17, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I’ve been thinking about this carriage for weeks
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Again, the garbage ... again. littledetroithistoryletter.substack.com/p/internatio...
International garbage crime
The Garbage Problem in Detroit, Part 2: Enraged farmers, Canadian trash detective, skeletons, etc.
littledetroithistoryletter.substack.com
July 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Again, the garbage ... again. littledetroithistoryletter.substack.com/p/internatio...
Never not going to read a Colin Dickey story about a weird noise
My latest column for @atlasobscura.com is up:
I returned to the town where I went to college, in search of a mysterious noise that plagued the community in February 2016, known as “The Forest Grove Sound.”
…and I discovered something I wasn’t expecting to learn at all.
I returned to the town where I went to college, in search of a mysterious noise that plagued the community in February 2016, known as “The Forest Grove Sound.”
…and I discovered something I wasn’t expecting to learn at all.
Listening for Echoes of the Forest Grove Sound
A physics expert and audio engineer may have solved the mystery of a strange noise that rattled an Oregon town in 2016.
www.atlasobscura.com
July 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Never not going to read a Colin Dickey story about a weird noise