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
Wow they found the James Carruthers - the last missing ship that sank in the great storm of 1913! www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
Shipwreck hunters announce big find on Lake Huron
A group of volunteer divers, historians and shipwreck hunters found the wreck of the James Carruthers on May 26. It sank during storm in 1913.
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February 19, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Wow they found the James Carruthers - the last missing ship that sank in the great storm of 1913! www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
joining the current enthusiasm for curling by reading obituaries of a bunch of old Detroit curlers. curling was HUGE here
February 13, 2026 at 12:15 AM
joining the current enthusiasm for curling by reading obituaries of a bunch of old Detroit curlers. curling was HUGE here
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🚨🚨🚨 President Trump threatens to block Gordie Howe International Bridge from opening over the Detroit River
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www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
President Trump threatens to block Gordie Howe International Bridge from opening
The Republican president issued a statement Monday about the $5.7 billion bridge project spanning the Detroit River on his Truth Social platform.
www.detroitnews.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:58 PM
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a legend. as a teenager I read her columns devotedly and they inspired and influenced me so much. RIP:
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
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Betty DeRamus, distinguished Detroit News columnist, has died at 84
DeRamus was a prize-winning columnist for both major dailies in Detroit and a book author.
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February 8, 2026 at 2:47 AM
a legend. as a teenager I read her columns devotedly and they inspired and influenced me so much. RIP:
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
Today I played a Great Chicago Fire-themed pinball game
February 8, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Today I played a Great Chicago Fire-themed pinball game
shoutout to the uss silversides
January 29, 2026 at 8:40 PM
shoutout to the uss silversides
it’s 16 degrees in downtown Ferndale and people are in line at the DQ
January 27, 2026 at 12:01 AM
it’s 16 degrees in downtown Ferndale and people are in line at the DQ
Twist!
USA TODAY Co., owner of the Detroit Free Press, will acquire The Detroit News and continue to publish it separately, it announced Monday.
The Detroit News to be acquired by USA TODAY Co., owner of Detroit Free Press
USA TODAY Co., owner of the Detroit Free Press, will acquire The Detroit News and continue to publish it separately, it announced Monday.
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January 26, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Twist!
LFG
January 25, 2026 at 3:28 AM
LFG
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Our country was founded on resistance to a tyrant.
Attorney General Pam Bondi: "Our country was founded on law enforcement"
Bondi: "It's extremely organized. The signs they have are all matching, they're well written. And look at what's happening today. How did these people go out & get gas masks? These protesters. Would you know how to walk out on the street and buy a gas mask? Think about that. We're not gonna have it"
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Our country was founded on resistance to a tyrant.
much to love and meditate on here but may especially move you if you came up in the blog-to-media-job moment of the 00s and early 10s
When the AI slop summer reading list dropped last year I knew I had to write about making book lists. Thanks to @thebaffler.com for letting me go long with bewildered nostalgia & regret on 20 years of Internet book culture & how we made the slop book list inevitable. thebaffler.com/after-the-fa...
List and Shout | Lydia Kiesling
The labor involved in making lists was as close to the opposite of a transcendent reading experience as a disillusioned culture worker could get.
thebaffler.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:38 PM
much to love and meditate on here but may especially move you if you came up in the blog-to-media-job moment of the 00s and early 10s
site of the first Bessemer steel mill in America babeee
January 22, 2026 at 3:29 PM
site of the first Bessemer steel mill in America babeee
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remarkable how much contempt this white house has for the nation’s historical and artistic treasures
VOA's headquarters, 'the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal,' faces possible destruction as part of the Trump administration's drive for "maximum value for the federal real estate footprint." wapo.st/4a5NCsq
The stunning art trove hidden in a D.C. building marked by Trump for disposal
Packed with frescoes, paintings and reliefs, the federal government’s Cohen Building has been called “the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal.” Advocates fear these works could be at risk.
wapo.st
January 22, 2026 at 3:00 PM
remarkable how much contempt this white house has for the nation’s historical and artistic treasures
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Michigan's State Historic Preservation Office received a federal grant to document Johnson's work, and plans to pursue national historic designations for some of his buildings.
State to study work of Nathan Johnson, one of Detroit's first prominent Black architects
Michigan's State Historic Preservation Office received a federal grant to document Johnson's work, and plans to pursue national historic designations for some of his buildings.
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January 1, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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looking for books about the history of marble and all I can find are books about the history of marbles
December 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
looking for books about the history of marble and all I can find are books about the history of marbles
keep getting ads for gyms with selling points such as “no complicated workouts” and “coaches that will motivate you” and never what I actually and only want in a gym which is: enough squat racks
December 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
keep getting ads for gyms with selling points such as “no complicated workouts” and “coaches that will motivate you” and never what I actually and only want in a gym which is: enough squat racks
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157 years ago today, the first Detroiter rode a bicycle. Ben Fletcher was surrounded by a crowd as he tried riding on Jefferson. The Free Press said, "in a short time velocipeding will be all the rage."
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December 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
157 years ago today, the first Detroiter rode a bicycle. Ben Fletcher was surrounded by a crowd as he tried riding on Jefferson. The Free Press said, "in a short time velocipeding will be all the rage."
detroitgreenways.org/detroits-bic...
detroitgreenways.org/detroits-bic...
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City of Detroit is seeking a sculptor for another Joe Louis statue. This one to "celebrate his life as an equestrian who worked to encourage African Americans to embrace the world of horses." Apps due Dec 30th
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December 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
City of Detroit is seeking a sculptor for another Joe Louis statue. This one to "celebrate his life as an equestrian who worked to encourage African Americans to embrace the world of horses." Apps due Dec 30th
www.wxyz.com/news/region/...
www.wxyz.com/news/region/...
I have since written 7,700 words about trash management history and I'm not done
December 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I have since written 7,700 words about trash management history and I'm not done
The 14th Amendment, the garbage, and you!
The garbage wars of old Detroit: The road to municipal ownership
It was paved with dead horses and disgusted housewives
littledetroithistoryletter.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The 14th Amendment, the garbage, and you!
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
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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