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During the War of 1812, British forces captured Detroit and Elijah Brush and other militia officers were taken prisoner. [2] He was shipped to Toronto , but his brother-in-law, a British officer, procured his release, and Brush returned to Detroit in late 1813 [ 5 ] when American troops retook the city.
Lafayette Park Detroit redevelopment over Black Bottom. Historically, this geographical area was the source of the River Savoyard, which was buried as a sewer in 1827. [11] The river's flooding produced rich bottomland soils, for which early French colonial settlers named the area "Black Bottom". [7]
Augustus Woodward's plan for the city following 1805 fire. Detroit, settled in 1701, is one of the oldest cities in the Midwest. It experienced a disastrous fire in 1805 which nearly destroyed the city, leaving little present-day evidence of old Detroit save a few east-side streets named for early French settlers, their ancestors, and some pear trees which were believed to have been planted by ...
Detroit: 1992-1999: 5-11+ Serial killer convicted of killing five sex workers in Detroit: Shelly Brooks: Detroit: 2001-2006: 7–20+ Serial killer murdered at least seven women: Elias Abuelazam: Genesee County: 2010: 1-5: Israeli suspected of 18 stabbings resulting five deaths, convicted of one death: Deangelo Martin: Detroit: 2018-2019: 4
The 1970 Memorial Park riot was a civil disturbance by alienated white youths that began in Royal Oak, Michigan, on August 24, 1970, and spread to Birmingham, Michigan, both primarily white middle class suburbs of Detroit. The initial conflict resulted from the closure by police of Memorial Park in Royal Oak.
The William G. Milliken State Park and Harbor (formerly named Tri-Centennial State Park and Harbor) is a public recreation area located on the Detroit River just east of downtown Detroit, Michigan, on a portion of the city's International Riverfront. The state park's 31 acres (13 ha) include wetlands, paved trails, and a 52-slip harbor of ...
The Detroit Historic District Commission approved the continued construction of the Schaap Center for Performing Arts 6-0. Controversial arts center, dividing Detroit and Grosse Pointe Park, gets ...
Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit or Fort Detroit (1701–1796) was a French and later British fortification established in 1701 on the north side of the Detroit River by Antoine Laumet de Lamothe Cadillac. A settlement based on the fur trade, farming and missionary work slowly developed in the area.