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2011 Crossroads Summer Festival

In Downtown Ypsilanti N. Washington between Michigan and Pearl Sponsored by DAY: Downtown Association of Ypsilanti With support from Ypsilanti Convention and Visitor’s Bureau July 8, 6-10 p.m. HOMETOWN PARTY Martindales, Shel...

by Tim Adkins

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Elvis Lives in Ypsi

Tribute Artists return for Ypsi’s ElvisFest By Tom Dodd Thirty-three years after his death, reports of Elvis-sightings continue across the country, but it still seems the best place to spot The King is on the streets of Ypsi�...

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Prohibition ends . . . again! by Tom Dodd When the district’s 1870s Oliver House railroad saloon saw the coming of the 18th Amendment (known informally as the Volstead Act) initiating the country’s prohibition of alcohol in...

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Blue Oval “Ford” Sign Among our Local Landmarks

by Tom Dodd When Henry Ford built the Ypsilanti Ford factory shortly after World War Two, a Ford script sign adorned Building #1 casting its glow over I-94 toward the shores of Ford Lake. With the plant’s demolition in 2010, ...

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Auto-etymology: The Station Wagon

Wagons stop at this station more often than trains lately by Tom Dodd There are not any “No U Turn” signs on East Cross Street by the railroad tracks. That’s because, when the street was originally laid out, it was made w...

by Amanda Slater

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