Depot Town Rag
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...
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, ...
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...
The Invention of Color Reaches the Old Depot District
By Tom Dodd Regular Rag readers were astonished to see the upper stories of the Masonic Block in full, florid color in the February issue, but there it was: Frenchie’s Verdigris, Yellow Bird Yellow, Clover Computer Green, and...
Introducing the Depot Town Rag
Thanks to the efforts of the DTA (Depot Town Association) and creative director Thomas Dodd, we’ll now include the historic publication Depot Town Rag within the pages of iSPY. Stay tuned for some great content you’...
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