Monthly Archives: January 2019

Wayne County: turn old Ford mills into modern hydro plants

By JOEL THURTELL Instead of selling Henry Ford’s historic former hydroelectric plants to developers, Wayne County could convert the old dams into state-of-the-art, revenue-generating hydro facilities. Wayne County citizens have recently protested the proposed sale of three former Ford-owned mills on the Middle … Continue reading

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Tarascan Surnames in Michoacán

By Joel Thurtell The first of my peer-reviewed academic journal articles about Mexico’s Tarascan society broke important news about an ethnic group that has largely been overlooked by historians. Scholars of Mexican history and anthropology were not previously aware that … Continue reading

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