Category Archives: Adventures on the Rouge

More wrecks rise from the Rouge

Posted on June 14, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell I swatted mosquitoes as I watched a man steer a big, yellow machine through a dense, humid woods that leads to the Rouge River near Six Mile and Telegraph in Detroit. It was early the morning of … Continue reading →

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Cradle to grave — Birth and death of cars on Rouge River

Posted on May 8, 2008 by admin

There was a time in the 20th century when Henry Ford’s Rouge car factory literally started at one end from scratch with iron ore, limestone and coke and at the other end rolled out finished automobiles. Sort of a nativity … Continue reading →

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Joel’s water taxi 2.0

Posted on March 29, 2008 by admin

Guess I jumped the gun. I’d heard that one of the plans for the Rouge River was to have water taxis taking tourists to such destinations as the Ford Motor Co. Rouge assembly plant, Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum, … Continue reading →

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Joel’s water taxi

Posted on February 21, 2008 by admin

I’m so embarrassed. I can’t believe I did this. I should go hide somewhere. But instead, blogger that I am, I feel compelled to confess. Publicly, digitally, electronically. The deed I perpetrated cannot be undone. Here it is in a … Continue reading →

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