Tag Archives: Adventures on the Rouge

Cover’s here: UP THE ROUGE!

Posted on August 21, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Here it is! Wayne State University Press has sent us images of the cover they’ve designed for the book I co-authored with Patricia Beck about our June 2005 canoe trip up the Rouge River through Metro Detroit. … Continue reading →

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Trash is trash if junk’s in the Rouge

Posted on August 19, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Knowing of my interest in the Rouge River, my friend John W. Smith told me about what he thought might be the remains of a 19th century mill lying in the Rouge not far from his home … Continue reading →

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Blame it on the geese!

Posted on August 11, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Don’t you hate it when politicians blame their wives for things they should take responsibility for? Once I had to listen to a certain bigwig Wayne County politician telling me he didn’t dare accept President Bill Clinton’s … Continue reading →

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Sagging pants bumps UP THE ROUGE!

Posted on July 28, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Leonard Slatkin got squeezed, but we got bumped. WDET-FM 101.9 found time for the new Detroit Symphony Orchestra director before the station’s 10-12 a.m. “Detroit Today” program ended at noon Monday. Porbably made a difference that we … Continue reading →

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UP THE ROUGE! on WDET-FM 101.9

Posted on July 28, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell I’m told that WDET-FM at 101.9 megahertz will feature the book co-authored by me and Patricia Beck sometime between 10-12 a.m. today, Monday, July 28, 2008. The feature was created by Chris Mccarus, producer of Michigan Now … Continue reading →

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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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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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