Only one wall of the famed Daisy Manufacturing Company’s Plymouth factory stands. In truth, it is merely a facade of one wall of what used to be a manufacturing facility that cranked out millions of “air rifles” aka BB guns from the early to mid 20th century. I’m linking some articles here (one written by [...]
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The fate of the Daisy wall?
Posted in Daisy Air Rifle, downtown Plymouth, Plymouth history, tagged Daisy Manufacturing, Daisy Rifle, Daisy wall, Plymouth history, Plymouth MI, Plymouth Patch on October 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Detroit’s Drink”
Posted in Plymouth history, tagged Detroit history, Detroit Michigan, Vernor's, Vernor's Ginger Ale on March 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I normally do not write about events outside of the Plymouth community but I simply couldn’t resist sharing this. I happened upon this site purely by accident while — and I’m not kidding — sipping a Diet Vernors. If you like Vernors or just Detroit-area history, you’ll enjoy this site. http://www.wowway.com/~vernors/history.htm
The Plymouth Post Office branch to be put on mothballs?
Posted in downtown Plymouth, Plymouth history, tagged City of Plymouth MI, City of Plymouth Michigan, downtown Plymouth, historic buildings, landmark, Plymouth Post Office, Postal Service on March 7, 2010 | 6 Comments »
It appears that the U. S. Postal Service intends to sell the landmark downtown post office. The hope is that the building will still be used as a post office but there’s no guarantee of that. Here’s the article from the Plymouth Observer The U.S. Postal Service, which has been working to cut costs nationwide [...]
Wilcox Winter Gathering
Posted in Christmas, downtown Plymouth, events, Plymouth history, tagged Christmas Trees, downtown Plymouth, Facebook, Facebook groups, Plymouth MI, Plymouth Michigan, Santa, The Gathering at the Wilcox, Wilcox House, Wilcox House tour on December 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There has been lots of life at Wilcox House the last several months. Right now the “Wilcox Winter Gathering” is underway. Most interesting to me is that the home itself is now open to the public: The Wilcox House opens to the public for the first time in its 100 year history on Dec. 6th [...]
Plymouth Historical Museum’s new exhibit, “A Red Ryder Christmas Story” opens Nov. 18
Posted in Daisy Air Rifle, downtown Plymouth, film, Plymouth Historical Museum, Plymouth history, tagged A Christmas Story, air rifle, b-b gun, Christmas, Daisy Air Rifle, downtown Plymouth, events, film, history, holidays, movie, Plymouth Historical Museum, Plymouth MI, Plymouth Michigan, Red Ryder gun on November 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Anyone familiar with Plymouth history probably knows that our town is known for b-b gun manufacturing. The Red Ryder gun of A Christmas Story (maybe the best Christmas comedy ever) fame was made here in Plymouth. The Plymouth Historical Museum will be honoring that history, tying it into other themes from the movie, in an [...]
Rock me Amadeus
Posted in Plymouth history, tagged Academy Awards, acting, actor, Amadeus, Animal House, art, Best Actor, Best Picture, Joanne Winkelman Hulce Center for the Arts, movies, Oscar, Parenthood, Plymouth MI, Plymouth Michigan, Sheldon Road, Tom Hulce on May 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Last night my wife, daughter and I watched Amadeus. It was the 3rd time my wife and I saw this brilliant film; my daughter’s first. Toward the end of the movie it came rushing back to me that the movie’s star, Tom Hulce, grew up right here in Plymouth. The Joanne Winkelman Hulce Center for [...]
Kindle not a fire that you cannot extinguish – Proverb
Posted in downtown Plymouth, Plymouth history, Uncategorized, tagged destroyed, downtown Plymouth, fire, historic buildings, homes, Penniman-Allen Theater, Plymouth history, theaters on April 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I checked three excellent books on Plymouth history from the library (more about the books later.) In just thumbing through them I was surprised at how many historical buildings in Plymouth have burned to the ground over the years. We all know that homes and buildings in the past weren’t built or maintained with [...]
The Bonafide Garage
Posted in Old Village, Plymouth history, tagged Bonafide Garage, downtown Plymouth, Markham Building, Plymouth Furniture Refinishing, Plymouth history on April 21, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I’m no historian but I was recently asked to identify the location of a business that was once known as the Bonafide Garage, which was at one point (early 1900s) owned by a W. J. Beyer. (The question was raised in the “About” section of my blog, if you wish to look.) Here is a [...]
Fundraiser to save the historic Veterans Memorial Park Wall — “Tea and Scones to Save the Stones”
Posted in downtown Plymouth, fundraising, Plymouth District Library, Plymouth history, Uncategorized, tagged fundraiser, history, park wall, Plymouth Community Veteran's Memorial Park, Plymouth District Library, Plymouth history, stone wall, veterans, Veterans Park Wall, World War I on April 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve written about this issue several times in the past, so no need to rehash the background. By way of update, I received an email today regarding a fundraiser to save the Veterans Memorial Park wall, the original stone and mortar wall erected shortly after World War I. If you are interested in this issue, [...]
Fun with youtube: a short tour of Old Village
Posted in downtown Plymouth, Plymouth history, trains, tagged cigars, Daisy Air Rifles, Old Village, Plymouth history, Plymouth MI on March 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Youtube has a little bit of everything. Everything! Knowing that, I figured I would go there and search “plymouth mi” just to see what might pop up. The first search result was a little “tour” (stretch to call it that) of Old Village by a local realtor, Russ Ravary. He tell some very interesting historical [...]
