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'''Cass Corridor:'''
 
'''Cass Corridor:'''
  
[http://guides.lib.wayne.edu/content.php?pid=349407&sid=3224290 WSU oral history database] including interviews with prominent Cass Corridor figures
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[http://guides.lib.wayne.edu/content.php?pid=349407&sid=3224290 WSU oral history database] including interviews with prominent Cass Corridor figures including [http://elibrary.wayne.edu/record=b4399270 John Sinclair]
  
 
[http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Cass_Corridor Uncyclodpedia entry on the Cass Corridor], satirical encyclopedia entry that captures a certain Cass Corridor spirit
 
[http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Cass_Corridor Uncyclodpedia entry on the Cass Corridor], satirical encyclopedia entry that captures a certain Cass Corridor spirit
  
 
[http://www.corridortribe.com/index.html Tribes of the Cass Corridor], including discussion forum, news, obituaries, etc. Includes memorable [http://corridortribe.com/discus/messages/1/115.html reflections] about 655 Alexandrine, an infamous neighboring residence that was lost to fire.
 
[http://www.corridortribe.com/index.html Tribes of the Cass Corridor], including discussion forum, news, obituaries, etc. Includes memorable [http://corridortribe.com/discus/messages/1/115.html reflections] about 655 Alexandrine, an infamous neighboring residence that was lost to fire.

Revision as of 14:16, 17 December 2013

Alexandrine Sheldon Campau Willis and son, Albert Campau, on Belle Isle, 1866
Richard Storrs Willis on Belle Isle, 1866
Inselruhe, home built by Alexandrine and R S Willis on southern end of Belle Isle, built in 1864, photo dated 1891

Alexandrine Sheldon Campau Willis and her husband, Richard Storrs Willis

From Yale University School of Music, Willis the composer

Richard Storrs Willis Wikipedia article

Detroit1701.org - Information about Alexandrine Sheldon Campau Willis and the family connection to Belle Isle




Bottle of Royal Salad Dressing, Horton-Cato Manufacturer

Byron Hamlin:

Mr. Byron Hamlin lived at 719 Second Ave, the northeast corner of the El Moore property. He was the owner of the Horton-Cato Manufacturing Co, producers of table condiments.

City of Detroit, Michigan, 1701 - 1922, Biography of Byron Eugene Hamlin (with photo)




Cass Farms:

Lewis Cass, Wikipedia article]

Cass Farms, Wikipedia article

Detroit1701.org, Willis Selden Historic District

Detroit1701.org, West Canfield Historic District

Biography of General Lewis Cass, 1843, by Richard Rush

General Lewis Cass, by Lewis Cass and Cass Canfield, family biography of Lewis Cass

Great site for history of Detroit streets: Go to the section. "The Streets of Detroit". [1]




Cass Corridor:

WSU oral history database including interviews with prominent Cass Corridor figures including John Sinclair

Uncyclodpedia entry on the Cass Corridor, satirical encyclopedia entry that captures a certain Cass Corridor spirit

Tribes of the Cass Corridor, including discussion forum, news, obituaries, etc. Includes memorable reflections about 655 Alexandrine, an infamous neighboring residence that was lost to fire.