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Lost Lansing: Is treasure still buried in the West Side Neighborhood?

Lost Lansing: Is treasure still buried in the West Side Neighborhood?

By David Votta on December 26, 2011

Criminal ran a counterfeiting ring out of a shanty in the Bogus Swamp where they may have buried their treasure

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Lost Lansing: Blurring Lansing’s Red Line

Lost Lansing: Blurring Lansing’s Red Line

By David Votta on October 10, 2011

The history of this shameful practice of discriminatory lending practices in Lansing.

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Lost Lansing: Mansion once housed world’s largest array of Michigan animals

Lost Lansing: Mansion once housed world’s largest array of Michigan animals

By David Votta on December 5, 2010

Lansing Mayor Charles J. Davis kept a menagerie of Michigan flora and fauna in his private zoo

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Lost Lansing: Thanksgiving a Century Before

Lost Lansing: Thanksgiving a Century Before

By David Votta on November 24, 2010

An early version of black Friday, but amid fears of smallpox.

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Lost Lansing: The year that Tillie the black bear and an alligator escaped from Waverly Park

Lost Lansing: The year that Tillie the black bear and an alligator escaped from Waverly Park

By David Votta on May 20, 2010

Introducing our new Lost Lansing series by David Votta of the Capital Area District Library on historical gems from Lansing’s past.

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