Скачать или смотреть “Tashmoo Park and the Steamer Tashmoo” by Arthur M. Woodford (Bicknell Lecture Series: 2012-2013)

Tashmoo Park, located 20 miles north of Detroit on Harsen's Island, opened in 1897. Owned by the White Star Line excursion boat company, the park was a pleasant two-hour ride from the city. To reach the park, visitors traveled aboard one of the White Star Line's excursion boats, the most famous of which was—without question—the steamer Tashmoo. Completed in 1900, the Tashmoo was the grandest excursion steamer of her day. The park was a 60-acre resort that included picnic grounds, a large dance pavilion, two baseball diamonds, a bicycle track, amusement rides, and at the water's edge, a bathhouse and swimming beach. For nearly 50 years, Tashmoo was Detroit's most popular park destination, and a trip aboard the Tashmoo was a highlight of the summer season. Sadly, after the steamer sank in 1936, the park went into decline and finally closed in 1951. Today, Tashmoo, the park and the steamer, are only a happy memory of a far simpler time. Join Arthur M. Woodford as he explains the history of Tashmoo Park in this discussion for the Dr. Frank Bicknell Lecture Series.

To tell this fascinating story of the park and the steamer, historian Arthur M. Woodford has selected images from a variety of sources, including libraries, museums, and archives, as well as from a number of noted private collections. His book, “Tashmoo Park and the Steamer Tashmoo,” is published by Arcadia Publishing and available for purchase here: https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/Pro....

About the Bicknell Lecture Series:
In 1987, Dr. Frank Bicknell, a long time Grosse Pointe resident and well-known Detroit Medical Center urologist, celebrated his 80th birthday. His daughter and son-in-law established the Grosse Pointe Historical Society's Bicknell Fund to mark his milestone birthday. This fund established the Dr. Frank Bicknell Lecture Series; all Bicknell Lectures are free of charge and open to everyone.