Episode

Tashmoo Park & The Message in a Bottle | June 30

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Michigan Minute
Published
Jun 30, 2026
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60
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Summary

On this day in 1915, Selina Pramstaller and Tillie Esper of Detroit wrote a note at Tashmoo Park, sealed it in a bottle, and cast it into the St. Clair River. Nearly a century later, in 2013, the bottle was discovered and now rests at the marina where the park once thrived.