Please Ignore This Giant Bronze Statue (and other stories from Detroit’s Belle Isle)

"Please take this money to build a beautiful public landmark. And also a giant statue. Of me," said the local Detroit nuisance. The stories behind two of Belle Isle's most notable landmarks: a marble fountain funded by a scoundrel, and a marble lighthouse built in honor of a Great Lakes shipping pioneer. ✨ Want to support my work? Well, hey, thank you so much. You can learn more about how to keep this thing going at   / alexisdahl  . ☕ Find this series valuable, but Patreon isn't for you? You can also help keep this thing going at http://www.buymeacoffee.com/alexisdahl. Find Me Elsewhere: • Find stickers, hats, and other merchandise related to these videos: http://www.alexisdahl.com/store • Want to get semi-monthly e-mails about my latest videos and other happenings? You can sign up here: http://www.alexisdahl.com/newsletter • Want to work together or learn more about my work? Contact me at http://www.alexisdahl.com/ • On Instagram, I upload nature photos, plus odds and ends:   / alexis.writes   Key sources on Belle Isle, James Scott, William Livingstone, the memorial lighthouse, marble and limestone geology, and other topics from this video:https://www.michigan.org/property/bel... https://www.jhsmichigan.org/gallery/2... https://theclio.com/entry/122804 https://historicdetroit.org/buildings... https://www.michigan.org/property/wil... https://historicdetroit.org/buildings... https://www.lighthousefriends.com/lig... https://detroithistorical.org/learn/e... https://champlainvalleynhp.org/wp-con... Image Credits: Most historical images came from the Library of Congress. Otherwise... All beautiful paleoart by N. Tamura: spinops.blogspot.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:JS... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:JS... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:JS... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://digitalcollections.detroitpub... https://digitalcollections.detroitpub... https://digitalcollections.detroitpub...