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History Loves Company
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The Stories We Keep • Volume 19
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From Detroit’s Arsenal to Roosevelt’s Loss — The Stories We’re Carrying This Week
Season 3 keeps widening the lens.
This week we moved from the factory floors that helped power a nation... to Pontiac’s industrial rise... to a story much closer to the heart.
On Monday’s Streets of History, we explored Detroit’s Arsenal of Democracy — the factories, workers, and wartime production that helped turn the city into one of the most important industrial engines in the world.
On Wednesday’s Pontiac Pulse, we dropped Pontiac’s Industrial Power Years — a look at the factories, plants, and working-class backbone that helped shape Pontiac into the city it became.
Friday’s Homes of Michigan episode — W.J. Moore’s Hidden Inventions Are Still Inside This Historic Home — just passed 10,000 views, and that tells me people are connecting deeply with these longer stories.
And on Sunday, we released a special episode that hit close to home: Roosevelt Elementary School Destroyed | What We Lost. Not just a building. A memory keeper. A place that shaped lives. And now, a place that exists differently than it once did.
Plus: Your comments are becoming the archive — keep the memories coming.
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This Week’s Episodes
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Factories turned into weapons of production. Workers flooded assembly lines. And Detroit became one of the most important manufacturing forces on earth.
Watch Monday’s Episode →
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Before the malls, before the empty lots, before the silence — there were plants, paychecks, rail lines, and buildings that carried Pontiac’s industrial ambition.
Watch Wednesday’s Episode →
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Now Live.
Behind every mansion is a decision.
W.J. Moore wasn’t just building a house in Caro.
He was building permanence.
Scale. Craftsmanship. Long-term thinking.
We explored the man behind the structure — and what his story tells us about ambition in Michigan’s early growth era.
Some homes survive by accident.
Others survive because they were built to.
Go to Homes of Michigan →
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The Stories We Keep Podcast
Some losses hit harder than others. Roosevelt wasn’t just an old school building — it was part of people’s childhoods, routines, neighborhoods, and identity. This episode is about memory, demolition, and what it means when a place that shaped generations disappears.
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Market Moments
Historic spaces available
History doesn't only live in the videos - sometimes you can work or live inside it.
We currently have residential loft leases available at the historic buildings at
30 and 35 North Saginaw Street in downtown Pontiac. We also have several commercial office spaces available inside the historic
Riker Building — the future home of History Loves Company HQ. If you’ve ever wanted to work inside a historic building downtown, this might be the moment.
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HLC Apparel
Wear the mission
If these stories mean something to you, the simplest way to support the work is to wear it.
The Foundation Collection is made for people who believe preservation matters.
Shop this crewneck →
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Reply Prompt
Where are you reading from?
Hit reply and tell me your city —
and one building/place you’ve got real memories tied to that deserves an episode.
Format it like this: “PLACE + CITY + why it matters.”
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