Blind Bid Sale – Tamarack Room Furniture

We’re taking blind bids on the old tables, chairs, and carts from the Tamarack Room! Available items: 4 tables, 1 table cart, 55 chairs, 4 chair carts.

Stop by the Tamarack District Library front desk to fill out your blind bid form. Indicate the item(s) you want, how many, and your price per item. The highest bid for each item will receive the quantity they requested, and remaining items will be awarded to the next highest bids until everything is sold. Bids accepted until December 12, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. In-person bids only at Tamarack District Library ~all items are as is.

The Clink - Inside Michigan's Historic Jails

Program Type:

Authors & Books, History, Presentation

Age Group:

Adults
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Program Description

Event Details

From the front, these buildings resembled fashionable estates with ornate facades and turrets. But looks can be deceiving. Behind the facades, these ornate, stately homes contained cells blocks that housed county prisoners. The occupants of these county jails ranged from chicken thieves to serial killers to the colorful cast of sheriff’s deputies tasked with watching over them. Using archival photographs and diagrams, author Tobin T. Buhk leads a guided tour of these mysterious, forbidden places and introduces the characters who did time there. Learn about the first female sheriffs in Michigan history; the Capone trigger-man who terrified his captors; the cook who refuses to leave her kitchen and on occasion makes her ghostly presence seen and felt; an inventive sheriff who turned road-kill into cuisine; the pair of chicken thieves who escaped from Kent County’s inescapable jail; and others. NOTE: this presentation is based upon the author’s forthcoming book.

This will be a 90 minute program with time for questions and answers at the end.  

Disclaimer(s)

This program is generously sponsored by the Friends of the Tamarack District Library.