Kathy Covert Warnes grew up in Ecorse along the Ecorse and Detroit Rivers. She strives to record the varied history of her hometown before it disappears into community mergers and historical amnesia. Much of Ecorse's history can only be found in the archives of the now-defunct Ecorse Advertiser, in scattered manuscripts, and in the memories of older citizens. John Duguay and Morris "Sandy" Blakeman were two Ecorse photographers who accumulated a photographic record of Ecorse from the 1950s through the 1970s. Many of their photographs are featured in Images of America: Ecorse.