Author: David D. Oliver

Publisher:

Published: 2015-08-05

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9781332325207

Excerpt from Centennial History of Alpena County, Michigan: Giving Sketch of Michigan From Its Early Settlement, Fortunes and Misfortunes of First Settlers; The Survey, Settlement and Growth of Alpena County, From 1837 to 1876 In order to show the progress and development of Alpena county, it will be necessary to go back to the earliest days of its settlement by white people, and to show the circumstances, conditions and influences by which they wtre surrounded at the time of such settlement, as these have much to do with their future prosperity and happiness, and determines in no small degree the character of their popular institutions. And hence this work would be incomplete without referring to the History of the State of Michigan - at the time and since its admission into the Sisterhood of States. An act was passed by Congress, on the 10th day of June, 1836, for the admission of Michigan as one of the States of the Union; but with the then humiliating condition, that it would relinquish its claim to the southern boundry, (which was a narrow strip or land extending from Lake Michigan to Lake Erie, and claimed by Indiana and Ohio, ) and accept instead thereof, the Upper Peninsula, which was then an unexplored region, and considered of no probable value. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.