Michigan's White Pine Era, 1840-1900
Author: Rolland Harper Maybee
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Published: 1960
Total Pages: 74
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Author: Rolland Harper Maybee
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Published: 1960
Total Pages: 74
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Rolland H. Maybee
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Published: 1976
Total Pages: 55
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Agnes Mathilda Larson
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Published: 1972
Total Pages: 456
ISBN-13: 1452913587
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn in-depth study of the role of Minnesota's old-growth forests in the development of the Upper Mississippi valley examines the influence of the region's white pine industry on the construction of the railroads, the rise of busy mill towns, environmental devastation of the forests, and the daily lives of those who depended on the forest for their livelihoods. Reprint.
Author: Irene M. Hargreaves
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Published: 1964
Total Pages: 90
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jeremy W. Kilar
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9780814320730
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMichigan's foremost lumbertowns, flourishing urban industrial centers in the late 19th century, faced economic calamity with the depletion of timber supplies by the end of the century. Turning to their own resources and reflecting individual cultural identities, Saginaw, Bay City, and Muskegon developed dissimilar strategies to sustain their urban industrial status. This study is a comprehensive history of these lumbertowns from their inception as frontier settlements to their emergence as reshaped industrial centers. Primarily an examination of the role of the entrepreneur in urban economic development, Michigan Lumbertowns considers the extent to which the entrepreneurial approach was influenced by each city's cultural-ethnic construct and its social history. More than a narrative history, it is a study of violence, business, and social change.
Author: Dave Dempsey
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9780472067794
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA history of Michigan's conservation efforts
Author: Pat Commins & Elizabeth Rice
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2021
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 1467146315
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTo leave or stay was the question for the Irish in the nineteenth century. In Ireland, people suffered persecution, poverty and famine. America offered freedom and opportunity. For those who left and came to Michigan, the land's abundant natural resources encouraged them to become loggers, miners, fishermen, traders and farmers. Others became rail workers, merchants, lawyers, soldiers, doctors and teachers. Governor Frank Murphy advocated for civil rights. Sister Agnes Gonzaga Ryan administered schools and hospitals. Charlie O'Malley provided generously to suffering Irish people. Lighthouse keeper James Donohue never let physical disability deter him. Prospector Richard Langford discovered iron ore and then left others to mine its wealth. Authors Pat Commins and Elizabeth Rice share one story from each Michigan county about Irish immigrants or their descendants.
Author: Jennifer Herman
Publisher: State History Publications
Published: 1999-01-01
Total Pages: 913
ISBN-13: 1878592947
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMICHIGAN ENCYCLOPEDIA is the definitive reference work on Michigan ever published. The noted Michigan historian Dr. Matthew Lawrence Daly, Assistant Professor of History at Grand Valley State University, has authored articles on Introduction to Michigan History, Early History of Michigan, and Michigan History. These articles cover the history of Michigan, from the early explorers to twenty-first century events. Other major sections in this reference work are Michigan Symbols and Designations, Geography and Topography of Michigan, Profiles of Michigan Governors, Chronology of Michigan Historic Events, Dictionary of Michigan Places, Michigan Constitution, Bibliography of Michigan Books, Pictorial Scenes of Michigan, State Executive Offices, State Agencies, Departments and Offices, Michigan Senators, Michigan Assembly Members, U.S. Senators and U.S. Congress members from Michigan, Directory of Michigan Historic Places and Index.MICHIGAN ENCYCLOPEDIA contains stunning photographs and portraits to compliment the expertly written text. Population charts are arranged alphabetically by city or town name, and by county. This allows students easy access to find population figures for their area of interest. Other population charts list all places in Michigan by largest populated places to least populated places by city or county. Directories contain the information on elected state and federal officials along with their contact information including mail and email addresses, phone and fax numbers. Easy to use reference maps are included to find your elected state or federal officials. The Directory of State Services lists the head officials and full contact information on state agencies and departments, some of which were just newly created by the legislature. The Directory of Michigan Historic Places contains all the latest up to date information on every Michigan historic place. The Bibliography includes that latest books published on Michigan. A detailed Index makes the work thoroughly referential. MICHIGAN ENCYCLCOPEDIA offers librarians, teachers and students a single source reference work that provides the answers to the most frequently asked questions about Michigan and its history.
Author: J. L. Anderson
Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
Published: 2014-02-01
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 150175131X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJ.L. Anderson seeks to change the belief that the Midwest lacks the kind of geographic coherence, historical issues, and cultural touchstones that have informed regional identity in the American South, West, and Northeast. The goal of this illuminating volume is to demonstrate uniqueness in a region that has always been amorphous and is increasingly so. Midwesterners are a dynamic people who shaped the physical and social landscapes of the great midsection of the nation, and they are presented as such in this volume that offers a general yet informed overview of the region after World War II. The contributors—most of whom are Midwesterners by birth or residence—seek to better understand a particular piece of rural America, a place too often caricatured, misunderstood, and ignored. However, the rural landscape has experienced agricultural diversity and major shifts in land use. Farmers in the region have successfully raised new commodities from dairy and cherries to mint and sugar beets. The region has also been a place where community leaders fought to improve their economic and social well-being, women redefined their roles on the farm, and minorities asserted their own version of the American Dream. The rural Midwest is a regional melting pot, and contributors to this volume do not set out to sing its praises or, by contrast, assume the position of Midwestern modesty and self-deprecation. The essays herein rewrite the narrative of rural decline and crisis, and show through solid research and impeccable scholarship that rural Midwesterners have confronted and created challenges uniquely their own.
Author: Michael W. Nagle
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: 2022-11-08
Total Pages: 389
ISBN-13: 0814349943
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