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Category : Mason County (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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Mason County Pictorial History
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Category : Mason County (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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Category : Mason County (Mich.)
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Mason County
Author: David K. Petersen
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439653801
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 213
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Mason County: 1850-1950 portrays the settlement and growth of Mason County, Michigan, as the area transformed from a land covered in virgin pine and native settlements to communities of farmers and manufacturers. This history of the region begins with images of logging and mills and follows the growth of towns, villages, and individual townships. The adversity, struggles, successes, and joys of carving a new life from the wilderness are captured in more than 200 carefully selected images. These unique photographs illustrate a life of hardship, service, and dedication to faith, family, and community as the area transitioned and changed over the decades.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439653801
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 213
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Mason County: 1850-1950 portrays the settlement and growth of Mason County, Michigan, as the area transformed from a land covered in virgin pine and native settlements to communities of farmers and manufacturers. This history of the region begins with images of logging and mills and follows the growth of towns, villages, and individual townships. The adversity, struggles, successes, and joys of carving a new life from the wilderness are captured in more than 200 carefully selected images. These unique photographs illustrate a life of hardship, service, and dedication to faith, family, and community as the area transitioned and changed over the decades.
Lost Towns of Mason County, Michigan
Author: Sandi Lewis-Malburg
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467142654
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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More than a century ago, Mason County was a much different, harsher place. Arriving by foot and boat to find a dense wilderness, hardy pioneers carved out tiny settlements stretching right to the coast of Lake Michigan. When the lumber industry arrived in Michigan, the settlements grew to boomtowns and new towns formed. To serve the lumber industry, the railroad spread across the county, and immigrants and settlers flooded in to have their chance at the American Dream. But when the lumber ran out, the mills closed down. Jobs disappeared, and so did these towns. Out of the thirty-nine settlements, only two cities and six fading villages remain today. Join local author Sandi Lewis-Malburg as she uncovers the towns that time forgot.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467142654
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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More than a century ago, Mason County was a much different, harsher place. Arriving by foot and boat to find a dense wilderness, hardy pioneers carved out tiny settlements stretching right to the coast of Lake Michigan. When the lumber industry arrived in Michigan, the settlements grew to boomtowns and new towns formed. To serve the lumber industry, the railroad spread across the county, and immigrants and settlers flooded in to have their chance at the American Dream. But when the lumber ran out, the mills closed down. Jobs disappeared, and so did these towns. Out of the thirty-nine settlements, only two cities and six fading villages remain today. Join local author Sandi Lewis-Malburg as she uncovers the towns that time forgot.
Mason County
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Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738579313
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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When an army scouting party headed north from Fredericksburg in 1851 to select a site for a new military post, they found an area of remarkable natural beauty on the northwestern edge of the Texas Hill Country. This land of clear streams, rocky hills, live oak thickets, and abundant wildlife had long served as a hunting ground for Comanches, Kiowas, and Lipan Apaches. A few German farmers had already settled along the Llano River, and a town soon sprang up in the shadow of Fort Mason. By the 1920s, Mason County's population included German Americans, descendants of old families from the southeastern states, Mexican immigrants who had fled the revolution, and African Americans whose ancestors had arrived in the 1850s. For decades, the region has attracted hunters, river enthusiasts, naturalists, and geologists. The town of Mason features one of the most picturesque courthouse squares in Texas. Its old-time storefronts and handsome sandstone houses make it a popular tourist destination today.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738579313
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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When an army scouting party headed north from Fredericksburg in 1851 to select a site for a new military post, they found an area of remarkable natural beauty on the northwestern edge of the Texas Hill Country. This land of clear streams, rocky hills, live oak thickets, and abundant wildlife had long served as a hunting ground for Comanches, Kiowas, and Lipan Apaches. A few German farmers had already settled along the Llano River, and a town soon sprang up in the shadow of Fort Mason. By the 1920s, Mason County's population included German Americans, descendants of old families from the southeastern states, Mexican immigrants who had fled the revolution, and African Americans whose ancestors had arrived in the 1850s. For decades, the region has attracted hunters, river enthusiasts, naturalists, and geologists. The town of Mason features one of the most picturesque courthouse squares in Texas. Its old-time storefronts and handsome sandstone houses make it a popular tourist destination today.
Biographical and Pictorial History of Arkansas
Author: John Hallum
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 768
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 768
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Pictorial History of the Civil War V1
Author: Benson Lossing
Publisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 1429015829
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 626
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Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes claimed that historian Benson J. Lossing did more than any other man to make history interesting and popular. Lossing wrote his comprehensive three-volume history of the Civil War at a time when the facts were still fresh. Originally published in 1866, Volume One covers the period from the political conventions held in the spring of 1860 to midsummer 1861 and the Battle of Bull Run. Lossing accompanies his narratives of marches, battles, and sieges with maps and plans, includes biographical sketches of the prominent people from both sides of the conflict, and illustrates his history with hundreds of drawings and engravings by the author and others.
Publisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 1429015829
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 626
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Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes claimed that historian Benson J. Lossing did more than any other man to make history interesting and popular. Lossing wrote his comprehensive three-volume history of the Civil War at a time when the facts were still fresh. Originally published in 1866, Volume One covers the period from the political conventions held in the spring of 1860 to midsummer 1861 and the Battle of Bull Run. Lossing accompanies his narratives of marches, battles, and sieges with maps and plans, includes biographical sketches of the prominent people from both sides of the conflict, and illustrates his history with hundreds of drawings and engravings by the author and others.
History of Mason County, Michigan
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Category : Manistee County (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 372
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Category : Manistee County (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 372
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Guide to the Michigan Genealogical & Historical Collections at the Library of Michigan and the State Archives of Michigan
Author: Michigan Genealogical Council
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Category : Michigan
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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Category : Michigan
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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The Ludington Mariners
Author: William Martin Anderson
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Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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Pictorial History of the Civil War in the United States of America
Author: Benson John Lossing
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 628
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 628
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