Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Michigan
Languages : en
Pages : 1000
Book Description
Michigan History Magazine
Author: Michigan Legends
Author: Sheryl JamesPublisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472051741
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
A collection of stories drawn from Michigan’s rich folk heritage
Detroit's Historic Fort Wayne
Author: James ConwayPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439618860
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Michigans historic Fort Wayne, located on the narrowest point of the Detroit River, is named for Revolutionary War hero Gen. Mad Anthony Wayne. The fort was built in the 1840s to protect Detroit from British invasion following the strife of the 1838 Patriot War in Canada. Originally constructed of earth and wood, the fortifications were rebuilt in masonry during the Civil War, but the fort has never mounted cannons, as peace came to the international border and remains to this day. Fort Wayne has served the military as a training center, home to infantry regiments, supply depot, prisoner of war camp, and major induction center. It was a source of work for the unemployed during the Great Depression, a place of confinement during the Red Scare of 1920, and home for those displaced by civil unrest in Detroit during the 1960s. The fort continues to invite people to its riverfront view, not as soldiers but as guests, to enjoy community events on its broad parade fields and to learn about those who lived, drilled, and worked there.
Michigan History Magazine
Author: Michigan Historical Magazine
Author: Michigan History Magazine Visits Historic Fort Wayne
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Detroit (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Michigan History Magazine
Author: Michigan History Magazine
Author: George Newman FullerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Michigan
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Michigan History
Author: A Fashionable Tour Through the Great Lakes and Upper Mississippi
Author: Juliette Starr DanaPublisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 9780814332054
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
In 1850s America it was extremely uncommon, if not unheard of, for a woman to travel without an escort for her own pleasure. Railroads did not yet reach the Mississippi, rapids barred ships from Lake Superior, and American Indians still inhabited the frontier. Traveling from New York City to Lake Superior's shores, the Mississippi River, and the newly created Minnesota Territory was most definitely not the ideal vacation - or was it? A Fashionable Tour through the Great Lakes and Upper Mississippi is the complete daily journal written by Juliette Star Dana, a 35-year-old wife and mother, during her nine-week pleasure tour over three thousand miles of the United States in the summer of 1852. Traveling the frontier roads of rivers and lakes with only a female companion and her teenage son, Juliette sought the scenic water-falls and shorelines along with such man-made sights as copper and lead mines, factories, military posts, and a prison. Juliette chronicles these places and the people therein - American Indians, soldiers, lawyers, and politicians - with engrossing detail and also describes the journey's numerous hardships of accidents, vermin, sickness, and disease. This one-of-a
