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About this Item
Title
- Memorials of a half-century.
Summary
- This collection of essays by a noted writer, explorer, and Detroit civic leader offers detailed descriptions of Michigan's geography, geology, and local history in a consciously crafted literary style. Hubbard discusses the natural history of Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, and Lake Huron; topographical and geological features of Michigan; a geological expedition to the salt springs of the Grand and Saginaw River valleys with the new state's geologist, Dr. Houghton (1837); local factors and the 1837-38 financial panic; and land speculation and settlement. In addition Hubbard writes about Michigan Indians and Indian antiquities; flora and fauna, animal behavior; climatology; and the world of Michigan's French-speaking inhabitants, especially Detroit habitants, rural farmers, and voyageurs (who paddled the waterways as guides, trappers, and tradesmen), comparing the life-styles of French speakers and Yankees. The book is heavily illustrated with sketches of Indian artifacts, landscapes, folk architecture, trees, and diagrams representing the Mound-Builders' ancient garden beds.
Names
- Hubbard, Bela, 1814-1896.
Created / Published
- New York, London, G.P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1887.
Headings
- - Michigan--History--1837
- - Geology--Michigan
Notes
- - Also available in digital form.
Medium
- xvi, 581 p. incl. plates, maps, plans, diagrs. front. 20 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- F566 .H87
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 11021049
Online Format
- image