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Book

Saw mills and sleigh bells : stories of mid-Michigan settlers

Call Number

  • J 977.4 PECK (CEN, OSH)

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Publication Information

Williamston, Mich. : Catalpa Publications, 1999.

Physical Description

xv, 103 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Contents

  • Chief Okemos before the settlers
  • Putnam's attempt (settlement of Williamson)
  • The giant tic-tac-toe (survey lines)
  • Mrs. Potter's farm (farm life)
  • Mr. Seymour's town (early settlement of Lansing)
  • The race to Michigan, Michigan (founding of the Capital City)
  • Will meets the chief (Encounter with Okemos)
  • Howls and growls (wolves and bears)
  • One cent per horse per mile (plank roads)
  • Jennie Chapin's first day (the pink school)
  • The California widow (Gold Rush)
  • Awfully long and terribly bumpy (the first train)
  • Anna and the Civil War (first female doctor)
  • The great detective story (Lincoln, Booth, and Baker)
  • The younger son (Darius Moon, architect)
  • Guten Nacht (German settlers)
  • Stone cutters (The 1870 Capitol)
  • Sweet harvest (sugar bush)
  • The buried seeds (Dr. Beal's experiment at M.A.C.)
  • One-horse sleigh (R.E. Olds and early industry)

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Added Authors

Lori Ellen Heuft