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Book

It happened in Michigan : remarkable events that shaped history

Call Numbers

  • 977.4 B9471 (CEN)
  • H 977.4 B9471 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Guilford, CT : Globe Pequot Press, c2010.

Physical Description

viii, 151 p. ; 23 cm.

Contents

  • Pageant of the Sault, 1671
  • The Griffon sets sail, 1679
  • Chief Pontiac's siege on Fort Detroit, 1763
  • Battle of the River Raisin, 1813
  • Stomaching a medical discovery, 1822
  • Toledo War, 1835
  • Discovering iron ore, 1844
  • Kentucky raids the Underground Railroad, 1847
  • Orphan train's first hopeful stop, 1854
  • Assassinating a "king," 1856
  • Battle of Manton, 1882
  • Logging out of a jam, 1883
  • Thousands vowing "I do," 1907
  • Furniture strike of 1911, 1911
  • Summer spark sets towns ablaze, 1911
  • Italian Hall catastrophe, 1913
  • Storm of 1913, 1913
  • Dyers and cleaners war, 1924
  • The Ossian Sweet trial, 1925
  • Dramatic rescue at the Pabst Mine, 1926
  • Bath School disaster, 1927
  • Battle of the overpass, 1937
  • Detroit race riots, 1943
  • Japanese balloon bombs, 1945
  • Lost in space : NW Flight 2501, 1950
  • Bridging the gap, 1957
  • Motor City gives birth to Motown, 1959
  • World Series heals wounds, 1968
  • Arthur Hill plays to perfection, 1973
  • Indoor grass sets new soccer standard, 1994
  • Michigan facts and trivia.

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