St. Clair County, Michigan, Its History and Its People: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress and Its Principal Interests, Volume 1 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 93
Page 10
... side are shown . LA SALLE - HENNEPIN VOYAGE AND NARRATIVE The second traveler and explorer of whom record remains was La Salle , who had formed the ambitious program of uniting by a chain of posts and settlements the French territory ...
... side are shown . LA SALLE - HENNEPIN VOYAGE AND NARRATIVE The second traveler and explorer of whom record remains was La Salle , who had formed the ambitious program of uniting by a chain of posts and settlements the French territory ...
Page 13
... sides of it for 15 miles has a very level appearance , but from thence to Lake Huron it is in many places broken and covered with white pines , oaks , maple , birch and beech . " DELISLE , POPPLE AND OTHERS It was nearly a century after ...
... sides of it for 15 miles has a very level appearance , but from thence to Lake Huron it is in many places broken and covered with white pines , oaks , maple , birch and beech . " DELISLE , POPPLE AND OTHERS It was nearly a century after ...
Page 14
... sides is partly prairie , interspersed with strips of lofty woodland , consisting of oak , sugar maple , poplar , black walnut , hickory and white pine . Nature has here planted groves of the latter timber suitable for masts , boards ...
... sides is partly prairie , interspersed with strips of lofty woodland , consisting of oak , sugar maple , poplar , black walnut , hickory and white pine . Nature has here planted groves of the latter timber suitable for masts , boards ...
Page 27
... side , which forms Walpole Island , and is named Chenal Ecarté , or Side channel , commonly corrupted into Sny Cartey . This probably marks the upper part of what was originally Lake St. Clair . A little further down , the main river ...
... side , which forms Walpole Island , and is named Chenal Ecarté , or Side channel , commonly corrupted into Sny Cartey . This probably marks the upper part of what was originally Lake St. Clair . A little further down , the main river ...
Page 29
... side of the dredged cut , the faces of which were supported by sheet piling , the length of the dikes being 7,221 feet . In 1902 in order to meet the demands of the greatly increased commerce , and to avoid the serious consequences in ...
... side of the dredged cut , the faces of which were supported by sheet piling , the length of the dikes being 7,221 feet . In 1902 in order to meet the demands of the greatly increased commerce , and to avoid the serious consequences in ...
Contents
1 | |
9 | |
25 | |
30 | |
42 | |
59 | |
87 | |
106 | |
269 | |
280 | |
300 | |
312 | |
332 | |
350 | |
362 | |
379 | |
128 | |
148 | |
179 | |
188 | |
209 | |
226 | |
251 | |
402 | |
417 | |
426 | |
435 | |
443 | |
483 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
33rd Inf acres Algonac Andrew Westbrook appointed April became Belle river Black river building built Bunce Captain Charles church Clair county Clair river commissioners Company G Corporal Cottrell Cottrellville county seat court creek Deserted Detroit Died east Eighth Cavalry Enlisted in Battery Enlisted in Company father feet Fifteenth Infantry Fifth Infantry Fort Gratiot Fourth Infantry French Fulton George governor Gratiot H reorganized Harsen Henry Indians James John Joseph Judge July June Lake Huron Lake St land Macomb county March Marine City Michigan mill organized Palmer pany E pany H Pine river plat Port Huron railroad Removed resident road Samuel Samuel Ward Schooner Second Cavalry second lieutenant Sept Sergeant Sixth Cavalry Smith society Steamer supervisors Tenth Infantry territory Third Infantry Thomas tons township Twenty-second Infantry Twenty-seventh Infantry Veteran village Ward Wesbrook William
Popular passages
Page 18 - Cataraquy ; thence along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario, through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie ; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie, through the middle of said lake until it arrives at the water communication between that lake and Lake Huron ; thence along the middle of said water communication into the Lake Huron ; thence through the middle of said lake to the water communication between that...
Page 82 - ... every alternate section of land, designated by odd numbers, for six sections in width on each side of said roads.
Page 353 - Any corporation, society, order or voluntary association, without capital stock, organized and carried on solely for the mutual benefit of its members and their beneficiaries, and not for profit...
Page 62 - TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said tract of land and all and singular other the premises hereby granted and released and every part and parcel thereof with their and every of their appurtenances...
Page 17 - In testimony whereof I have caused these letters to be made patent, and the seal of The United States to be hereunto affixed.
Page 64 - America, and to their successors and assigns for ever, all that part of America, lying and being in breadth, from forty degrees of northerly latitude from the equinoctial line, to forty-eight degrees of the said northerly latitude inclusively, and in length, of and within all the breadth aforesaid, throughout the main lands from sea to sea...
Page 64 - Name of the Council Established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing of New England in America...
Page 63 - Florida, do presume, upon any pretence whatever, to grant warrants of survey, or pass any patents for lands beyond the bounds of their respective governments, as described in their commissions...
Page 19 - Clair ; thence through the middle of said lake, in a direction to enter that mouth or channel of the river St. Clair, which is usually denominated the Old Ship Channel...
Page 63 - Part thereof by from or under him them or any of them Shall and will WARRANT and for Ever Defend by these Presents. IN WITNESS Whereof the said Parties to these Presents have hereunto interchangeably set their Hands and Seals Dated the Day and Year first above Written.