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... Louis Campau- The Missionaries - Original Land Entries - The Dexter Colony - The Guild Letter - List of Early Pioneers - Speculative Fever - Early Marriages and Births - Lost in the Woods - Wild Animals - Journey- ing in the Woods - The ...
... Louis Campau- The Missionaries - Original Land Entries - The Dexter Colony - The Guild Letter - List of Early Pioneers - Speculative Fever - Early Marriages and Births - Lost in the Woods - Wild Animals - Journey- ing in the Woods - The ...
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... Louis , marched across the Illinois coun- try and captured the British post at St. Joseph , which was then located on the bank of the St. Joseph River . The site of the old fort is said to be near the west end of the Michigan Central ...
... Louis , marched across the Illinois coun- try and captured the British post at St. Joseph , which was then located on the bank of the St. Joseph River . The site of the old fort is said to be near the west end of the Michigan Central ...
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... Louis . The first trading post established in the Grand River Valley was on the river a mile or two below the mouth of Flat River . Joseph LaFlamboise , a French trader in the employ of the American Fur Company , had full charge of the ...
... Louis . The first trading post established in the Grand River Valley was on the river a mile or two below the mouth of Flat River . Joseph LaFlamboise , a French trader in the employ of the American Fur Company , had full charge of the ...
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... Louis Campau . The old pioneer said : " I remember long ago , when my pony died here , I hung my trading pack on the limb of a tree near the trail and went to Detroit for another pony and new supplies . On coming back I found the pack ...
... Louis Campau . The old pioneer said : " I remember long ago , when my pony died here , I hung my trading pack on the limb of a tree near the trail and went to Detroit for another pony and new supplies . On coming back I found the pack ...
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... Louis Campau in building his log house , the first habitation for white men here . Holloway went away about 1832 , just before the Yankee settlers began to come , and when there were only nine log cabins and no frame buildings here . He ...
... Louis Campau in building his log house , the first habitation for white men here . Holloway went away about 1832 , just before the Yankee settlers began to come , and when there were only nine log cabins and no frame buildings here . He ...
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Page 292 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
Page 530 - The individual who causes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before, is held in highest emulation as a benefactor of his race.
Page 289 - Health for such city or village, to consist of not less than three nor more than seven persons, and a competent physician to be the health officer thereof.
Page 33 - Are they here — The dead of other days ? — and did the dust Of these fair solitudes once stir with life And burn with passion? Let the mighty mounds That overlook the rivers, or that rise i In the dim forest crowded with old oaks, Answer.
Page 142 - Middlesex, shall continue to be a body corporate and politic, under the name of the city of Cambridge; and, as such, shall have, exercise, and enjoy, all the rights, immunities, powers, and privileges, and shall be subject to all the duties and obligations, now incumbent upon, and appertaining to, said town, as a municipal corporation.
Page 284 - Rapids ; and by that name they and their successors shall be known in law, and shall be and are hereby made capable of suing and being sued...
Page 111 - Campau was said to be worth $100,000 ; but when the change of times came, he made an assignment of all his property for the benefit of his creditors, except the Old Congregational Church, which he deeded to his mother.
Page 566 - Austin, on the 23rd day of February, 1910, by Allen Bond and William J. Buttfield, plaintiffs, against JL Hume, defendant, to recover the balance due upon an open account for money advanced to defendant, and paid, laid out and expended for his account, and for services rendered and performed...
Page 284 - And that they and their successors may have a common seal, and may change and alter the same at their pleasure...
Page 9 - ... to the southwest corner of said section one; thence north along the west line of said section one, one mile to the northwest corner thereof; thence west along the south line of sections...