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Forging the Peninsulas

 Contents

 1:  MEET MICHIGAN
Learn the Basics 1
What's Underfoot 8
The Time at the Edge of the Ice 12
 

 2:  MICHIGAN’S NATIVE AMERICANS - PEOPLE OF NATURE

First Michiganians: Two Amazing Groups 17
Unwritten History 22
Life Among the Tribes 29
 

 3:  FRANCE COMES TO NORTH AMERICA

The Pathway to Michigan 37
Search for Souls: Missionaries & Priests 44
The Explorers: Through Woods and Over Waters 52
Fur Is King! 62
 

 4:  THE BRITISH - A NEW FLAG ON THE FRONTIER

A War in the Woods: French, British & Indians 66
Chief Pontiac on the Offensive 71
Michigan - While Our Nation is Born: 1774-1783 78
 

 5:  MICHIGAN JOINS THE U.S. FROM WILDERNESS TO TERRITORY

The British Hang On! 85
United States Takes Possession: 1796-1812 90
The War of 1812: The Last Tussle for Michigan 99
The War of 1812: Victories at Last! 105
 

 6:  THE PATHWAY WIDENS - PIONEERS ON THE WAY

Yankees Move West 111
Forging the Landscape: Farmers Arrive! 121
Those Frontier Days 127
 

 7:  TOWARD STATEHOOD - GROWING LIKE A WEED!

Becoming a State: No Simple Matter 137
Boom and Bust 146
Canals & Copper 153
 

 8:  A STAND AGAINST SLAVERY

A Way to Freedom: The Underground Railroad 165
New Politics From the Wolverine State 174
Michigan’s Army Goes Off to War: 1861-1865 181
 

 9:  WE TAKE FROM NATURE’S STOREHOUSE

Lumbering: Rugged People and the Smell of Sawdust 191
Copper and Iron by the Ton 204
A Farming Revolution: More Food For All 214
Fishing on the Great Lakes 223
 

10:  THE FOCUS CHANGES - FROM FARM TO FACTORY

We Made It Here - Cereal, Stoves & Cigars 233
In the Factories - The Worker's Viewpoint 243
Time for Reform: Who Was Potato Pingree? 248
Great Lakes Ships and Cargoes 253
 

11:  WE PUT THE WORLD ON WHEELS - FORGING AMERICA

From Quadricycles to Corporations 264
Ford, Durant, Olds, and Others Help the Auto Industry Grow  274
Life Just Isn’t the Same: Changes in Society 282
 

12:  AN AWESOME WAR & AFTERWARDS - WORLD WAR I

From the Plow to the Gun 290
Rum Runners, Gangsters and the 1920's 298
Modernizing Michigan 306
 

13:  BLEAK TIMES LEAD TO ANOTHER WAR - 1930s & 1940s

Michigan Bends Under the Depression 315
Unions: A New Friend at the Factory 326
Tension and Triumph in Democracy’s Arsenal: World War II 334
 

14:  MICHIGAN AS WE SEE IT TODAY

Settling Down: Colleges, Homes, and Highways - 1950's 346
Going In New Directions Under New Stresses - 1960's 357
Twists and Turns: A New Era Is Coming - 1970's & 1980's 368
Environmental Concerns 378
Beautiful Places & Interesting People 384
Bibliography 399
Glossary 407
Index 419

 


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