Memorials of a half-century
By: by Bela Hubbard ...
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's sons
Published: 1887
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 581
Subjects: Michigan; Michigan -- History -- 1837-
Description: This collection of essays by a noted writer, explorer, and Detroit civic leader offers detailed descriptions of Michigan's geography, geology, and local history in a consciously crafted literary style. Hubbard discusses the natural history of Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, and Lake Huron; topographical and geological features of Michigan; a geological expedition to the salt springs of the Grand and Saginaw river valleys with the new state's geologist, Dr. Houghton (1837); local factors and the 1837-38 financial panic; and land speculation and settlement. In addition Hubbard writes about Michigan Indians and Indian antiquities; flora and fauna, animal behavior; climatology; and the world of Michigan's French-speaking inhabitants, especially Detroit habitants, rural farmers, and voyageurs (who paddled the waterways as guides, trappers, and tradesmen), comparing the life-styles of French speakers and Yankees. The book is heavily illustrated with sketches of Indian artifacts, landscapes, folk architecture, trees, and diagrams representing the Mound-Builders' ancient garden beds.
Notes: Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Table of contents: title: Part 1 – Scenery and Description; title: -Scenery of the Lakes; title: -Lake Superior in 1840; title: -A Michigan Geological Expedition in 1837; title: Part 2 – Historical and Antiquarian; title: -A Time of Universal Prosperity, and What came of it; title: -French Habitants of the Detroit; title: -The Naming of Lake Ste. Claire; title: -Indians in Michigan; title: -Policy of the Government towards the Indians; title: -The Mound-Builders in Michigan; title: Part 3 – Fauna and Flora; title: -Fish and Fishing; title: -Birds of my Neighborhood; title: -Four-footed Inhabitants; title: -Wild Animals of Michigan; title: -The Beaver; title: -Trees, Their relations to us, Economic and Scientific; title: -Trees, in their Social Relations; title: Part 4 – Climatology; title: -Climate of Detroit and the Lake Region; title: -Periodical Changes in the Lake Levels, Rainfall, Temperature and Sun-spots, and their relations to each other; title: -The Winter Season; title: -Spring-tide; title: -Our Summers; title: -Autumn Time; title: -The Ripening of the Year