Michigan's Columbus
Subtitle: the Life of Douglass Houghton
By: by Steve Lehto
Publisher: Momentum Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Royal Oak, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
ISBN-13: 9781879094857
Subjects: Geologists; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Early Michigan; title: Young Douglass Houghton; title: Rumors of copper; title: Into the wilderness; title: Second expedition with Schoolcraft; title: Back home in Detroit; title: The Toledo War; title: Michigan gains statehood; title: First geological survey; title: Circling the Lower Peninsula; title: Tracing the Upper Peninsula's Southern shore; title: Examining the Lake Superior shoreline; title: Exploring the Keweenaw Peninsula and beyond; title: The strange travels of the Ontonagon Boulder; title: Making their mark; title: Houghton's last survey; title: Memorials, myths, and the copper boom; title: The legend of Houghton's gold; title: After Houghton; title: Houghton's legacy.