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Title

  • Memorials of a half-century.

Summary

  • 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.

Names

  • Hubbard, Bela, 1814-1896.

Created / Published

  • New York, London, G.P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1887.

Headings

  • -  Michigan--History--1837
  • -  Geology--Michigan

Notes

  • -  Also available in digital form.

Medium

  • xvi, 581 p. incl. plates, maps, plans, diagrs. front. 20 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F566 .H87

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 11021049

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Hubbard, Bela. Memorials of a Half-Century. New York, London, G.P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1887. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/11021049/.

APA citation style:

Hubbard, B. (1887) Memorials of a Half-Century. New York, London, G.P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/11021049/.

MLA citation style:

Hubbard, Bela. Memorials of a Half-Century. New York, London, G.P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1887. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/11021049/>.