{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3424", "width": "2018", "jp2-path": "outlinehistoryof00scri_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.\\nChap. ^Mk\\nSbeif 3M _\\nUNSTED STATES OF AMERiCA.", "height": "3137", "width": "1903", "jp2-path": "outlinehistoryof00scri_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3137", "width": "1903", "jp2-path": "outlinehistoryof00scri_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3137", "width": "1903", "jp2-path": "outlinehistoryof00scri_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3137", "width": "1903", "jp2-path": "outlinehistoryof00scri_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3137", "width": "1903", "jp2-path": "outlinehistoryof00scri_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "AN OUTLINE\\nHISTORY OF MICHIGAN\\nBy J. E. SCEIPPS,\\n:FI^.I0E, 15 OEHSTTS\\nDETROIT:\\nTRIBUNE BOOK AND JOB OKFICE.\\n1 873.\\nG,.-..", "height": "3236", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "outlinehistoryof00scri_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "In this sketch 1 have aimed to present to the public a comprehensive\\nview of the histoiy of the Peninsula State down to the present time. Sev-\\neral voluminous histories exist, but none cover the period following the\\nadmission of Michigan into the Union, and comparatively few, except our\\nolder citizens, are now conversant with the important events that were\\ncrowded into the next ten years, such as the bank inflation, the internal\\nimprovement schemes, the five million debt, and other like topics. It is\\nnot pretended to gi\\\\e a complete history, nor is infallibility claimed for every\\nstatement, but if this little pamphlet shall elicit more perfect details of facts\\nin regard to the history of the State, and secure the correction of errors of\\nstatement that are liable to perpetuation even in public documents, it will\\nhave served its purpose. Any criticisms or communications on the subject\\nwill be gladly I eceived by J. E. Sckifps, at The 1 ribuue office, Detioit,\\nMich.\\nv\u00c2\u00bb\\niH", "height": "3210", "width": "1991", "jp2-path": "outlinehistoryof00scri_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "A BRIEF HISTORY OF MICHIGAN.\\nThe State of Michigan was the twenty-\\nsixth member of the partnership of States,\\nas regards the order of admission, and is\\nthe ninth in area and the thirteenth in\\npopulation. It has an area of 56,243\\nsquare miles, and had in 1870 a population\\nof 1,184,059 souls. Its name is said to be\\nderived from two words in the Chippewa\\nlanguage, MUchaw, signifying great, and\\nSigiegan, a lake, hence Michigan or Great\\nLake, a name originally applied to lakes\\nHuron and Michigan, which were formerly\\nregarded as one lake, and from which the\\npeninsula they surround derives its name.\\nTHE ABOIIIGINES.\\nThe earliest inhabitants of the peninsu-\\nlas, constituting the present State of Mich-\\nigan, of which we have any knowledge,\\nwere the Chippewa or Ojibway tribe of\\nIndians, a branch of the Algonquin family\\nwhich overspread so large a portion of the\\nnorthern part of the United States and\\nCanada. In the southern portion of this\\nterritory, however, were found scattered\\ntribes of Ilurons or Wyandots, Mlamis,\\nOttawas, Winnebagoes, Pottawattamies,\\nFoxes and other tribes, generally living in\\npeaceful contiguity.\\nEAKLY EXPLORERS.\\nThe earliest French explorers are be-\\nlieved to have visited this region as long\\nago as IGIO. In 1633 Father Sagard made\\na partial exploration of lake Huron. In\\n1073 Father Marquette and Joliet sailed\\nthrough the straits of Mackinac on their\\nway to discover the Mississippi. They were\\nfollowed six years later by Robert de la\\nSalle, who built and navigated the first ves-\\nsel that ever floated on the northwestern\\nlakes the Griffln. La Salle circumnavi-\\ngated the lower peninsula of Michigan,\\nstruck across to the Mississippi, and sailing\\ndown that river was the first white dis-\\ncoverer of its mouth.\\nFRENCH SETTLEMENTS.\\nThe earliest white settlements in Michi-\\ngan appear to have been made soon\\nafter the middle of the 17th century,\\nand to have been located at Mackinac and\\nSault de Ste. Marie. Detroit was not set-\\ntled till 1701, in which year a French\\ncolony was located at this point by De la\\nMotte Cadilac, who erected here a stockade\\nwhich he named Fort Ponchartrain.\\nThe character of these early settlements\\nwas three-fold military, as supporting the\\nFrench claims to sovereignty speculative,\\nas depots for the tur trade carried on with\\nthe neighboring Indians; and missionary^\\nbeing the points from which the Jesuit\\nfathers extended their efforts for tho\\nconversion of the aborgines to Christian-\\nity. Agriculture was but little attended\\nto, nor was the settling up and improve-\\nment of the country at all a matter of con-\\nsideration with the founders of these sev-\\neral colonies.\\nThis was the situation of matters in this\\nregion in 1760, when, by the fall of Quebec,\\nthe Canadas and all the French posses-\\nsions in the Northwest fell into the hands\\nof Great Britain.\\nTHE PONTIAC CONSPIRACY.\\nThe Indians, who had always been firm\\nfriends and allies of the French, ill-relished\\nthe change of sovereignty, and at once pro-\\njected the entire overthrow of white domi-\\nnation throughout the West. At a certain\\ndesignated date, a general massacre of the\\nwhites was to take place at each of the", "height": "3210", "width": "1991", "jp2-path": "outlinehistoryof00scri_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "HISTOBT OF MICHIGAN.\\ninfant settlements. Pontiac, the leading\\nspirit in the movement, himself undertook\\nthe extirpation of the settlers at Detroit,\\nbut by the timely betrayal of his secret\\nthat post was saved, tliough a siege of\\n11 months followed, daring the con-\\ntinuance of which several battles were\\nfought and much suffering endured. In\\nthis coup (Tetat, known as the Pontiac\\nConspiracy, 13 different posts were at-\\ntacked, and all fell into the hands of the\\nsavages but three, Detroit, Pittsburgh and\\nNiagara, fearful massacres resulting in\\neach case.\\nMICniGAN UNDER AilERICAN GOVERNMENT.\\nThis region was but little affected by the\\nwar of the revolution, its chief conncc.\\ntion with which growing out of its bciag\\nmade a base of Indian hostilities against\\nthe western frontiers of the revolted prov-\\ninces. After the treaty of peace, notwith-\\nstanding that the whole of Michigan was\\nby the terms of the treaty surrendered to\\nthe Americans, it was 13 years before the\\nmilitary post? were given up by the Brit-\\nish, being held avowedly as security for\\nthe payment ot certain claims owing by\\nAmerican to British mtrchauts at the out-\\nbreak of the war. Iq June 1796, Detroit\\nwas finally taken possession of by the\\nAmerican government, and with the\\nwhole of Michigan incorporated into the\\nNorthwestern Territory which then em-\\nbraced everything north of the Ohio\\nriver.\\nIn 1802 Ohio was admitted as a Slate\\ninto the Union, and tijc remainder of the\\nTerritory was reorganized as the Territory\\nof Indiana. In 180j this was again sub-\\ndivided and the Territory of Michigan\\nformed. Detroit was the seat of govern-\\nment, and Gen. William Hull was appoint-\\ned by President Jeftjrsou the first Govern-\\nor, la the same year, June 11th, Detroit\\nwas entirely consumed by fire, and two\\nyears later the present city was laid out.\\nIn 1805 the only territory to which the\\nIndian title had been extinguished was a\\nstrip six miles wide along the west bank\\nof the Detroit river from lake St. Clair to\\nthe river Raisin, the islands of Mackinac\\nand Bois Blanc, and a tract six miles long\\nby three deep on the shore of lake Huron\\nnorth of Mackinac. In 1807 Gen. Hull\\nnegotiated a cession to the Unitfd States\\nof all the lands south of a line drawn due\\nAvest from White Rock in Huron county\\nand north of the Maumee river, the western\\nboundary being a line drawn due south\\nIrom some point on Saginaw bay. In 1811\\nthe white population of the Territory num-\\nbered 4,8G0 souls 80 per cent of whom\\nwere French.\\nTHE WAR OP 1812.\\nThen came the war of 1813. The dec-\\nlaration was made by Congress, June 18th.\\nGen. Hull was at the time absent in Ohio,\\nbut upon receiving the news hastened to\\nhis post. July 13th, he crossed with the\\nforces at his command into Canada, but\\nsurrounded as he was with hostile\\nIndians, and uncertain as to what support\\nhe would receive in prosecuting the inva-\\nsion, he became a prey to indecision, re-\\nmained inactive till August 9th, and then\\nrecrossed to Detroit. Meanwhile the Brit-\\nish forces under Gen. Brock, had hastened\\nto repel the invasion, and on the 15lh,\\narrived at Sandwich. The surrender of\\nDetroit was demanded and refused; a\\nshort cannonading followed, and on the\\nIGth Gen. Brock crossed to the American\\nside. A negotiation now took place which\\nended in the surrender of the fort, to tlie\\ngreat indignation of the Americans both\\non the spot and throughout the country.\\nHull seems to have been actuated by tears\\nof a general Indian massacre should resist-\\nance be attempted and fail, and, as his\\nfi lends claim, chose rather to sacrifice his\\nown reputation than expose his troops ti\\nan unequal combat and the defenceless in-\\nhabitants to the certain horrori of a defeat.\\nAn attempt to recover Detroit, or at least\\nprotect the American settlements iu Mon-\\nroe county, was made by Gen. Harrison,\\nwho sent Gen. Winchester into Michigan,\\nwith 1,000 men.* lie reached Frenchtown,\\non the river Raisin, January 19, 1813,\\nwhen he was attacked on the 23d by a\\nforce of 3,000 British and Indians under\\nGen. Proctor. After a brave resistance\\nGen Winchester was made prisoner, and\\nsoon after, the entire detachment surren-", "height": "3210", "width": "1991", "jp2-path": "outlinehistoryof00scri_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF MICHIGAN.\\ndered, upon express condition, however, of\\nprotection from the Indians. Disregarding\\nthis guaranty. Gen. Proctor immediately\\nwithdrew with his white troops to Maiden,\\nwhereupon, all restraint being removed, an\\nindiscriminate massacre of the prisoners\\ntook place. This atfair is known as the\\nbattle of the Raisin, and it would seem\\nfully to justify Gen. Hull s policy hix\\nmonths before.\\nThe victory of Com. Perry on lake Erie,\\nSept. 10th, followed immediately by the ad-\\nvance of Gen. Harrison into Canada and\\nthe battle of the Thames (Oct 5), where the\\nBritish forces under Gea. Brock were de-\\nfeated, and the famous Indian warrior\\nTecumseh was killed, resulted in the re-\\ncovery of Detroit, though Mackiaac\\nremained in the hands of the enemy till\\nthe conclusion of peace, Dec. 24, 1814.\\nMICHIGAN AS A TERRITORY.\\nIn October, 1818, Gen. Lewis Cass was ap-\\npointed Governor of the Territory of Mich-\\nigan, an ofHce he continued to hold till his\\nappointment as Secretary of War in Gen.\\nJackson s cabinet in 1831. Octobers, 1814^\\nWilliam Woodbridge was appointed Secre-\\ntary of the Territory, which office he\\nheld almost continuously for 14 years.\\nThe first government laud surveys were\\nmade in 1816, and in 1818, by proclamation\\nof the President, these lands were brought\\ninto market. From this event dates the\\npermanent settling up of Michigan. The\\nfollowing year the Territory was author-\\nized by Congress to send a delegate to\\nthat body, and in 1819 William Wood-\\nbridge was elected to the position, which\\nheneld lor four years. In 1818, Illinois\\nbeing admitted as a State, Wisconsin,\\nwhich had previously formed part of\\nIllinois Territory, was annexed to Mich-\\nigan. In 1818 also, was organized the\\nfirst bank ever established in this State,\\nviz., the Bank of Michigan. Its original\\ncapital was $100,000, but 20 years Liter\\nit had increased to $350,000.\\nIn 1819, Sept. 24, Gov. dsi concluded\\nat Saginaw a treaty with the Indians, by\\nwhich they relinquished 0,000,000 acres\\nlying in the eastern part of the State and\\nextending as far north as the head of\\nThunder Bay river.\\nIn 1821, by a treaty made at Chicago,\\nthe Indian title was extinguished to all\\nthe remaining lands in this State soutli of\\nGrand river.\\nIn 1820, Mr. Woodbridge was succeeded\\nas delegate in Congress by Solomon Sib-\\nley, who served till 1823, when he in turn\\nwas succeeded by Rev. Gabriel Richard.\\nUp to 1823 the government of the Ter-\\nritory had been vested wholly in the Gov-\\nernor and Judges, they collectively exer-\\ncising legislative functions. In this year\\nan act of Congress transferred these latter\\npowers to a council of nine,appointed by the\\nPresident from 18 persons chosen by the\\npeople. In 1825 the number was increas-\\ned from 9 to 13, and in 1827 the council\\nwas made wholly elective.\\nIn Governor Cass s message to the Leg-\\nislative Council in 1829, he speaks of the\\nTerritory being ia a very prosperous con\\ndition. Immigration Was pouring in freely,\\nand already the question of changing the\\nterritorial lor a state government was be-\\ning agitated. Eight new counties were\\nthis year organized, and were named by\\nthe Council, in honor of the President and\\nhis cabinet, Jackson, Calhoun, VanBuren,\\nIngham, Exton, Branch, Barry and Ber^\\nrien.\\n1830 TO 1840.\\nThis was a:i important decade in the his-\\ntory of Michigan, as embracing the era of\\nwiid-cat speculation, the Black-Hawk war,\\nthe Toledo war, the admission of the State\\ninto the Union, and the so-called Patriot\\nwar. A census taken in June 1830 showed\\na population in the Territory of 31,098 per-\\nsons, 3,G88 of whom lived in that portion\\nlying west of lake Michigan. Within the\\npresent limits of the State there were 24\\ncounties, 15 of which were organized. The\\ncentral parts of the Territory were reached\\nchiefly by Indian trails, though a govern-\\nment road had been surveyed from Detroit\\nto Chicago and Was partly opened.\\nJohn Biddle had beea elected delegate\\nto Congress in 1329, and in 1831 he was\\nsucceeded by Austin E. Wing, of Monroe,", "height": "3184", "width": "1965", "jp2-path": "outlinehistoryof00scri_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "niSTORY OF MICHIGAN.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0who served for one year only. Lucius\\nLyon filled the position from 1833 to 1835.\\nand he was succeeded by Isaac E. Crary,\\nwho filled up the interveninsf time till the\\nadmission of Michigan as a State.\\nGovernor Cass being appointed Secreta-\\nry of War in 1831, he was succeeded by\\nGeorge B. Porter, of Pennsylvania, who\\nserved till the period of his death, July G,\\n1834, when the Secretary of the Territory,\\nStevens T. Mason, became acting-Governor.\\nJohn S. Horner, of Virginia, was soon\\nafter appointed Governor, but making\\nhimself very unpopular, his removal was\\nprocured, and Mason again became acting-\\nGovernor, continuing such until his elec-\\ntion and inauguration as chief executive\\nunder the State constitution.\\nThe early part of this decade was marked\\nby the rapid settling up of the southern\\nand central portions of the State, a lively\\nspeculation in village sites, and the inaug-\\nuration of several railroad enterprises.\\nIn 1833 occurred the Black-Hawk war,\\nwhich, though so remote from the scene of\\nhostilities, created great alarm in this State\\non account of the large number ot Indians\\nstill scattered through the interior and\\nnorthern portions, the effect upon whom\\ncould not be foretold. Once the fighting\\npopulation of the State was called together,\\nNiles being the rendezvous, but it was then\\ndeemed needless to take the field, and the\\ngathered forces were disbanded.\\nTHE TOLEDO WAR.\\nThis was a contest with Ohio, growing\\nout of a dispute in regard to the boundary\\nline between the two States. The ordi-\\nnance of 1787, and early acts of Congress,\\nspecified an east and west line passing\\nthrough the southern extremitj of lake\\nMichigan as the dividing line between the\\ntwo tiers of states into which it was\\ncontemplated the old Korthwestern Ter-\\nritory would ultimately be divided up.\\nWhen Ohio came into the iJnion her con-\\nstitution adopted this line as the northern\\nboundary oi the State, but added the pro-\\nviso that if the said line should fail to take\\nin the mouth of Maumee river, that it\\nshould be deflected northward so as to\\nstrike the most northerly cape of Maumee\\nbay. Of this proviso Congress took no\\nnotice, but on the other hand, in 1805 re-\\naffirmed in the act establishing the Terri.\\ntory of Michigan, the line of 1787. In 1813\\nan act of Congress recoajnized the bounda-\\nry as claimed by Ohio, and this was sur-\\nveyed by authority in 1816. With the\\nmovement to place Michigan on the foot-\\ning of an independent State, the boundary\\nquestion came up with renewed force.\\nOhio ordered the re-survey of the line, and\\nMichigan prepared to resist. A party of\\nsurveyors were actually attacked and driv-\\nen off by a^Jiissj comUatus, and subsequent-\\nly acting-Governor Mason placed himself\\nat the head of the militia of the Territory\\nand marched down to the disputed ground\\nwith intent to enforce the claims of Michi-\\ngan. Finding no enemy, the troops were\\nsoon disbanded. Two commissioners were\\nthen appointed by the. President to arbi-\\ntrate, if possible, the difference, but this also\\nwas unsuccessful. Finally Michigan was\\ninduced to yield the disputed ground a\\nstrip about 15 miles wide upon receiving\\ninstead all that part of the upper peninsu-\\nla west of a line drawn through the center\\nof lake Michigan and extended northerly\\ntill it reaches lake Superior, which line\\nhad been the former boundary on the north-\\nwest. It was thus that Michigan acquired\\nthe rich mineral lands of lake Superior, all\\nof which would, but for this compromise,\\nhave fallen to Wisconsin.\\nADMISSION AS A STATE.\\nIn 1834 a census was taken of the\\nwhit3 population of the Territory, which\\nwas found to number 87,373 souls. As\\nthis exceeded by 37,000 the popula-\\ntion necessary to entitle it to a State\\ngovernment, steps were at once taken\\nlooking to the attainment of that end.\\nJanuary 36, 1835, the Council passed an\\nact authorizmg a convention to frame a\\nconstitution. This convention consisted\\nof 89 delegates, elected April 4th. It met in\\nDetroit on the second Monday in May,\\nand completed its labors June 24th. The\\ndispute with Ohio operated as a bar to the\\nadmission of the State by Congress, and a\\nwhole year was spent in fruitless solicita-\\ntion. InMay, 183G, Wisconsin was set off as", "height": "3210", "width": "1991", "jp2-path": "outlinehistoryof00scri_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF MICHIGAN.\\na separate Territory, and on June 15th an\\nact of Congress was passed admitting\\nMichigan upoa condition of her accepting\\nthe boundary line claimed by Ohio. A\\nspecial session of the Legislature was\\ncalled for July 11th, and on the 20th an act\\nwas approved for a second convention.\\nThis met September 2Gth, at Ann Arbor,\\nand by it the proposal of Congress was re-\\njected by a vote of 28 to 21. A strong\\nparty still favoring acceptance, an effort\\nwas made to induce the Governor to\\ncall another convention, which of course\\nbe declined to do. Mass conventions were\\nthen held in Detroit and elsewhere through\\nthe State, and an organization effected\\nby which a circular was issued November\\n14th, calling on the electors of the State to\\nmeet December Gth and choose delegates to\\na third convention to meet at Ann Arbor\\nDecember 14th. This convention met, and\\nbeing composed almost wholly of those\\nfavoring admission, voted on the 15th,\\nunanimously, to accept the terms indicated\\nby Congress, protesting at the same time,\\nhowever, against the right of Congress to\\nimpose the condition. The result was\\nimmediately forwarded to Washington,\\nand on January 26th 1837, an act was\\napproved by the President asserting that\\nthe people of Michigan had accepted the\\nterms, and declaring Michigan to be one\\nof the United States, and admitted into the\\nUnion on an equal footing with the original\\nStates in all respects whatever.\\nTHE PATRIOT WAR.\\nThe so-called Patriot war was a rising in\\nthe Canadas in 1837, with the purpose of\\nestablishing a republican form of govern-\\nment in those provinces. The movement\\nextended from Quebec to Windsor, and\\nwas conducted with great energy and de-\\ntermination, but like such movements\\ngenerally, failed, very largely from lack of\\nconcert of action. The Canadian govern-\\nment acted with great promptness and\\ndecision in suppression of the rebellion,\\nand visited on the unfortunate patriots\\nthe most swift and severe retribution.\\nNumerous sharp engagements took place,\\nin which no quarter was given to the\\nrebels, and in one month, it is stated, 500\\nhouses were burnt and $1,000,000 worth of\\nprivate property destroyed by the govern-\\nment troops. As the patriots became\\nworsted they naturally took refuge on\\nAmerican soil, where they had the sympa-\\nthies of the majority of the people. In this\\nway Detroit and other points on the fron-\\ntier became important bases of operations\\nto the patriots, and to some extent Ameri-\\ncan citizens became identified with the\\nmovement. The United Slates govern-\\nment of course remained neutral, and to\\nprevent any breach of neutrality on the\\nborder, Gen. Scott took the field. In this\\nquarter Gen. Brady commanded the United\\nStates forces, and exerted himself to the\\nutmost to prevent any aid being given to\\nthe insurgents. The contest lasted for a\\nlittle over a year, one^of the closing scenes\\nbeing the crossing of a party of 164 patri-\\nots from Detroit, December 4, 1838, the\\ncapture of the barracks at Windsor, and\\nthe marching thence to Sandwich, where\\nwas encountered a greatly superior force\\nof government troops, by whom the patriot\\nforces were completely cut t j pieces and\\nsome 13 prisoners shot in cold blood after\\nthe close of the engagement. One Ameri-\\ncan citizen who participated in the fight\\nwas made prisoner and transported for a\\nterm of years.\\nTHE BANKING PERIOD.\\nAs stated above the first bank ever es-\\ntablished in Michigan was the Bank of\\nMichigan, established in 1818. From that\\nperiod down to 1837, 15 banks were char-\\ntered in different sections of the State, the\\naggregate capital of which in the latter\\nyear was $7,000,000. In 1837 the Legisla-\\nture established a free banking system,\\nunder which banks might be started ad\\nlibitum, circulating notes being permitted\\nto be issued to an amount equal to twice\\nand a half the paid up capital. The direc-\\ntors and stockholders were made Individ,\\nually liable for the debts of the bank, and\\nthe stockholders were further required to\\ndeposit with the Auditor General mortgages\\non real estate equal to the amount of author-\\nized indebtedness of the bank. The mania\\nfor the establishment of banks under this\\nlaw was unparalleled. In less than eight", "height": "3184", "width": "1965", "jp2-path": "outlinehistoryof00scri_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF MICHIGAN.\\nmonths 4o new banks had gone into ope-\\nration under it, with an aggregate nominal\\ncapital of $3,115,000, and then the mania\\nwas only checked by the suspension of the\\nlaw. The effect ol the existence of (X)\\nbanks, with a combined capital of over ten\\nmillions, in a new Slate like Michigan, with\\na population of less than 90,000, may be\\neasily imagined. Currency became the\\ncheapest and most plentiful commodity\\nin the market, the purchasing value of the\\nMichigan bank notes sunk very low, and\\ngauged by them persons of very moderate\\nmeans could easily fancy themselves very\\nrich. Speculation naturally was engen-\\ndered, and for a time ran wild. Then came\\nthe crash, with all the usually attending\\ncalamity and ruin. Some years elapsed\\nbefore the State recovered from the infla-\\ntion and collapse, and then only to run\\ninto the opposite extreme of practically\\nprohibiting banks altogether. Twenty\\nyears after the free-banking period of 1838,\\nwhen the population of the State had in-\\ncreased to 750,000, the entire incorporated\\nbank capital of Michigan was scarcely five\\nper cent of what it was at the earlier date,\\nand even now it is far less than the busi-\\nness of the Slate requires, though greatly\\nimproved since the establishment of the\\nNational banking system.\\nTHE ERA OF INTERNAL, IMPROVEMENT.\\nTowards the close of her territorial peri-\\no .1 of existence, the general government con-\\nstructed in Michigan five important turn-\\npike roads. These were the Detroit and\\nPcrrysburg road, leading from Detroit to\\nPtrrysburg on the Maumee; the Chicago\\nroad, extending from Detroit through Yp-\\nsilanti, Clinton, Saline, Jonesville, Cold-\\nwater, White Pigeon, Mottville, Adamsville\\nand Bertrand to Chicago the Grand River\\nroad, extending from Detroit through\\nHowell to some point on Grand river the\\nSaginaw road, intersecting Pontiac and\\nFlint, and the Fort Gratiot road, passing,\\nthrough Mt. Clemens to Fort Gratiot.\\nThese were all six rods wido.\\nThe first railroad chartered, was the\\nCentral, or Detroit St. Joseph, in 1831.\\nThe company had expended about $117,-\\n000 upon it, and had it nearly graded be-\\ntween Detroit and Ypsilanti, when, in 1837,\\nit was purchased by the State. In 1838 iti\\nrolling stock consisted of 4 locomotives, 5\\npassenger cars and 10 freight cars.\\nThe next road chartered was the Erie\\nKalamazoo. It was laid out to run from\\nToledo, through Adrian, to Marshall or\\nsome other place on the Kalamazoo river.\\nIt was completed to Adrian in October\\n1836, but never extended further, and now\\nconstitutes the Toledo division of the L.\\nS. M. S. R. R.\\nThe Detroit Pontiac road followed,\\nbeing chartered in 1834. Four years later\\nit had been completed to Royal Oak, and\\nat that stage, receiving a loan from the\\nState of $100,000, was so^n after extended\\nto Pontiac.\\nIn the same year was chartered the\\nShelby Detroit railroad. It extended\\nto Utica, Macomb county, was 20 miles in\\nlength, and was finished in 1838 or 183!).\\nIt followed the route of the present Detroit\\nBay City R. R., and, like all the other\\nrailroads of that day, was constructed with\\nstrap rail and was operated by horse pow-\\ner. With the rotting out of the super-\\nstructure the road was abandoned.\\nThe Allegan Marshall road was char-\\ntered in 183G. It was to connect the vil-\\nlages of Marshall and Allegan, its route\\nbetween Marshall and Kalamazoo being\\nidentical with that of the present Michigan\\nCentral. $100,000 was loaned to this com-\\npany by the Slate, and some work was\\ndone upon the line, but no part appears to\\nhave been completed.\\nIn the same year the River Raisin\\nLake Erie road was chartered, to com-\\nmence at La Plaisance bay on lake Erie,\\nand extend [through Monroe to Blissfield\\non the Erie Kalamazoo road. It was\\npartly completed and subsequently became\\na portion of the Michigan Southern.\\nIn 1833, too, was chartered the Palmyra\\nJacksonburg railroad. It passed through\\nTecuinseh, Clinton and Manchester to\\nJackson, and 12 miles at the southern end\\nof the line was immediately built. This is\\nnow the Jackson branch of the L. S. M-\\nS. R. R.\\nBesides these railroads, a number of oth-", "height": "3210", "width": "1991", "jp2-path": "outlinehistoryof00scri_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF MiCniGAN.\\ners were chartered between 1833 and 1838,\\nno portion of any of which was ever built.\\nA list of these may be of interest\\n1833. Romeo Mt. Clemens.\\n1835. Macomb Saginaw.\\nDetroit Maumce.\\nRiver Raisin Grand River.\\n1836. Monroe Ypsilanti.\\nSt. Clair Romeo.\\nKalamazoo Lalce Michigan.\\nShelby Belle River.\\nMonroe Ann Arbor.\\nClinton Adrian.\\nConstantine Niles.\\n1837. Detroit Shiawassee.\\nSaginaw Genesee.\\nGil)raltar Clinton.\\n1833. Auburn Lapeer.\\nYpsilanti Tecumseh.\\nMottville White Pigeon.\\nMedina Canandaigua.\\nIn March, 1837, the Legislature appoint-\\ned a Board of Commissioners on Internal\\nImprovement, to which Board was given\\nauthority to construct three several rail-\\nways across the State, to be iinown respec-\\ntively as the Southern, the Central and the\\nNorthern, also three canals. The South-\\nern railroad was to extend from Monroe\\nthrough the southern tier of counties to\\nNew Buffalo the Central was to run from\\nDetroit through Ypsilanti, Jackson, Mar-\\nshall and Kalamazoo to St. Joseph, and\\nthe Northern, starting from Port Huron)\\ntook in Lapeer, Flint, Owosso, Lyons and\\nGrand Rapids, and made Grand Haven its\\nterminus. The board were also authorized\\nto purchase any existing roads whose in.\\nterests might be infringed upon by the\\nconstruction of the State lines. The three\\ncanals were the St. Mary s Ship canal the\\nClin ton Kalamazoo canal, extending from\\nMt. Clemens across the State to the mouth\\nof the Kalamazoo river, and the Saginaw,\\nor Northern, canal which was to connect\\nBad river, a branch of the Saginaw, with\\nMaple, a branch of the Grand, and thus es-\\ntablish water communication between Sagi-\\nnaw and Grand Haven. The estimated\\nlength and cost of these several works, was\\nas follows\\nLength. Cost.\\nSouthern Railroad 183 miles $1.4!)0.3T6\\nCentral Railroad lit! l.!i-28.195\\nNorthern Railroad. ]fi7 l,.3l0.3(il\\nSatjinaw Canal 53 2.38,240\\nClinton Kalamazoo Canal 216 3,250,000\\nSt. Mary s Canal 4500 feet $112,540\\nImprovement of Grand River 90 miles 67.309\\nImprovement of Kalamazoo 75 ^25,624\\nImprovement of St. Joseph 116 183,434\\nThe first board consisted of L. B. Miz-\\nner of Wayne, Levi S. Humphrey of Mon-\\nroe, James B. Hunt of Oakland, William\\nA. Burt of Macomb, Edwin H. Lothrop of\\nKalamazoo, Hiram Alden of Branch and\\nRix Robinson of Kent. The funds for the\\nprosecution of the projected works were to\\nbe derived from three sources, viz Any\\nsurplus of State revenue, five percent of all\\nproceeds from sale of State lands, and a six\\nper cent loan, redeemable in 25 years, and\\nnot to exceed five millions of dollars in\\namount. The profits arising from all these\\npublic works were to constitute a sinking\\nfund for the repayment of the loan.\\nThe first step of the board was to pur-\\nchase the Detroit St. Joseph R. R., no\\npart of which was in operation, though\\nconsiderable work had been done between\\nDetroit and Ypsilanti. To this place it\\nwas opened for traffic Febuary 3, 1338.\\nSurveys on all the other works were in\\n1837 completed, and 30 miles of the South-\\nern road put under contract. The total\\nexpenditures this year were -$415,618.\\nMeanwhile the Governor, who had been\\nempowered by the Legislature to negotiate\\nthe $5,000,000 loan, had closed a contract\\nwith the ]\\\\lorris Canal and Banking com-\\npany of New Jersey, by which they took\\nthe entire amount of the bonds and agreed\\nto pay for the Eame,about one quarter down\\nand the balance in quarterly instalments\\nof $250,000 each, the bonds to be delivered\\nat once. Three millions of these bonds\\nthey immediately turned over to the Bank\\nOf the United States, by which they were\\nhypothecated largely in Europe. Great\\ncomplaint seems to have been made at\\nhome of the Governor s recklessness in\\nthus hastily closing so large a transaction,\\nand in his parting with the bonds without\\nreceiving proper security for the payment.\\nNor was Ihs complaint without just\\ngrounds, for in 181:0, when there was still\\n$2,158,037 due from the purchasers, it\\ncame to light that both banks were insol-\\nvent. For some time the financial condi-\\ntion of the State was most critical, but in", "height": "3184", "width": "1965", "jp2-path": "outlinehistoryof00scri_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF MICHIGAN.\\n1843 the Legislature passed an act author-\\nising the issue of new bonds for the amount\\nthat had been actually received by the\\nState, the same to be delivered upon the sur-\\nrender of the entire amount of outstanding\\nbonds, or pro rata for any portion that might\\nbe surrendered. In this way the entire\\n$5;000,000, except about $50,000, was grad-\\nually retired, and the bonds given m lieu\\nthereof were duly paid in 1863.\\nIn 1838, $530,493 was expended on the\\nInternal Improvment works, and consid-\\nerable surveying and clearing was done, be.\\nsides the completion of the Central railroad\\nto Tpsilanti. In 1839 the expenditure was\\n$693,883. The Central road was opened\\nto Ann Arbor and the Southcra to Peters-\\nburgh. An attempt to commence work\\non the Sault canal was defeated by a col-\\nlision between the contractors and the\\nUnited States officials at Fort Brady.\\nIn 1840 the Governor in his message to\\nthe Legislature deplored the Internal Im-\\nprovement scheme, and recommended the\\nsuspension of further work, except where\\nnecessary to complete and utilize what had\\nalready been commenced. This year\\n$463,816 was expended, the Central road\\nbeing brought to within four miles of Dex-\\nter, the Southern opened to Adrian, and a\\nheavy amount of work being done upon\\nthe Clinton Kalamazoo canal between\\nMt. Clemens and Rochester. In 1841 there\\nwas expended $419,139. The Central was\\nopened to Dexter, July 4th, and was imme-\\ndiately pushed on to Jackson. The South-\\nern had not got beyond Adrian. The\\nNorthern railroad, upon which considerable\\nclearing and grading had been done, was\\nthis year ordered by the Legislature to be\\ncompleted as a wagon road.\\nJanuary 1, 1842, the Central was opened\\nto Jackson. The Southern was during this\\nyear made ready for the iron as far as\\nHdlsdale, but the credit of the State was\\nnot at that time good enougb to enable it\\nto buy iron on credit, and cash it had none.\\nSixteen miles of the Clinton Kalamazoo\\ncanal were completed at a cost of $333,330,\\nbut it had tot yet been brought into use.\\nThe Legislature in January 1813 by reso-\\nlution forbade the letting of any further\\ncontracts on the public works, but provis-\\nion was made for extending the Central\\nand Southern railroads. The year 1843\\nsaw the latter opened to Hillsdale. The\\nexpenditures in 1842 were $170,545, and\\nin 1843 $100,416. In 1844 the Central\\nroad was opened to Marshall and graded\\nto Kalamazoo. The Southern was this year\\nre-built between Monroe and Adrian, the\\nsuperstructure having rotted out, and the\\nPalmyra Jacksouburg road was pur-\\nchased by the State for $22,000. This\\nlatter road had been prepared for the iron\\nfrom Palmyra to Tecumseh, but had been\\nallowed to go to decay without ever being\\nput in fall operation. The Central railroad\\nwas now earning from year to year a moder-\\nate profit over expenses, the Southern road\\na very trifling amount, if anything, and\\nnone of the other public works were at\\nall productive. In 1845 the Central was\\nfinished to Battle Creek and some progress\\nmade with the reconstruction of the Te-\\ncumseh branch of the Southern. The ex-\\npensivcness of keeping strap-rail roads in\\nrepair had by this time been found to be a\\nserious drawback to the productiveness\\nof railroad property, and the commission-\\ners in their report for this year suggested\\nthe importance of immediately reconstruc-\\nting both roads with T rail, and recom.\\nmended as the only feasible method of\\nsecuring the acco:nplishment of this enter-\\nprise, the sale of the roads to some respon-\\nsible company. In this year the naviga-\\ntion of the Clinton Kalamazoo canal\\nwas inaugurated by a small boat of 20\\ntons burthen.\\nOn February 1, 1816, the Central road\\nwas completed to Kalamazoo on the 2M.\\nof September its sale to the Michigan Cen-\\ntral Railroad Company was perfected, the\\npurchase price being $2,000,000 and the\\npayments being made in bonds and other\\nState indebtedness. One month later the\\nsale of the Southern road to the Michigan\\nSouthern Railroad Company was con-\\nsummated by the payment of the first in-\\nstalment of the purchase price, which had\\nbeen fixed at $500,000, payable also in\\nState indebtedness within 10 years. By\\nthese sales the State debt was grsatly", "height": "3210", "width": "1991", "jp2-path": "outlinehistoryof00scri_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "III8T0RY OF MICIIIGAX.\\ndiminished and the two roads placed in\\nthe hands of strong and enterprising com-\\npanies, by whom they were speedily com-\\npleted and under whom they have since\\nachifved reputations for admirable man-\\nagement second to those ot no other rail-\\nroads in the country.\\nThe canal still remained to the State.\\nThis was in 1846 put in navigable order be-\\ntween Mt. Clemens and Utica, but only $43\\nwas received in tolls. The following year\\nfurther repairs were made and an ineffec-\\ntual effort made to lease the work. From\\nthis time it appears to have been wholly\\nneglected by the State. Between Rochester\\nand Utica it has since been utilized for\\nwater-power purposes, but below Utica\\nit has been allowed to go wholly to decay.\\nGOVERNORS OF THE STATE.\\nThe following is a list of the several\\nGovernors who have served from the ad- j\\nmission of the State, into the Union down\\nto the present time\\nInaugurated. Ketired.\\nStCTens T. M:\u00c2\u00bb8on, Oct. 1835 Jan. 18-10\\nWilliam Woodbridge,.. .Jan. 1840 Feb. 1841\u00c2\u00bb\\nJ Wright Gordon,!.... Feb. 1841 Jan. 1842\\nJohn S. Barry, Jan. 1842 Jan 1846\\nAlpheus Felch, Jan. 1846 Mar. 1847^\\nWilliam S.Greenly,\u00c2\u00a7... Mar. 1847 Jan. 1848\\nEpaphroditusKansom,. Jan. 1848 Jan. 1850\\nJohn S. Barry, Jan. 1850 Jan. 1852\\nRobert McClelland,.... Jan. 18.52 Mar. 1853**\\nAndrew Parsons, Mar. 1853 Jan. 1855\\nKinsley S. Bingham, Jan. 1855 Jan. 1859\\nMoses Wisner, Jan. 1859 Jan. 1861\\nAustin Blair, Jan. 1861 Jan. 1865\\nHenry H. Crapo, Jan. 1865 Jan. 1869\\nHenry P. Baldwin, Jan. 1869 Jan. 1873\\nJohn J. Bagley, Jan. 1873\\nResigned upon beinsr elected to Congress.\\nt Lieutenant Governor, acting as Governor.\\nt Resigned on being elected U. S. Senator.\\nLieutenant Governor, acting as Governor.\\nResigned upon being appointed Secretary of\\nthe Interior.\\nDISCOVERIES OX L.\\\\KE SUPERIOR.\\nIn 1845 the value of the iron deposits\\nin the upper peninsula was fully discovered,\\nand miniug operations were fairly inau-\\ngurated the following year, though it was\\nnot until 1856 that operations were prose-\\ncuted upon at all an extensive scale.\\nIn 1845, also, the copper wealth of lake\\nSuperior was first brought into notice, and\\nimmediately was followed by an intense\\nrage for speculation. It was not however\\nuntil after the completion of theSault canal\\nthat mining operations began to be con-\\nducted in an economical and systematic\\nmanner, and that the product became a\\nsource of wealth to the State.\\nREMOVAL OF THE CAPITAL.\\nThe constitution of 1836, provided that\\nthe seat of government should be estab.\\nlished at Detroit till 1847, when it should\\nbe permanently located by the Legislature.\\nAccordingly, in his message to that body,\\nJanuary 4, 1847, Gov. Felch called atten-\\ntion to this requirement. In the course of\\nthe session an attempt was made to estab-\\nlish the location, but there were so many\\nrival interests,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ann Arbor, Jackson,\\nMarshall, Kalamazoo, and several other\\nplaces being candidates for the honor\\nthat it was found impossible to combine a\\nsufficient number of votes on any one\\nplace to settle the question in its favor.\\nAfier much tedious log-rolling, and\\nearnest debate, the members became thor-\\noughly tired ot the subject, so, when a\\nproposition was submitted for the location\\nof the capital on the school section ot the\\nextreme northwestern township of Ingham\\ncounty (the present site of Lansing), which\\nwas known to be an unbroken wilderness,\\nwithout even a good wagon road lead-\\ning to it, the absurdity of the thing so\\ndisarmed serious opposition that the meas-\\nure was carried in triumph. After the ex-\\nperience of the past, the advocates of no\\nother place dared permit the matter just\\nthen to be re-opened, and so all motions\\nto reconsider were voted down. It was\\nthen agreed that the very next session of the\\nLegislature should be held at the new cap-\\nital, the hope being so to increase the mud-\\ndle that the members would in sheer dis-\\ngust waive their preferences and unite en\\nsome availaVile point. Commissioners,\\nhowever were appointed to prepare accom-\\nmodations for the Government at the newly\\nselected location, and the Legislature ad-\\njourned.\\nAt the location selected there was at\\nthat time scarcely a house standing, and\\nalmost the entire site of the present city\\nwas covered with a dense growth of timber.\\nBut nothing daunted, the commissioners\\nset to work cutting roads, dealing street*\\nand squares, and erecting buildings.\\nLumber was hauled foi finishing purposes", "height": "3184", "width": "1965", "jp2-path": "outlinehistoryof00scri_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "10\\nHISTORY OF MICHIGAN.\\nall the way from Flint in wagons, yet in\\nthe face of all these difficulties, before the\\nyear had expired the State House still iu\\nuse had been erected, and soaiewhat ade-\\nquate provision had been made for lodging\\nthe members of the Legislature which were\\nto meet in January 1848. The new village\\nwas at first called Michigan, and the town\\nin which it is located Lansing, the latter\\nbeing named by one of the early settlers\\nafter Lansing, N. Y. Ere long the village\\nalso began to be called Lansing, and its\\nmore pretentious name was ultimately\\ndropped. So rapid was its subsequent\\ngrowth and so admirable has the location\\nproved, that all idea ot a further change of\\nthe capital has long since been abandoned.\\n1850 TO 1800.\\nIn 1850 a convention sat in Lansing for\\nthe framing of a new constitution the\\nsame upon which the State government is\\nnow based.\\nThe year 1851 was marked by the great\\nrailroad conspiracy trials in Michigan. A\\nseries of lawless acts had been committed\\nat Michigan Center and Leoni in Jackson\\ncounty, on the property of the Michigan\\nCentral Railroad Company, in retaliation\\ntor real or fancied grievances endured by\\nresidents along the line of the railroad.\\nThese acts of vengeance culminated in the\\nburning of the depot buildings in Detroit.\\nSome 50 persons were arrested and\\nbrought to trial, Hon. Wm. H. Seward\\nappearing for the defence. The trial\\nlasted four months, being one of the long-\\nest jury trials on record. Two of the de-\\nfendants died during its progress, 12 were\\nconvicted and the remainder acquitted.\\nIn 1852 Congress granted to the State\\n750,000 acre^ of land for the purpose of\\nconstructing a canal around the rapids on\\nthe St. Mary s river. A company was\\nfound who were willing to construct the\\ncanal for the lands, and after two years of\\nenergetic labor the work was completed\\nand formally accepted by the State in May\\n1855.\\nJuly 6, 1854, met at Jackson the famous\\nconvention which inaugurated the great\\nRepublican party, which has controlled the\\naflFairs ot the nation for the past 12 years.\\nThe old Whig party had become very\\nmuch disorganized after the defeat of Gen.\\nScott in 1852, and the Free Soil party was\\ndaily increasing in strength. The one\\npossessed respectability, the other prin-\\nciple neither, strength enough to give it\\nany influence in the national councils.\\nEach party had in Michigan nominated a\\nstate ticket, but up to this period the State\\nwas hopelessly Democratic. A movement\\nto fuse the Whia: and Free Soil parties was\\nundertaken, and on July 6th, as above\\nstated, a mass convention assembled, at\\nwhich both Whig and Free S jil tickets\\nwere withdrawn and a Republican ticket\\nmade up by selection from both. A plat-\\nform was also adopted, which became a\\nbasis for similar action in other States, and\\nthe name Republican was definitively\\nsettled upon as the name of the new party.\\nTwo years later the Republican party\\nmade a presidential nomination, and in\\nsix years swept the country in the election\\nof Abraham Lincoln.\\nIn 1854 the Great Western Railway of\\nCanada was completed to Detroit, and in\\n1858 the Grand Trunk. In 1856 Congress\\nmade a grant of alternate sections lying\\nwithin six miles on either side of certain\\nrailroad routes to aid in the construction\\nof such roads. Nine different roads partici-\\npated in this land grant, four being in the\\nupper peninsula. The other principal\\nlines were the Grand Rapids and Indiana,\\nextending from Sturgis northward through\\nKalamazoo and Grand Rapids to Macki-\\nnac the Amboy, Lansing Traverse Bay,\\nextending from Amboy in the southern\\npart of Hillsdale county through Jonesville,,\\nAlbion, Lansing, Owosso and Saginaw\\nCity to Traverse City; the Flint Pere\\n^larquette extending from Flint through\\nEast Saginaw to the mouth of the Pere\\nMarquette river in Mason county the\\nDetroit Milwaukee, and the Port Huron\\nMilwaukee roads. The Amboy, Lansing\\nTraverse Bay road was immediately\\nconstructed between Lansing and Owosso,\\nwhen it became bankrupt and its franxihises\\nsubsequently fell into the hands of the\\nJackson, Lansing Saginaw Railroad\\nCompany. The Flint Pere Marquette", "height": "3210", "width": "1991", "jp2-path": "outlinehistoryof00scri_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF MICHIGAN.\\n11\\nroad was built from Flint to East Saginaw,\\nand has latterly been extended northward\\nnearly across the State and southward\\nto Monroe. The Grand Rapids Indiana\\nroad dragged along very slowly for some\\nyears, but has now fallen into the hands of\\ncapitalists who are rapidly completing it\\nas at first projected.\\nIn 1858 the Detroit Milwaukee rail-\\nroai was completed to Grand Haven, run-\\nning from Corunua westward about on\\nthe projected line of the old Northern rail-\\nroad. This road is simply an extension of\\nthe old Detroit Pontiac railroad to lake\\nMichigan.\\nWhile the existence of salt in this State\\nhad been known from an early day, no\\neffort, had been made to manufacture that\\narticle until 1859, when the Legislature\\npassing: an act offering a bounty of 10 cents\\nper bushel, operations were at once\\ncommenced at Grand Rapids and East\\nSaginaw. At the former place but little\\nsuccess attended the experiment, but on the\\nSaginaw river the salt business has grown\\nto immense proportions and become\\nsecond only the lumber interest in\\nimportance.\\nMICHIGAN DUUINC; THE REBELLION.\\nIn the late war of the rebellion Michigan\\nachieved for herself a glorious record.\\nShe sent to the field one regiment of engin-\\neers and mechanics, 11 regiments and three\\nindependent companies of cavalry, 14\\nbatteries of artillery, 31 regiments of in-\\nfantry,and five companies of sharp shooters,\\nnumbering in all 00,7-17 men. Of these\\n4,175 were killed in action or died of\\nwounds, and 9,230 died of disease while in\\nservice. From the beginning to the close\\nof the war the Michigan troops bore the\\nreputation of being among the bravest\\nand best disciplined in the army, and\\nthere were very few of the more important\\nengagements where Michigan was not\\nrepresented, and where her regiments\\nwere not conspicuous for the efficient aid\\nthey rendered.\\nAmong the officers from this State who\\nparticularly distinguished themselves dur-\\ning the war may be mentioned Col. C. O.\\nLoomis, who was probably the best artillery\\nofficer in the service Gen. Custer and Col.\\nR. H. G. Minty, both dashing cavalry offi-\\ncers Gen. A. S. Williams, who command-\\ned a corps under Sherman Gen O. B. Will-\\ncox, Col. J. C. Robinson, Col. I. B.\\nRichardson, Col. H. S. Roberts, Maj. J. D.\\nFairbanks, Col. John Pulford, Col. Prit-\\nchard, Col. W. L. Stoughton, and others.\\nMICHIGAN IN 1870.\\nThe census of 1870 indicated a popula-\\ntion in Michigan of 1,184,059. The finan-\\ncial interests of the State were never in a\\nhealthier condition. Never before was the\\nState developing so rapidly. An immense\\nimpulse was given to the building of rail-\\nroads by a law passed in 18G9 authorizing\\ntowns and counties to loan or donate aid\\nj to roads passing through them. New rail-\\nj roads were projected in every direction,\\nand though the aid law was afterwards de-\\nclared unconstitutional, yet the intense\\ncompetition that subsists between three or\\nfour of the great railway corporations, pre-\\nvents a collapse and ensures the construc-\\ntion of every reasonable line. Thus it is\\nthat the railroad mileage in Michigan has\\nincreased within a few years to over 3,100\\nmiles.", "height": "3184", "width": "1965", "jp2-path": "outlinehistoryof00scri_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3210", "width": "1991", "jp2-path": "outlinehistoryof00scri_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3184", "width": "1965", "jp2-path": "outlinehistoryof00scri_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3210", "width": "1991", "jp2-path": "outlinehistoryof00scri_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3184", "width": "1965", "jp2-path": "outlinehistoryof00scri_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3210", "width": "1991", "jp2-path": "outlinehistoryof00scri_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3184", "width": "1965", "jp2-path": "outlinehistoryof00scri_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "LIBRARY OF CONGRESS\\n016 099 185 9", "height": "3210", "width": "1991", "jp2-path": "outlinehistoryof00scri_0026.jp2"}}