What a wonderful look at life in the mid-west in the 1800’s. This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Macomb County and its people.
This is a scanned copy on CD of the original book published in 1882.
History
Of
Macomb County
Michigan
CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF ITS SETTLEMENT, GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND RESOURCES ; AN EXTENSIVE AND MINUTE SKETCH OF ITS CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES—THEIR IMPROVEMENTS, INDUSTRIES, MANUFACTORIES, CHUKCHES, SCHOOLS AND SOCIETIES; ITS WAR RECORD, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCFIES, PORTRAITS OF PROMINENT MEN AND EARLY SETTLEHS; THE WHOLE PRECEDED BY A HISTORY OF MICHIGAN, STATISTICS OF THE STATE, AND AN ABSTRACT OF ITS LAWS AND CONSTITUTION AND OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO
M. A. LEESON & CO
1882
950 pages on 1 CD
An essential resource for Genealogists
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CONTENTS
HISTORY OF MICHIGAN
CHAPTER I.—The Aborigines
CHAPTER II—French Exploration and Settlement
CHAPTER III.—The French and Indian War
CHAPTER IV.—National Policies
CHAPTER V. -Military History
CHAPTER VI.—Political History
CHAPTER VII.—Miscellaneous
CHAPTER VIII.—State Societies
CHAPTER IX.—Michigan and Its Resources
HISTORY OF MACOMB COUNTY
CHAPTER X.—Introduction
CHAPTER XI.—The Indians
CHAPTER XII.—The French Pioneers
CHAPTER XIII.—The Moravians
CHAPTER XIV.—Pioneer History
CHAPTER XV.—Pioneer Reminiscences
CHAPTER XVI.—Organization
CHAPTER XVII.—Political History
CHAPTER XVIII.—The Press or Macomb County
CHAPTER XIX.—Poetry of Macomb.
CHAPTER XX.—Progress of Education
CHAPTER XXI.—The Churches of Macomb
CHAPTER XXII.—The War for the Union.
CHAPTER XXIII.—Olden Enterprises
CHAPTER XXIV.—Courts and Bar of Macomb.
CHAPTER XXV.—County Finances and Statistics.
CHAPTER XXVI.—Agricultural and Farmers' Associations.
CHAPTER XXVII.—Necrology
CHAPTER XXVIII—Chronology
HISTORY OF TOWNS
CHAPTER XXIX.—Mount Clemens City
CHAPTER XXX.—Romeo
CHAPTER XXXI.—Armada
CHAPTER XXXII.—Shelby Township
CHAPTER XXXIII.-Bruce Township
CHAPTER XXXIV.—Macomb Township
CHAPTER XXXV—Richmond Township
CHAPTER XXXVI.—Washington Township
CHAPTER XXXVII —Sterling Township
CHAPTER XXXVIII.—Warren Township
CHAPTER XXXIX.—Ray Township
CHAPTER XL.—Lenox Township
CHAPTER XLI. - Harrison Township
CHAPTER XLII.—Erin Township
CHAPTER XLIII.—Chesterfield Township
