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When the Railroad was King by Frank N Elliott 19th century rr era in Michigan SC
When the Railroad was King by Frank N Elliott
The nineteenth century railroad era in Michigan
Soft Cover stapled A24c7 taped to cover, first page/cover stamped Social studies dept Mercy High
69 pages
Copyright 1966
CONTENTS
PREFACE V
WHEN THE RAILROAD WAS KING 1
ILLUSTRATIONS
TRACKS WEST OF ST. IGNACE frontispiece
MICHIGANS FIRST OPERATING RAILROAD, THE ERIE AND KALAMAZOO 5
THE FLINT & HOLLY'S LOCOMOTIVE, "H. H. CRAPO'' 8
AN 1842 MICHIGAN SOUTHERN RAILROAD POSTER 11
THE DETROIT STATION OF THE DETROIT & PONTIAC 14
A TYPICAL MICHIGAN RAILROAD STOCK AND BOND 19
DEPOTS AT BRUCE'S CROSSING AND BATTLE CREEK 34
THE MICHIGAN CAR COMPANY'S WORKS AT DETROIT 37
MICHIGAN CENTRAL AND MARQUETTE & SOUTHEASTERN LOCOMOTIVES 38
A NARROW-GAUGE SHAY LOCOMOTIVE LOGGING TRAIN 41
AN 1864 RAILROAD TIME TABLE 44
AN EARLY MICHIGAN CENTRAL STEAMSHIP POSTER 55
RAILROAD PASSES 58
A NINETEENTH-CENTURY TRAIN AT GREENFIELD VILLAGE IN 1929 67
PREFACE
THIS HISTORY OF MICHIGAN RAILROADS during the period that they dominated transportation in the state is the sixth pamphlet devoted to a special phase of Michigan's history which the Michigan Historical Commission, through the john M. Munson Michigan History Fund, has published since 1960. Dr. Frank N. Elliott, acting dean at the State University of New York, College at Cortland, was a logical person to be chosen as the author of this pamphlet since his doctoral dissertation at the University of Wisconsin had dealt with railroad history in that state, and he had begun the study of railroads in Wisconsin's neighboring state while serving as curator of history at the Michigan State University Museum.
Dr. Elliott's article, with its accompanying illustrations, presents the story of this important aspect of the state's history in a scholarly, yet entertaining and readable fashion and thereby fulfills the objectives that the late Dr. John M. Munson, former president of Eastern Michigan University, had in mind when he provided for the fund that bears his name-that is, to make available more literature on Michigan's history that would stimulate the interest of the state's citizens, and especially its young people, in learning about their heritage. This has likewise always been the goal of the Michigan Historical Commission in its publication program.
The Munson Fund pamphlets supplement the one-volume history, Michigan in Four Centuries, by Dr. F. Clever Bald, as do the other monographs, filmstrips, guides for teachers of Michigan history, picture kits, and other materials which the Commission, through the Munson Fund, has produced since the fund was established in 1950. Additional publications are planned which the Commission hopes will prove equally useful.
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