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Michigan's Columbus : the Life of Douglass Houghton  Cover Image Book Book

Michigan's Columbus : the Life of Douglass Houghton / by Steve Lehto.

Lehto, Steve. (Author).

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  • ISBN: 9781879094857
  • ISBN: 1879094851
  • Physical Description: vi, 166 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Royal Oak, Mich. : Momentum Books, c2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
Early Michigan -- Young Douglass Houghton -- Rumors of copper -- Into the wilderness -- Second expedition with Schoolcraft -- Back home in Detroit -- The Toledo War -- Michigan gains statehood -- First geological survey -- Circling the Lower Peninsula -- Tracing the Upper Peninsula's Southern shore -- Examining the Lake Superior shoreline -- Exploring the Keweenaw Peninsula and beyond -- The strange travels of the Ontonagon Boulder -- Making their mark -- Houghton's last survey -- Memorials, myths, and the copper boom -- The legend of Houghton's gold -- After Houghton -- Houghton's legacy.
Subject: Houghton, Douglass, 1809-1845.
Geologists > Michigan > History.
Upper Peninsula (Mich.) > History.
Michigan > History.

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