02327cam a22003491 4500 7291117 841203s1887 nyuabef 000 0 eng 20260515201743.1 11021049 (DLC) 11021049 DLC CarP DLC n-us-mi F566 .H87 Hubbard, Bela, 1814-1896. Memorials of a half-century. By Bela Hubbard ... with illustrations. New York, London, G.P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1887. xvi, 581 p. incl. plates, maps, plans, diagrs. front. 20 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier 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. Also available in digital form. Geology Michigan. Michigan History 1837- General Collections copy 2 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/scd0001.00160991173 7 cbc premver u ncip 19 y-gencatlg LCAP batch update 2025-06-18-04:00: LCAPM-644 gc/lhbum ammem massdig sloan pmpull c-GenColl F566 .H87 Copy 1 PREM c-GenColl F566 .H87 00020951370 Copy 2 CCF