Michigan's Lumbertowns: Lumberman and Laborers in Saginaw, Bay City, and Muskegon, 1870-1905

(Part of the Great Lakes Books Series Series)

by Jeremy W. Kilar

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This study is a comprehensive history of these lumbertowns from their inception as frontier settlements to their emergence as reshaped industrial centers.

Michigan's foremost lumbertowns, flourishing urban industrial centers in the late 19th century, faced economic calamity with the depletion of timber supplies by the end of the century. Turning to their own resources and reflecting individual cultural identities, Saginaw, Bay City,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0814320732

ISBN13:9780814320730

Release Date:August 1990

Publisher:Wayne State University Press

Length:368 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.5"

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Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History History Human Geography Industrial, Manufacturing & Operational Systems

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Michigan's Lumbertowns: Lumberman and Laborers in Saginaw, Bay City, and Muskegon, 1870-1905

(Part of the Great Lakes Books Series Series)

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