THE LOYAL WEST IN THE Times of the Rebellion; ALSO, BEFORE AND SINCE BRING AN ENCYCLOPEDIA AND PANORAMA OF THE WESTERN STATES, PACIFIC STATES AND TERRITORIES OF THE UNION - Tapa blanda

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1865 Excerpt: ...by the leader, to prevent the company being detained on their retreat, lest the same disaster should befall them as happened to Brady, and his company. Some of the members of the most ancient and respectable families in Cahokia, were in this expedition. Thomas Brady became the sheriff of the county of St. Clair, after its organization by the governor of the North-western Territory in 1790. He was regarded as a trust-worthy citizen, and died at Cahokia many years since." Almont, Mt. Clemens, Romeo, Allegan, and Grand Haven, are nourishing towns in the Southern Peninsula of Michigan. Almont is in Lapeer county, 49 miles north of Detroit. Mt. Clemens is the county seat of Macomb, and is 20 miles from Detroit, on Clinton River, 4 miles from its entrance into The Isle, Mackinaw. Engraved from a drawing by the late Francis Howe, of Chicago, taken about the year 1846. Lake St. Clair. It is well situated for ship building, and has daily steam boat communication with Detroit. Romeo is also on Clinton River, 40 miles from Detroit. Allegan, distant from Kalamazoo 28 miles, at the head of navigation on Kalamazoo River, is a young and thrifty lumbering village. Grand Haven is at the mouth of Grand River, at the termination of the Detroit and Milwaukie Railroad. It has a noble harbor, and does an enormous lumber trade. Lumber is shipped from here to Chicago, and other ports on the west side of the lake; and steamers ply regularly between this point and Chicago, and also on the river to the flourishing city of Grand Rapids, above. Mackinaw, called "the Gem of the Lakes" is an exquisitely beautiful island in the straits of Mackinaw. It is, by water, 320 miles north of Detroit, in Lat. 45 54' N. Long. 84 30' W. Its name is an abbreviation of Michiliniackinac,...