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This 32-volume collection of journals and accounts by explorers and travelers in the American west was published over a 3-year period beginning in 1904 by Reuben Thwaites, as Secretary of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Accounts of travel to the Great Lakes region are included in:: Volumes 1-5Volume 6 (Brackenridge)Volume 8 (Evans)Volumes 9 -12Volume 19 (Ogden […]
Early Western Travel Accounts in 32 Volumes Read More »
Below are some illustrated travel booklets; mostly published 1879 – 1884. They advertise the pleasures of vacationing in Northern Michigan, and also in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and other locations. The railroad companies began producing these guides soon after railway lines were completed to northern towns, marking the beginning of the tourist industry for most northern locations.
Vacationing Up North in the late 19th Century Read More »
The list below includes books and articles on the site’s Illinois and Indiana pages. This site has similar resources for Ohio, Wisconsin and Michigan, so please check the same subject pages for those states, which you can reach from History of the Great Lakes States. Some of the histories found on the each state General
Anti-Slavery before the Civil War; Illinois and Indiana Read More »
We have links to four magazines or journals for farmers that began to appear in the Great Lakes states about 1850. They offer news, analysis of current events, agricultural science, and advice for men and women living on farms. Several years’ issues are available for each of these titles. Ohio Periodicals page Under “Journals” The
Magazines for Farmers 1850 – 1900s Read More »
In the summer of 1778, during the Revolutionary War, Colonel George Rogers Clark with less than 200 soldiers made an expedition from Kentucky to Kaskaskia, in present-day Illinois. They took the British post there completely by surprise, conquering it without casualties. In February 1779 Col. Clark, with only about 100 men, followed up by marching
The Great Exploit of George Rogers Clark Read More »
This page has links to two groups of works covering women authors of the 19th century. The first group has works by or about women authors and poets around the U.S. Second are works about authors, male and female, from the Great Lakes states, many of whom wrote about the region. Entries for these are
Books about 19th Century American Women Authors Read More »
American pioneer home cloth and clothes manufacture on the frontier, in colonial times, and at other historical periods and places. Books, articles and videos about spinning yarn, making linen, woolen and cotton cloth, designing and sewing clothing etc. The Tale of the Spinning-Wheel Buel, Elizabeth Cynthia Barney Litchfield, CT: 1903 After a history of spinning
Pioneer Cloth Making – Spinning Yarn – Making Clothing on the American Frontier Read More »
Here is a selection of books and articles on this website about life on the river and the importance of water transportation during the early days in the Great Lakes States. The last selection is an imaginary modern employee performance review for Mike Fink, the legendary keel-boat man. Navigation on Great Lakes & Rivers page
Life on the River in Frontier Days Read More »
Michigan state geologist and a founder of the Calumet & Hecla mining company. Below are the more substantive materials that I found in regards to Edwin J. Hulbert. Sources of Information about Edwin J. Hulbert Edwards, George, “The Late Edwin J. Hulbert“, Mining and Engineering World, Volume 33, Nov. 26, 1910 p 988. (Page 2
Edwin J. Hulbert – Michigan State Geologist and Mining Executive Read More »
Each book entry on site pages has a brief description and a link to the free online book. Illinois Biographies & Memoirs page Bacheller, Irving, A Man for the Ages: A Story of the Builders of Democracy Burlend, Rebecca, A True Picture of Emigration, or, Fourteen Years in the Interior of North America (etc.) Hubbard,
Selected Books about Pioneer Life in Early Illinois Read More »