Saginaw Valley Strike

LABOR – SAGINAW VALLEY STRIKE, ETC.

G7

B1

F22                 -Finnish Labor Strike, 1906

F33                 -Benton Harbor Socialist Party

 

G9

B35                 -Saginaw Valley Strike

 

GII

B485               -Transmittal of report in G9 B35.

 

RG 59-14            -RECORDS OF THE MICHIGAN MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT

See entry 140, p. 425, Minutes of State Military Board; entry 180, press copy of ALS from Wm. Richardson to Gen. W.H. Withington, January 16, 1900, reporting various calls to service; entry 224, ALS to Chas. S. Brown, Col. Commanding 3^rd Reg., M.S.T., from Albert Trask, Capt. 3^rd Reg. Headquarters.  Co. D, 3^rd Regiment at Saginaw, May 6, 1886. 

Sage Lake

LAKES – SAGE (OGEMAW COUNTY) 

Source:

1.         Scott, L. D. Inland Lakes of Michigan, :P365-6.

2.         For information re to Engineering Investigations conducted by Conservation Department.  See correspondence:  May 3, 1956.

Harry F. Kenyon, Sage Lake, Lupton, Michigan.

Sagana Lands

Detroit Gazette                                                                                   SAGANA LANDS.

September 8, 1820.

            In answer to a letter of Messrs. A. Edwards and Ch. Larned, dated the 19^th July last, to Josiah Meigs, Esquire stating that surveys in the vicinity of Sagana bay are desirable, they are informed by a letter from that gentleman, dated on the 16^th ult. That “the surveyor General was directed to cause to be surveyed thirty townships in that vicinity.”  We are informed that the survey will be commenced immediately. 

            We are in expectation of receiving, in the course of two months, a description of that beautiful tract of country which lies in the vicinity of Sagana Bay and river—it will be published as soon as received. 

Roads

ROAD – LEGISLATION – 1903

GII

B457

F3

Old

In correspondence with Legislative Members-Senators, 1895-1903. Refers to recently passed “Automobile Bill.”

ROADS – LANSING AND EATON RAPIDS

GII

B565 old

F1

ROADS

G9

B4

B38

G7

B1

F20

B3

F2

GII

B31

(new)

State Road, 1850-60

ROADS – 1859

St. Mary’s River and Mackinac Road, 1859

GII

B32

Folder carries title. Application for road commission. Signatures of sundry citizens.

ROADS – IONIA, HOUGHTON LAKE AND MACKINAC – 1859

GII
B32

F18

Act 117 (1859) Appr. February 12, 1859, provided for the construction of a road from Ionia to Houghton Lake and other state roads.

Recommended for appointment: Steven T. Page

C. Oscar Thompson

B607 Old

F23

Re-contracts for Ionia, Houghton Lake, and Mackinac State Road, 1859-60.

B244

F8

18 items and cross references.

See RECORD OF STATE ROADS.

SA

Executive Acts March, 1859. March 19, 1859

Said commission issued to Justus W. Ferris? Appointing him a commissioner on the Ionia, Houghton Lake, and Mackinaw State Road to fill the place made vacant by the resignations of Guy N? Trowbridge, Ms. Dup signed by N. G. Isbell and M. Wisner.

Executive Act, February 14, 1859

M. Wisner nominations as commissioners of the several State Roads

Ionia and Houghton Lake and Mackinac State Road.

Henry LeRoy Wayne

Justus W. Toms.?, Oakland

Sanford A. Youmans, Ionia

See inventory

ROADS

See Inventories Conservation, Lands Division; Secretary of State, GII, Highway Department, Michigan Turnpike Authority. See vertical file for brief list of records relating to transportation.

Records of Danby Township. Lot 1

Records of Oakland County, Lot 3. Pontiac and Grand River Road Book, 1845-1850.

State Trunkline routes, 1957

For description of routes see Box 6, RG 67-44, RECORDS OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE HIGHWAYS.

Bois Blanc Island State Road – Field Notes.

See RG 50, B5, F16

ROADS – CASS RIVER AND BAY CITY STATE ROAD

Map #00152 – Conservation Department, Lot 5.

RG 60-8 – B17, F14

B21, F6

Contracts (V.5 on spine) V. 105

RG 62-16 – Volume 97, page 76

Roads – Flint and Fentonville Plank Road

GII

B565

F2

ROADS – IONIA, HOUGHTON LAKE AND MACKINAC STATE ROAD

GII

B31?

F18

23

45

Letters of recommendations for commissioners, enclosing contracts etc. No contracts. Dates contract with Stephen Page of Ionias, August 23, 1859, to be completed January 1, 1860.

Lists Commissioners for 1859.

SA Misc box – Roads. See inventory 59-4, 58-77.

State Land Office – 1860

GII

B597 old

F1

Walter Russell, 127 Broadway, Mt. Pleasant

Hud Keenan, 624 East Maple, Mt. Pleasant

Grand River Bridge

The following collection contains the proposed drawings for the original wooden bridge over the Grand River, Lansing, MI, 1848.

Record Group 66-45, Folder 12.

There is an image of the bridge in the Archives of Michigan general photograph collection, Town and City Scenes, Lansing.

Military Road – Upper Peninsula

MILITARY ROAD – UPPER PENINSULA

Executive Office:            

                        Box 9, 1870

                        Box 32, 1868

                        Box 68, 1865

                        Box 69, 1864

                        Box 192, 1863-72

                        Box 219, 1870, 1873

                        Box 233, 1870

Maps:  Ayer Lands 214-01-F2, Military Road from Rockland to Wisconsin State Line 00248.

Pioneer Collections:  V.7, P. 56 (1884) 

Laws: 

            1864, p. 34

            1869, p. 1450

 

 

 

SA

B

Lands

 

Fort Howard and Fort Wilkins Wagon Road.  Certificate of Purchase.  William Harris, Francis W. Anthony, William W. Spaulding.  Lists of lands.

 

RG 62-16 (lot 14)

 

Lists of lands selected in Conservation Land Division

                                               

Historical Research of Roads

Historical Research of Roads

    Consult trunkline histories RG 85-159

    Michigan Roads & Construction

    Michigan Contractor & Builder

    Local Public Acts

Memorial Roads

ROADS – MEMORIAL

1. King’s Highway (U.S. 12 [old 12])

1. Lewis Cass – M-14 through Jackson 

1. Dort Highway – US-23 – Flint to Mt. Morris

1. James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Highway – US-131 and M-26, Mackinaw to Tampa

See RECORDS OF EXECUTIVE OFFICE

Administrative Correspondence – Highway Commission (letters referred) 1926

Two-Hearted River

RIVERS – TWO-HEARTED

Source:

1. McKenney, “Sketch of a tour of the Lakes”, 1827, page 216. 

1. Schoolcraft – Narrative, Journal of Travels…to Mississippi R., 1820, page 146-169.

Keeweenaw County Roads and Highways

Keeweenaw County Roads and Highways by Paul LaVanway