Sketches Of The City Of Detroit

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ISBN 13 : 9781332196371
Total Pages : 70 pages
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Download or read book Sketches of the City of Detroit written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Sketches of the City of Detroit: State of Michigan, Past and Present, 1885 The city of Detroit is situated on the north shore of the Detroit river or strait connecting Lakes Erie and St. Clair. The river is the boundary line between Michigan and Canada West. The city is 18 miles east of Lake Erie, and 7 miles west of Lake St. Clair, 300 miles west of Buffalo, and 545 from Washington, in Latitude 42 degrees 19 minutes 53 seconds north, and Longitude West 82 deg. 58 sec. or from Washington west 5 deg 56 min. 12 sec. Difference in time from Washington 33 min. 44 sec. New York city 34 min. 48 sec. The history of Detroit is most intimately connected with the history of the whole northwest, as its settlement dates among the first on the American continent Founded in the strife for sovereignity between the English and French governments, it became at an early day, a point of central influence, importance and action. No place in the United States, it has been observed, presents such a series of events, interesting in themselves, and permanently affecting as they occurred, its progress and prosperity. Five times its flag has been changed. First the lily of France floated over its fortress, then the red cross of England, and next the stripes and stars of the United States, and then again the red cross, and lastly the stripes and and stars. Three different sovereigns have claimed its allegiance, and since it has been held by the United States its government has been thrice transferred; twice it has been beseiged by the Indians; once captured in war, and once burnt to the ground. Fire has scathed it - the tomahawk, scalping knife, and war club have been let loose upon it in the hands of an unrelenting savage foe. It has been the scene of one surrender, of more than fifty pitched battles, and twelve horrid massacres. The present site of the city as occupied by Indian villages at the period of the discovery of the country. In 1610 it was first visited by the French. The whole lake region from its discovery until 1762 was under the dominion of France. The legitimate settlement of the city was in 1701, at which time a fort called "Ponchartrain" was erected. Its location was south of Jefferson Avenue and east of Shelby street, occupying a space of about 200 feet square, and recently while some workmen were excavating for the foundation to the improvements now being made to, and in rear of the Michigan Exchange, they came across some of the cedar pickets of the palisades which encircled the fort. In 1749 emigrants were sent here from France at the expense of the government. Here in 1763 that daring warrior Pontiac the great head of the Indian race at that period, entered upon a bold plan of driving every white man over the Alleghanies and destroying all the English posts in the north west, simultaneously on a fixed day. These consisted of thirteen well garrisoned forts, stretching from Niagara and Pittsburgh all along the lakes to the Mississippi, and on the Wabash river. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.