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Board of Education, Bay City, Michigan, Published date: 1957. Hardcover; viii, 242 pp; 27 cm; Centennial edition. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographic illustrations, maps, diagrams, and reproductions.
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In very good condition/ no dust jacket. Original red cloth boards with black printed title and pictorial decoration; light rubbing and minor edge wear at corners and spine ends. Binding sound. Interior pages lightly toned with age; text and images unmarked. Includes index. Centennial county history of Bay County, Michigan, by historian George Ernest Butterfield (1883- ), prepared for use in Bay City Public Schools and for the general public. Contents: Preface; Introduction; Geographical Background: Location, Size, Shape; Physical Features; Climate; Native Life - Vegetation; Native Life - Animals; First Evidences of Human Life - What Archeology Tells Us; Legendary History of the Sauk Indians; Native Life - The Chippewa Indians; White People Take Possession: The French Period; The English Period; The Fur Traders; The American Period - Indian Treaties; Conditions Affecting Settlement; Settlement Begins; Pioneer Life; Development of Industry and Business: Sawmills and Lumberwoods; Manufacturing in the Sawmill Days; No More Logs; New Industries; Fishing; Agriculture; The Saginaw River; Land Transportation; Communication; Fuel and Power; Bay County as a Commercial Center; Government in Bay County: Our Governmental Units - History of Their Organization; Law and Order; Progress in Sanitation; Fire Protection; Social and Cultural Activities: The People of Bay County; Health and Welfare; Bay County's Churches; Character Building and Recreation; Public Education; Records of the Past and Present.