The Story of DetroitDetroit News, 1923 - 764 Seiten |
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... Detroit share with the old settler element the opportunities of the present , the memories of the past , and the hopes and aspirations for the future because they have become a part of Detroit . Unavoida- bly they must assume the duties ...
... Detroit share with the old settler element the opportunities of the present , the memories of the past , and the hopes and aspirations for the future because they have become a part of Detroit . Unavoida- bly they must assume the duties ...
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George Byron Catlin. ILLUSTRATIONS Detroit of 1708 , Superposed ON PRESENT PLan . OLD FORT PONTCHARTRAIN INDIAN ATTACK ON DETROIT IN 1712 OLD MISSION HOUSE AT SANDWICH • VANISHED STREAMS OF CENTRAL DETROIT FRENCH FRONTIER FORTS , 1750 ...
George Byron Catlin. ILLUSTRATIONS Detroit of 1708 , Superposed ON PRESENT PLan . OLD FORT PONTCHARTRAIN INDIAN ATTACK ON DETROIT IN 1712 OLD MISSION HOUSE AT SANDWICH • VANISHED STREAMS OF CENTRAL DETROIT FRENCH FRONTIER FORTS , 1750 ...
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... Detroit of today owe a vast debt to the gen- erations of successive races of men who forced their way into the heart of the American continent more than 200 years ago to found a little settlement in a far wilderness ; to discover its ...
... Detroit of today owe a vast debt to the gen- erations of successive races of men who forced their way into the heart of the American continent more than 200 years ago to found a little settlement in a far wilderness ; to discover its ...
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... Detroit , but this momentary triumph led to activities on the part of the Jesuits by which Cad- illac was discredited with the government and removed to a new post in Louisiana after 10 stormy years of plotting and counter- plotting ...
... Detroit , but this momentary triumph led to activities on the part of the Jesuits by which Cad- illac was discredited with the government and removed to a new post in Louisiana after 10 stormy years of plotting and counter- plotting ...
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... Detroit , and they presently established a sort of halting place on Harsen's Island , at St. Clair Flats . Their visits and introduction to the white man's " firewater " added another element of discord . The Ottawas were a numerous ...
... Detroit , and they presently established a sort of halting place on Harsen's Island , at St. Clair Flats . Their visits and introduction to the white man's " firewater " added another element of discord . The Ottawas were a numerous ...
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acres American Amherstburg army attack bank battle became began boat British Buffalo building built Cadillac Canada Canadian Capt Cass CHAPTER Church citizens Clair command Company Congress corner court Detroit Detroit River Douglass Houghton east Elijah Brush erected farm feet fight fire force Fort Lernoult Fort Malden French Gladwin Government Governor Gratiot Avenue Griswold guns held Hull Huron Indians James Jefferson Avenue John killed Lake Erie land Larned later Lewis Cass Mackinac Malden Mayor ment Michigan Territory miles military named Niagara officers Ohio organized Ottawas Perry Pingree Pontiac present President prisoners promotion railway river front River Raisin scalps sent settlement settlers Shelby ships shore side soldiers Solomon Sibley soon steamboat stockade Street surrender Tecumseh territory tion town treaty tribes troops United vessels Wayne West William Woodward Avenue
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Seite 547 - THE muffled drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo ; No more on life's parade shall meet That brave and fallen few. On fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And glory guards, with solemn round, The bivouac of the dead.
Seite xviii - Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land ? Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned, As home his footsteps he hath turned, From wandering on a foreign strand...
Seite 37 - Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the Gate: "To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his Gods.
Seite vi - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow • warmer among the ruins of lona.
Seite 72 - If I were an American as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never, never, never!
Seite 330 - Pennsylvania line aforesaid ; provided, always, and it is hereby fully understood and declared by this convention, that if the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan should extend so far south that a line drawn due east from it should not intersect Lake Erie, or if it should intersect...
Seite 37 - Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may; I, with two more to help me, Will hold the foe in play. In yon strait path a thousand May well be stopped by three. Now who will stand on either hand, And keep the bridge with me...
Seite 177 - We have met the enemy and they are ours; two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop.
Seite 90 - Ohio" confirmed the provision of 1785, and declared that "religion, morality and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall be forever encouraged.
Seite 37 - And darkly looked he at the wall, And darkly at the foe. "Their van will be upon us Before the bridge goes down ; And if they once may win the bridge, What hope to save the town...