Historical Collections: Collections and Researches Made by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society, Including Reports of Officers and Papers Read at the Annual Meeting of ..., Volume 38The Society, 1912 - Michigan |
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... road before the next meeting of the State legislature . Some of the railroad companies complied but the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Company applied for an extension of time , and at each session the legislature granted an extension ...
... road before the next meeting of the State legislature . Some of the railroad companies complied but the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Company applied for an extension of time , and at each session the legislature granted an extension ...
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... road , and value of its land grant . He was a successful railroad builder and intended to complete the first twenty miles beginning at the city of Grand Rapids . But a few days after its publication he became ill and died suddenly . The ...
... road , and value of its land grant . He was a successful railroad builder and intended to complete the first twenty miles beginning at the city of Grand Rapids . But a few days after its publication he became ill and died suddenly . The ...
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... road may be made to realize $ 10,000,000.00 . On the request of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company , Joseph K. Edgerton was made president of the Grand Rapids and Indiana Rail- road Company . He commenced consulting the Pennsylvania ...
... road may be made to realize $ 10,000,000.00 . On the request of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company , Joseph K. Edgerton was made president of the Grand Rapids and Indiana Rail- road Company . He commenced consulting the Pennsylvania ...
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... road . He found company in eastern friends until he reached Kalamazoo , and on the suggestion that they continue with him to Ionia they said that they would not risk their lives and health in any such enterprise , so alone he turned ...
... road . He found company in eastern friends until he reached Kalamazoo , and on the suggestion that they continue with him to Ionia they said that they would not risk their lives and health in any such enterprise , so alone he turned ...
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... roads which were then being built through the forests . In 1830 he was superintendent for construction of the road from Detroit to Chicago and in 1833 , the Saginaw road . In 1838 he was delegated to pay the Grand River Indians their ...
... roads which were then being built through the forests . In 1830 he was superintendent for construction of the road from Detroit to Chicago and in 1833 , the Saginaw road . In 1838 he was delegated to pay the Grand River Indians their ...
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