Search The Alexander Campbell, Address on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan Database
Address on the climate, soil, resources, development, commerce and future of the upper peninsula of Michigan
Description
Alexander Campbell, a state representative from Marquette, presented this address on February 6, 1861 to the Michigan State Legislature, which resolved that 5,000 copies of it be printed and distributed. Campbell extols the resources and development prospects of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and attempts to balance prevailing assumptions about its frigid climate and long winters with positive descriptions of its dry, clean air and therapeutic value for invalids, particularly during the summer months. Among the area's natural advantages, Campbell cites natural harbors, abundant fisheries, mineral wealth (especially iron and copper), lumber (vast stands of hardwood timber), and agricultural potential. Though the winter air might be too bracing for those suffering from tuberculosis, Campbell believes that it virtually eliminates the feverish colds and barking coughs of damper, more changeable climates. He argues, however, that highways and ports must be developed to improve transportation and export of the region's products.
|
|
 |
| Related Databases |
|
•
|
Down, Ireland: Parish and Probate Records A collection of parish and probate records in Ireland, from the 1500s to the 1800s.
|
|
•
|
Michigan Marriages, 1851-75 Index to marriage records for various counties in Michigan.
|
|
•
|
Halifax District, Nova Scotia Census, 1901 (Miscellaneous) This is an extraction of the Halifax District, Nova Scotia Census, 1901: Terrence Bay, Thirteen Mile House, Upper Musqodboit, Upper Prospect sub-districts.
|
|
•
|
History of the Settlement of Upper Canada History of upper Canada from early exploration to nationhood
|
|
•
|
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, 1757-1885: Upper Milford Reformed Congregation Records of births and marriages from the Upper Milford Reformed Congregation of Lehigh County, PA.
|
|
•
|
Michigan Pioneer Society Collections Report, Vol. 12 A collection of several kinds of important historical documents published by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society.
|
|
•
|
Iosco County, Michigan WWI Veterans Index An index of WWI veterans who applied for a State of Michigan War Bonus, as well as some who died while in service.
|
|
•
|
Iosco County, Michigan Naturalization Index, 1885-1910 An index to individual court cases dealing with naturalization in Iosco County, Michigan.
|
|
•
|
Erastus Haven, Autobiography Autobiography of a Michigan minister and university administrator in nineteenth century Michigan
|
|
•
|
Benjamin Avery, California Poetry and Prose, 1878 Poetic and descriptive tributes to the California landscape
|
|
•
|
William Folsom, Fifty Years in the Northwest Autobiography of a state legislator and pioneer from Maine
|
|
|
