Michigan's Lumbertowns: Lumbermen and Laborers in Saginaw, Bay City, and Muskegon, 1870-1905

by Jeremy W. Kilar

Michigan's foremost lumbertowns, flourishing urban industrial centers in the late 19th century, faced economic calamity with the depletion of timber supplies by the end of the century. Turning to their own resources and reflecting individual cultural identities, Saginaw, Bay City, and Muskegon developed dissimilar strategies to sustain their urban industrial status. This study is a comprehensive history of these lumbertowns from their inception as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814320724
• ISBN13: 9780814320723
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Not Avail
• Length: 361 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.