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CHAPTER LXXXIII.
Journeying. - Transportation Facilities. - Express Companies. - First Horses. -- French Ponies. - Ride and Tie Method. - Indian Trails. -- Bridle Paths. - To Washington and Back on Horseback .- French Carts. -- The First Carriage. -- First Four Wheeled Wagon. -- Governor Cass as a Bor- rower. -- First Stages. -- Stage Routes and Time. -- Public Hacks. - Omnibus Lines. -- Transporta- tion Facilities. -- Freight Rates. -- Pack Horses. -- Opening of Erie and Welland Canals. - Naviga- tion of the Huron. - The Five Million Loan. -- Internal Improvements. -- Defunct Enterprises. - St. Mary's Falls Ship Canal. - Freight Lines. - Great Changes. - River Ferriage. -- Bridge and Tunnel Projects. -- Plans and Counter Plans. -- Wheat Elevators. - Drays and Trucks. -- Package and Baggage Co. -- Express Companies. -- When Established. - Location of Offices. - Names of Agents. 887-892
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CHAPTER LXXXIV.
Railroads. - The Prophecy of the Gazette. - Pontiac and Detroit Railroad. - New Corporation. - Build- ing the Road. - Sink-Holes. - First Locomotive. - First Passenger Coaches. - Slow Time. - Strap Rails .- First Passenger Depot. - Extension Down Gratiot Road .- Track Torn Up by the People .--- Road Extended to Campus Martius. - Depot Buildings. - New Proprietors. - Consolidation with Oakland & Ottawa R. R. - Date of Completion to Various Stations. - Financial History. - Principal Officers and Terms. - Michigan Central Railroad. - Original Estimates. - Local Subscriptions. - Subscriptions from City of Detroit. - Remarkable Economy. - Completion of Road to Ypsilanti. - Excursion and Celebration. - A Locomotive and Train Drawn by Horse-Power. - Newspaper Notices. - Road Opened to Ann Arbor. - Date of Completion to Various Points. - Political Com- plaints. - Sale of Road. - Proposed Cut in Woodward Avenue .- The Track on Woodward Avenue and Atwater Street. -- Third Street Depot First Used. - Property on River and at Junction. - Strife with Michigan Southern R. R. - Road Completed to Chicago. - Lines of Boats to Buffalo and Cleveland. -- Railroad Conspiracy Case. -- Dates of Extensive Fires. - Introduction of Sleeping Cars. - Passenger Traffic and Earnings by Decades. - Principal Officers and Terms. - Chicago & Canada Southern R. R. -- Fast Time. -- Officers. - Detroit & Bay City R. R .- Date of Completion to Various Points. - Lake Shore & Michigan Southern R. R. - Original Charter. - First Locomo- tive .- First Ground Broken .- Date of Opening between Various Stations .- Sale of Road .- Detroit and Toledo Line. - Local Officers and Terms. - Detroit, Hillsdale & Southwestern R. R. - City Aid Sought. - Voters Refuse. - Completion of Road. - Great Western R. R .- Meeting in and Aid from Detroit. - Road Completed to Windsor. - Great Celebration. - Municipal Extrava- gance. - Third Rail Laid. - Ferriage of Freight and Passenger Cars. - Chicago, Detroit & Canada G. T. Junction R. R .- Detroit Agents. - Flint & Pere Marquette R. R. - Detroit, Lansing & North- ern R. R. - City Aid Sought. - $300,000 Voted. - Law Unconstitutional. - Bonds Invalid. - Com- pletion of Road. - Detroit, Mackinaw & Marquette R. R. - Officers. - Detroit, Butler & St. Louis R. R .- $200,000 Donated by Citizens .- Agents at Detroit .-- Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton R. R .- Route and Agents. - Detroit Union R. R. Station and Depot Co. - R. R. Bridges and Gates. - Where Located. - A Double Bridge. 893-906
CHAPTER LXXXV.
Navigation on Rivers and Lakes. - Canoes and Dug-outs. - Birch Bark Canoes. -- Expedition to Upper Lakes. - Mackinaw Boats. -- Pirogues. -- The First Sail Vessels. - The Griffon and Lake Ste. Claire .-- Celebration of 1879. -- Schooners During Pontiac War. - Revolutionary War Vessels .-- Later Vessels. -- Chicago Colonized from Detroit. -- Arrival of the " Walk-in-the-Water." -- Notice from " Gazette." - The " Superior" and Her Successors. - The Steamboat Michigan. - Increase of Steamboat Travel. -- Venturesome Vessels. - Campau's Opinion. - Sinking of the Atlantic. - Detroit and Cleveland Line. - Its History. - Names of Boats and Routes. - Direct Shipments to Liverpool. -- Tugs. - Detroit Dry Dock Co. - Officers and Facilities. - List of Steamers Built at Detroit. - Yearly List of First Arrivals and Departures. - Number and Tonnage of Vessels Arriving and Departing. - The First Ferries. - Rates of Ferriage. - The Horse-Boat. - Osborn's Poem. - Later Ferries. - Harbor and Harbor Masters. 907-917
CHAPTER LXXXVI.
United States Lake Survey. - Lighthouses and Their Construction. - Life Saving Service. - Harbor Improvements. - Inspector of Steamboats. - Signal Service. - Marine Hospital. - Navigators' Charts. - Survey of Lakes Petitioned for. - First Appropriation. - Immense Benefits. Methods of Work .- Issuing of Charts. - Valuable Instruments .- Officers in Charge .- Lighthouses .- Their Construction and Repair. - Lighthouse Engineers. - Names and Terms. - Lighthouse Districts. - Care of Lighthouses and Buoys. - Supply and Storage Depot. - Lighthouses on River. - Location. - When Erected. - Kind of Light. -- Names and Terms of Inspectors. - Life Saving Service. - District Headquarters. - Appliances. - Stations. - Superintendents. - Harbor Improvements. - First Appropriation. - Yearly Expenditures. - Officers in Charge. - Inspectors of Steamboats .- Duties of Inspectors. - Engineers and Pilots' Licenses .- Supervising and Local Inspec- tors. - Names and Terms. - The Signal Service. - When Organized. - The Taking of Observa- tions. - Description of Instruments. - Weather Maps and Storm Signals. - Names of Observers. - Marine Hospital. - Description of Building. - How Supported. - Patients and Disbursements. - Surgeons and Stewards. 918-924
CHAPTER LXXXVII.
Military and Plank Roads. - Streets and Street Paving. - Side and Cross Walks. - Street Rail- roads. - Street and Road Officers. - Board of Public Works. - Lack of Roads. - Government Highways. - When Established. - Proposed Lottery to Build a Road. - Bad Roads and Costly Fuel. - Sloughs and Delay. - Restricted Traffic. - First Plank Roads. - Pioneer Experiments. - Unsatisfactory Results. - Improved Methods. - Large Expenditures. - Great Advantages. - Rates
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of Toll. - Length of Roads. - Number of Gates. - Streets and Street Paving. - Picturesque Scenes. - Narrow Ways .- Fast Driving Prohibited .- A Blessing in Disguise. - Woodward's Fore- sight. - Wide Avenues. - Encroachments of Citizens. - Improper Subdivisions. - Supervision of Plats. - Street Openings. - Costly Experiences. - Widening of Streets. - Closing of Streets. - Notable Instances. - Cemetery Lane. - Bolivar Alley. - Dequindre Street. -- Peculiar Localities - Corktown .-- Dutchtown. - Kentucky. - Polacktown. - Piety Hill. - Peddler's Point. - Swill Point .- The Potomac. - The Heights. -- A Long Street. - Lafayette Avenue in Winter. -- Characteristics of Woodward Avenue. - Griswold Street Features. - A Pun in Verse. - Former Condition of Streets. - Stalled Teams. -- Convict Labor. - First Paving. -- Kind and Location. - Specifications of 1835. - Extensive Wood Paving. - Moffat's Opposition. - Paving Bonds. - Repairing and Re- paving. - Street Cleaning. - Street Sweeping Machines. - Length of Paved Streets and Alleys. -- Primitive Sidewalks. - Brick, Plank, and Stone Walks. -- Cross Walks and Crossing Sweepers. -- The Streets in 1850. - Poetical Description. - Care of Sidewalks. -- Claims for Accidents. - Street Rail- roads. - Names of Lines. - Routes. - When Opened. -.- Length of Routes. -- Number of Cars and Horses. - Time of Trip. - Rates of Fare. - Taxation of Lines. - Transit Railroads. -- Location. - How Operated. - Road Supervisors and Duties. - Road Districts and Officers. - Ward Supervisors and Overseers. - Street Commissioners and Duties. - City Surveyors .- Duties and Names .- Commis- sioners on Plan of the City. -- Duties and Names. - Commissioners of Grades. - Powers. - Names of Commissioners. - Board of Public Works. - When Established. - Powers and Duties. - Names of Engineers and Commissioners. 925-936
CHAPTER LXXXVIII.
Street Names and Their Origin. - Changes in Names. - A Curious Mélange. - Names of Past and Present Streets. - First Record of Names. - Origin of and Reason for Names. - Changes in Names. -- Dates of Changes. - Woodward's Puns .-- McCabe's Names for Alleys. - Historiographer's Report. - Street Names as Historic Memorials. 937-951
PART XII .- SUPPLEMENTAL.
CHAPTER LXXXIX.
Annals of Detroit. - History Epitomized. - Different Epochs. -- Curious, Significant, and Interesting Events. - Local, Religious, and Political Meetings .- Governmental and Business Changes. - Import- ant Judicial and Military Occasions. -- Noted Meetings and Conventions. - Date of Visits of Authors, Statesmen, Politicians, and Prominent Personages. - Noted Celebrations. -- Important Citizens' Meet- ings. -- Notable Storms and Disasters. - First Arrival and Departure of Steamboats. - Railroad Trains. - Telegraphic Messages. - Local Excitements of Various Kinds. - Dates of Interesting Exhibitions. - Lectures. - Games and Entertainments. - The First Street Lighting. -- Water Pipes. - Steam Fire Engines. - Street Railroads, Etc. 955-976
APPENDIX A.
French Farms or Private Claims. - Acres in Claims. - Names of Original Claimants. - Dates of Con- firmation. - Later Designations. - Discrepancies in Numbers. - Duplicate Numbers. 981-986
APPENDIX B.
City Charters, Amendments, and Special Laws. - The First Corporation. - Later Charters. - Amend- ments. - Chief Characteristics. 987-992
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE
Old Carmelite Church (now a prison), PAGE where Cadillac's bones repose, Frontispiece.
I View of Grosse Pointe, 5
2 Map showing route of former streams and old river line, 9
3 Windmill Point, on Bela Hubbard Farm, and the river in 1838, IO
4 Reduced fac-simile of the Governor and Judges' Plan,
30
5 Plan of Detroit in 1749, 32
6 Map of the city in 1796,
33
7 Reduced fac-simile of the Lewis Map of the Governor and Judges' proposed Plan, 34
8 Map of additions to the city limits, 35
9 Specimen of tornado work. From a photograph, 47
10 Entrance to Mt. Elliott Cemetery, 53
II Map of Mt. Elliott Cemetery, 54
12 Entrance to Elmwood Cemetery, 56
13 Entrance to Woodmere Cemetery, 56
14 The Old Round House, foot of Orleans Street,
15 Old Reservoir and Embankment,
16 Plan of New Water Works,
17 The New Water Works Engine-House and Tower of Stand Pipe, 68
18 One of the Water Works Engines,
69
76
20 Police Station, Belle Isle,
21 Superintendent's House, Belle Isle,
77
22 Map of Northwest Territory under Or- dinance of 1787 and Treaties of 1783 and 1795,
23 Seal of Northwest Territory,
24 Map of Northwest Territory, Law of May 7, 1800,
25 Map of Indiana Territory, Law of April 30, 1802, 87
26 Seal of Indiana Territory, 87
27 Map of Territory of Michigan, Law of January 11, 1805,
28 Seal of Territory of Michigan, exact size,
29 Map of Michigan Territory, Law of April 19, 1816,
30 Map of Michigan Territory, Law of April 18, 1818,
31 Map of Michigan Territory, Law of June 28, 1834, 89
32 Map of State of Michigan, Law of April 20, 1836, 90
33 Great Seal of State of Michigan, 91
34 General Grant's Old Home, 104
35 Fac-simile of letter from U. S. Grant, 105
36 Election Cut from Advertiser, October
22, 1840, 109
37 Election Cut from Advertiser, October 15, 1852, IIO
38 Election Cut from Tribune, November 5, 1856, 110
39 Election Scene, - First State Election, 112
40 Reduced fac-simile of First Proclama- tion establishing Wayne County, 118
41 Map of Wayne County, Proclamation of August 15, 1796, 119
42 Map of Wayne County, Law of May 7, 1 800, 119
43 Map of Wayne County, Proclamation of July 10, 1800, 119
44 Map of Wayne County, Law of April 30, 1802, I 20
45 Map of Wayne County, Proclamation of January 14, 1803, 120
46 Map of Wayne County, Law of January 11, 1805, I 20
47 Map of Wayne County, Proclamation of November 21, 1815, 121
48 Map of Wayne County, Proclamation of October 18, 1816, 121
49 Map of Wayne County, Proclamation of July 14, 1817, I21
50 Map of Wayne County, Proclamation of January 15, 1818, 122
51 Map of Wayne County, Proclamation of September 10, 1822, 122
52 Map of Wayne County, Law of No- vember 20, 1826, 122
88 88
53 Township Map of Wayne County, 129
54 Seal of the City, 138
55 Fac-simile of 1212-cent shinplaster of 1838, 153
88
56 Fac-simile of 1834-cent shinplaster of 1841, 154
89
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65 66 67
(9 Plan of Belle Isle Park,
77
85 86
86
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57 Fac-simile of 25-cent shinplaster of 1838, 155
58 Fac-simile of 50-cent shinplaster of 1837, 156
59 Former County Building, southeast cor- ner Griswold and Congress Streets, 194
60 Gratiot Avenue Police Station, 207
61 Trumbull Avenue Police Station,
208
62 Central Police Station,
208
64 Police Headquarters,
65 Old Block House, Jefferson Avenue,
215
107 Reduced fac-simile of Map showing loca- tion of all buildings in 1853, 375
108 The James Abbott Residence, 376
109 The John Palmer Residence, 376
IIO The John Farrar Residence, 377
The John Farmer Property,
377
112 The Cass Residence on Fort Street,
377
113 The Duffield Homestead, Woodward Avenue,
378
71 Officers' Quarters at Fort Wayne,
225
114 The Brush Homestead, Randolph Street, 378
115 Residence of W. K. Coyl, 379
73 Pontiac's Conspiracy Revealed,
241
74 Signature of J. F. Hamtramck,
268
117 Former Residence of Solomon Davis, 380
118 Residence of Mrs. James A. Van Dyke, 380
381
76 Reduced Fac-simile of printed Articles of Capitulation of General Hull,
278
121
R. H. Hall,
382
77 Reduced Fac-simile of Proctor's Procla- mations of 1812 and 1813,
279
123
A. C. McGraw,
383
78 Presentation of Colors to First Regiment,
306
124
A. E. Brush,
383
79 Triumphal Arch erected in honor of Col- onel O. B. Wilcox, 307
125
John S. Newberry,
384
James McMillan,
385
127
W. G. Thompson,
386
81 Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument,
312
129
Thomas Ferguson,
387
82 Fac-simile of Cadillac's Signature,
326
1 30
S. D. Miller,
387
83 Old Masonic Hall,
342
131
Robert P. Toms, 388
84 Old Odd Fellow's Hall, Woodward Ave- nue 1857,
343
133 Residence of W. K. Muir,
389
85 Odd Fellows' Hall, head of Monroe Ave.
343
1 34
Jeremiah Dwyer,
389
86 Handbill of Underground Railroad, fac- simile one-half size,
347
1 36
Hugh Moffat,
390
87 The John Brown House,
348
I 37
George S. Davis,
391
88 Recreation Park, Entrance and Recep- tion Building,
352
139
Mrs. Charles Ducharme,
392
S. D. Elwood,
392
Wm. B. Wesson,
393
90 Harmonie Hall,
355
142
J. Greenslade,
393
91 Store of C. J. Whitney,
356
143
J Michels,
394
92 The Tomlinson Gallery,
359
144
John Owen,
394
93 Randall's Photographic Studio,
360
145
94 Plan of Art Loan Building,
361
146
95 Former Store M. S. Smith & Co.,
363
147
Henry P. Baldwin,
396
96 Present Store M. S. Smith & Co,
363
148
J. F. Joy,
397
97 View of Detroit in 1796,
367
149
Mrs Zachariah Chandler,
397
98 River front of Cass and Jones farm in 1819, 368
150
99 Part of Ste. Anne Street (now Jefferson Avenue) in 1800, 368
100 The Old Cass House on Larned Street, 369
IOI Old Moran House, 372
102 The Old Lafferty House, 372
103 View of Detroit in 1826, 372
104 Governor Hull's Residence,
373
105 The Campau House, 373
106 Former Gothic Residence of T. H. Hinch- man, 374
66 Old Jail, on site now occupied by Public Library,
215
67 Sheriff's Residence, Jail and Police Court Room,
216
68 Detroit House of Correction,
217
69 Superintendent's House-House of Cor- rection, 218
70 Old U. S. Arsenal, corner of Jefferson Avenue and Wayne Streets,
224
72 Old Pontiac Tree,
239
75 Reduced Fac-simile of Hull's Proclama- tion to the Canadians.
275
119
Francis Palms,
I20
James Flattery,
38 1
122
A. H. Dey,
382
80 Death of Lincoln-Meeting on the Cam- pus Martius, April 16, 1865, 309
128
H. R. Newberry,
386
132 The Thomas Palmer Homestead,
388
135
Geo. McMillan,
390
138
S. B. Grummond,
39I
89 Concert handbill of fifty years ago, fac- simile one-half size,
140
354
141
G. V. N. Lothrop,
395
H. A. Newland,
395
Russell A. Alger,
398
126
116 Residence of Wm. Woodbridge, 379
63 Grand River Avenue (sub) Police Station, 208 209
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151 Residence of Allan Shelden,
399
207 Residence of William C. Williams,
427
152 Former Residence of George S. Frost,
399
208
Philo Parsons,
428
153 Residence of Benjamin Vernor,
400
209
F. W. Hayes,
428
154
Don M. Dickinson,
400
210
W. W. Leggett,
429
155
Mrs. N. W. Brooks,
401
2II
J. Babillion,
429
156 The De Garmo Jones Residence,
40I
212
Joseph Black,
430
157 Residence of Alexander Delano,
402
213
C. H. Smith,
430
.158
J. P. Phillips,
402
214
A. G. Lindsay,
431
1 59
Emily Ward,
403
215
Simon J. Murphy,
43I
160
Henry Heames,
403
216
H. C. Parke,
432
'161
Edwin Reeder,
404
217
R. H. Fyfe,
433
162
D. Scotten,
404
218
G. F. Moore,
433
163
W. E. Lovett,
405
219
H. S. Pingree,
434
164
Bela Hubbard,
405
220
John Burt,
435
165
F. Buhl,
406
221
Wells Burt,
435
166
C. H. Buhl,
407
222
Edward Smith,
436
167
M. S. Smith,
407
223
William A. Moore,
436
168
T. D. Buhl,
408
224
W. H. Stevens.
437
169
George W. Bissell,
408
225
C. A. Newcomb,
437
170
E. Y. Swift,
409
226
Thomas W. Palmer,
438
171
Wm. A. Butler,
409
227
C. C. Bowen
439
172
D. M. Richardson,
410
228
W. Boeing,
439
173
George H. Hammond, Neil Flattery,
410
.229
Thomas McGraw,
440
174
175 The Utopia, owned by C. M. Springer,
4II
231
176 Residence of Rt. Rev. John S. Foley,
412
232
Sidney B. Dixon,
44[
177
J. W. Waterman.
412
233
G. S. Wormer,
442
178
Robert McMillan,
413
234
D. M. Ferry,
442
179
M. 1. Mills,
413
235
Simon Heavenrich,
443
180
John Moore.
414
236
George C. Codd,
443
181
Mrs. John J. Bagley,
414
237
H. W. Rickel,
444
182
S. F. Hodge,
415
238
Elisha Taylor,
444
183
David Preston,
415
239
A. E F. White,
445
184
J. S. Vernor,
416
240
James V. Campbell,
445
185
E. W. Voigt,
416
241
George Jerome,
446
186
J. B. Wayne,
417
242
C. W. Noble,
447
187
J. A. Roys
417
243
G S. Frost,
447
188
Alanson Sheley,
418
244
H. P. Bridge,
448
189
G. O. Robinson,
418
190
O. W. Shipman,
419
191
J. C. Warner,
419
192
H. H. Humphrey,
420
193
William Cowie,
420
194
J. G. Dickinson,
421
195
Edward Burk,
421
422
196 197
J. E. Scripps,
422
198 Former Residence of H. H. LeRoy,
423
199 Residence of E. S. Heineman,
423
200
Mrs. L. R. Medbury,
424
201
C. J. Whitney,
424
202
D. Whitney, Jr.,
425
203
John Pridgeon,
425
204
J. S. Farrand,
426
205
Samuel Heavenrich,
426
206
Mrs H. L. Frue,
427
245 Former Residence of W. and W. S. Harsha, 448
246 "Edgemere," Residence of Joseph H. Berry, Grosse Pointe, 449
247 " Beaurivage," Residence of John B. Dyar, Grosse Pointe, 449
248 "The Poplars," Residence of W. A. Mc- Graw, Grosse Pointe, 450
249 "Sans Souci," Residence of M. S. Smith, Grosse Pointe, 450
250 " Lake Terrace," Residence of Mrs. John S. Newberry, Grosse Pointe, 451
251 "Lake Terrace," Residence of James Mc- Millan, Grosse Pointe, 451
252 "The Pines," Residence of Alfred E. Brush, Grosse Pointe, 452
253 "Otsikita," Residence of W. K. Muir, Grosse Pointe, 452
4II
230
L. L. Farnsworth,
440
Gilbert W. Lee,
441
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C. W. Moore,
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254 "Tonnancour," Residence of T. P. Hall, Grosse Pointe,
453
255 " Bellehurst," Residence of H. A. New- land, Grosse Pointe, 454
256 " Summerside," Residence of G. V. N. Lothrop, Grosse Pointe, 454
257 "Cloverleigh," Residence of H. B. Led- yard, Grosse Pointe, 455
258 " Cloverleigh," Residence of Hugh Mc- Millan, Grosse Pointe, 455
259 " Belle Meade," Residence of Dudley B. Woodbridge, Grosse Pointe, 456
260 Residence of the late Edward Lyon, Grosse Isle, 456
261 The Smart Block-Present site of Mer- rill Block, 457
262 View of north side of Jefferson Avenue and Griswold Street, in 1837, 457
263 Northwest corner of Woodward Avenue and Larned Street in 1862, 458
264 The Abbott Block in 1845, 458
265 The Rotunda Building, 459
266 View of southwest corner of Griswold and Larned Streets in 1870, 459
267 The Campau Building, 461
268 The Newberry & McMillan Building, 462
269 The Buhl Block,
463
270 The Merrill Block, 464
271 The Ferry Building - Newcomb, Endi- cott & Co.'s Store, 465
272 The Wesson Building-Taylor, Woolfen- den & Co.'s Store, 466
273 The Cleland Building, 467
274 The Moffat Building, 468
275 J. E. Pittman's Coal Dock, foot of Rio- pelle Street, 470
276 The Coyl Building. 471
277 Old Council House- original appearance, 472
278 Council House-as enlarged, 472
279 Old Court House or Capital, 473
280 Fac-simile of Scrip issued by the Gov- ernor and Judges, 474
281 Old City Hall and surroundings,
282 The City Hall,
477
283 Arbeiter Hall, 478
284 Detroit Opera House,
478
285 Whitney's Original Opera House,
479
286 Former Music Hall-now White's Grand Theatre, 479
287 Woodworth's Steamboat Hotel,
288 The Mansion House,
481
289 National Hotel in 1846,
482
290 The Russell House,
483
484
485
293 Perkins' Hotel, 487
294 The Kirkwood Hotel, 488
295 Burning of First Presbyterian Church, 495
296 Old No. I-" The Goose Neck," 297 An Old Fire-bucket, 503 605 506
298 Old Fireman's Hall,
507 299 Old No. 5 Engine House, Clifford Street, 300 A " Mose " of the Olden Time, 508 301 The Banner of Old No. 4, 510
302 Old Joe, the Fireman's Dog,
51I
303 Clifford Street Engine House, and Steamer No. 3 ready for Funeral Pro- cession of President Lincoln, 512 ·
304 Fire Commissioners' Office and Engine House, 513
305 Engine House, corner Larned and St. Antoine Streets, 514
306 Engine House, corner of Larned and Riopelle Streets, 514
307 Engine House, corner of Fort Street and Elmwood Avenue. 515
308 Engine House, Eighteenth Street, 515
309 Engine House, Hastings Street between Congress and Larned Streets, 516
310 Engine House, Alexandrine Avenue, 516
311 Engine House, corner of High and Rus- sell Streets, 517
312 Engine House, corner of Sixth and Baker Streets, 518
313 Engine House, Montcalm Street, 518
314 Engine House, Clifford Street, 519
315 Engine House, Sixteenth Street, head of Bagg Street, 520
316 A Steam Fire Engine, 521
317 Firemen's Hall, Jefferson Avenue, 522
318 First Page of St. Anne's Records, 528
319 St. Anne's Catholic Church, original ap- pearance, 534
320 St. Anne's Catholic Church in 1886, 534
321 Holy Trinity Catholic Church, 5.36
322 Memorial Tablet in Holy Trinty Catholic Church, 537
323 St. Mary's Catholic Church, 538
324 Residence of Franciscan Fathers of St. Mary's Church, 538
325 St. Anne's Catholic Church in 1888, 538
326 Catholic Church and former Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul, 539
327 Original St. Joseph's Church, 540
328 St. Joseph's Catholic Church, 540
329 St. Anthony's German Catholic Church, 541
330 St. Patrick's Catholic Church, 541
331 St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church and Priest's House, 542
332 Catholic Church of Our Lady of Help, 542
333 St. Boniface's Catholic Church, 543
292 Wales Hotel,
476
480
291 Andrew's Railroad Hotel and Pontiac Depot,
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334 St. Albert's Catholic Church, 544
335 St. Aloysius Catholic Pro-Cathedral and Priest's House,
544 545
336 New St. Albert's Catholic Church,
337 St. Joachim's French Catholic Church and School, 546
338 Sacred Heart German Catholic Church and School,
546
339 St. Wenceslaus' Catholic Church, 546
340 Catholic Church of Holy Redeemer. 547
341 St. Cassimir's Catholic Polish School and Church,
547
342 St. Bonaventure's Catholic Church and Monastery,
548
372 Christ Protestant Episcopal Church, 583
373 St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church, 584
374 St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church, 585
375 Grace Protestant Episcopal Church, 376 St. Stephen's Protestant Episcopal
586 587
Church,
377 Emanuel Memorial Protestant Episcopal Church,
587
378 All Saints' Protestant Episcopal Mission, 588
379 St. James' Protestant Episcopal Mission, 588
380 Protestant Episcopal Mission of Messiah, 589 381 St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal Mission Chapel, 589
382 Good Shepherd Protestant Episcopal Mission, 589
383 St. Barnabas' Protestant Episcopal Mis- sion, 590
384 St. Georges's Protestant Episcopal Church, 590
385 St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal Memo- rial Church, 590
565
386 Original St Matthew's Protestant Episco- pal Church, 591
387 St. Matthew's Protestant Episcopal Church, 591 388 St. Joseph's Protestant Episcopal Chapel, 592 389 Epiphany Reformed Episcopal Church, 592
390 View of Church on Monroe Avenue in 1849, 594
391 First Presbyterian Church, 595
392 Central Presbyterian Church, 596 597
393 Fort Street Presbyterian Church,
394 Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church, 598
395 Westminster Presbyterian Church, 599
396 Calvary Presbyterian Church, 397 Union Presbyterian Church, 600 601 601
398 Memorial Presbyterian Church,
399 Trumbull Avenue Presbyterian Chapel, 602
400 Original United Presbyterian Church, 602 603
402 Original Building of First Baptist Church, 605
403 Baptist Church, corner of Fort and Gris- wold Streets-First Brick Building, 60
404 Baptist Church, corner of Fort and Gris- · wold Streets-Second Brick Building, 606
577
368 Bethel Church of Evangelical Associa- tion - Original Building, 578
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