Sketches of old Michigan forts, 1931-1932.

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Old Forts and Historic Memorial Association (Detroit). Sketches of old Michigan forts, 1931-1932.

Sketches of old Michigan forts, 1931-1932.

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A series of mimeographed sketches on Michigan forts prepared by B. Frank Emery, including essays on Fort St. Joseph, 1686-1781, the only place in Michigan where the Spanish flag floated over a fortification; Fort Holmes on Mackinac Island, erected in 1812; Fort Drummond (Fort Collyer), the last British stronghold in Michigan, 1815-1828; the post cemetery of Fort Collyer on Drummond Island; Fort Wilkins, a frontier stockaded post built to protect Michigan's first copper mines, 1844-1846; Fort Saginaw, a forgotten frontier post, 1822-1823; and Fort Michilimackinac, the scene of the Pontiac massacre, abandoned in 1781.

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