Map of Jackson County / S.W. Higgins, topographer to Geol. Surv. ; C.C. Douglass and Bela Hubbard, assistant geologists.

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Map of Jackson County / S.W. Higgins, topographer to Geol. Surv. ; C.C. Douglass and Bela Hubbard, assistant geologists.

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Series 32 of record group 59-4 consists of a map (ca. 1844) of Jackson County, Michigan, originally collected by either the Michigan Geological Survey or the Michigan Lands Division. The map was published under the direction of Douglass Houghton, state geologist, pursuant to an act of the Legislature of the state of Michigan. "W.J. Stone, Sc. Washn. City." Profile of the Central Railroad on lower part of map. The map is colored and is 17 3/4" x 21 1/2" in size, with a scale of 2 miles or 10,560 ft. : 1 in.

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Douglass, C. C. (Columbus C.)

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Michigan. Geological Survey Division

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The Michigan Geological Survey was created by Public Act 20 of 1837. Its purpose was to conduct a geological and mineralogical survey of the state. The state legislature appointed Douglass Houghton the first state geologist (1837). In 1921, the state legislature established the Department of Conservation, and the Michigan Geological Survey became part of that department (Public Act 17 of 1921). The Department of Conservation established the Geological Survey Division circa 1947. In 1968, the dep...

Higgins, Sylvester W.

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Houghton, Douglass, 1809-1845

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The Michigan Geological Survey was created by Public Act 20 of 1837. Its purpose was to conduct a geological and mineralogical survey of the state. The state legislature appointed Douglass Houghton the first state geologist (1837). In 1921, the state legislature established the Department of Conservation, and the Michigan Geological Survey became part of that department (Public Act 17 of 1921). The Department of Conservation established the Geological Survey Division circa 1947. In 1968, the dep...

Michigan. Lands Division

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Stone, William James, 1798-1865

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Hubbard, Bela, 1814-1896

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Born in Hamilton, New York on April 23, 1814, Bela Hubbard was the son of Thomas H. Hubbard. He came to Detroit in 1835. Bela Hubbard married Sarah E. Baughman of Adrian, Michigan on March 2, 1848. After his admission to the Michigan Bar in 1842, Hubbard practiced law for a time with Charles Collins, but he soon gave up the law to devote his time to real estate. Hubbard was selected as assistant geologist of Michigan by Douglass Houghton when the geological survey of Michigan was reorganized, 18...