Douglass family (Detroit and Ann Arbor, Mich.) map series, 1838-1865.

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Douglass family (Detroit and Ann Arbor, Mich.) map series, 1838-1865.

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Manuscript maps: map (1838) of Saginaw Bay and eastern Michigan shore from Clinton River to Middle Island, by Silas H. Douglas; photostatic copy of map (1838) of Lake Huron shore from Au Sable Point to Sturgeon Point; photostatic copy of map (1840) of Lake Superior shore from Chocolay River to Granite Point, copied from original by Douglass Houghton; map (undated) of block bounded by Division, Huron, State, and Washington Streets, Ann Arbor, Mich. Printed maps: Plan of Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich. (1858); Emerson's Addition to East Saginaw, Mich. (1865?, 3 copies); Map of Emerson's Addition (1860s).

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Bentley Historical Library

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Douglass family.

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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...