Marquette County Historical Society papers, 1848-1909 (scattered dates).

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Marquette County Historical Society papers, 1848-1909 (scattered dates).

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Letter, July 19, 1848, of Charles T. Jackson, Boston geologist who became first manager of the Lake Superior Copper Company, to Robert J. Walker, discussing his geological surveys in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and including some interesting comments on Bela Hubbard; letter, Oct. 29, 1855, of Edward C. Hungerford to Charles T. Harvey, reporting on mineral lands he had explored in the Upper Peninsula; and reminiscences, 1909, of Fred Kausler of Hancock, Michigan, describing life as a copper miner.

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Marquette County Historical Society

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Hungerford, Edward Buell

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Harvey, Charles Thompson, 1829-1912

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Charles Thompson Harvey (1829-1912) was a self trained engineer who was renown for designing and building the Sault Sainte Marie (Soo) Canal. Later, he became a pioneer in the development of the world's first elevated railroad line in New York City. This venture, known as the West Side and Yonkers Patent Railway was demonstrated in December 1867 and open for public transit use in July 1868. Attempts to expand the project were thwarted by a group of individuals known as the "Tracy Clique", who ma...

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...

Kausler, Fred.

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Jackson, Charles T. (Charles Thomas), 1805-1880

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Physician, chemist, and geologist. From the description of Papers of Charles T. Jackson, 1829-1915. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71066585 Physician and chemist. From the description of Papers, 1871, July 21-Aug. 9, Boston. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35149330 ...