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The Story of the Great Lakes

The Story of the Great Lakes

by Edward Channing

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Author
Lansing, Marion Florence, 1883-1966
Title
The story of the Great Lakes
Original Publication
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1909.
Credits
deaurider, Daniel Lowe, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
F516: United States local history: Ohio River and Valley.
Subject
Great Lakes (North America) -- History
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 77559
Release Date
December 28, 2025
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE STORY OF THE GREAT LAKES
  2. 2.PREFACE
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. 5.PART I DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION
  6. 6.CHAPTER I THE GREAT LAKES
  7. 7.CHAPTER II CHAMPLAIN ON THE GREAT LAKES
  8. 8.CHAPTER III THE JESUIT MISSION TO THE HURONS
  9. 9.CHAPTER IV THE PAGEANT OF SAINT LUSSON
  10. 10.CHAPTER V THE BUILDING OF THE GRIFFON
  11. 11.CHAPTER VI LA SALLE ON THE GREAT LAKES
  12. 12.CHAPTER VII A HAPLESS FRENCH GOVERNOR
  13. 13.PART II THE STRUGGLE FOR POSSESSION
  14. 14.CHAPTER VIII THE FOUNDING OF DETROIT
  15. 15.CHAPTER IX NIAGARA AND THE LOSS OF CANADA
  16. 16.CHAPTER X THE CONSPIRACY OF PONTIAC
  17. 17.CHAPTER XI THE ADVENTURES OF A TRADER
  18. 18.CHAPTER XII WAYNE’S INDIAN CAMPAIGN
  19. 19.CHAPTER XIII THE GREAT LAKES IN THE WAR OF 1812
  20. 20.CHAPTER XIV THE CONQUEST OF LAKE ERIE
  21. 21.CHAPTER XV GENERAL LEWIS CASS AND REORGANIZATION
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVI THE BLACK HAWK WAR
  23. 23.PART III OCCUPATION AND DEVELOPMENT
  24. 24.CHAPTER XVII GATEWAYS OF THE GREAT LAKES
  25. 25.CHAPTER XVIII THE STORY OF A ROAD
  26. 26.CHAPTER XIX BEFORE AND AFTER THE TURNPIKE
  27. 27.CHAPTER XX THE ERIE CANAL
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXI THE GREAT LAKES IN 1840
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXII THE COMING OF THE RAILROAD TO LAKE ERIE
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXIII LINCOLN AND DOUGLAS IN CHICAGO
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXIV THE GREAT LAKES IN THE CIVIL WAR
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXV THREE GREAT INDUSTRIES OF THE LAKES
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXVI SHIPPING ON THE LAKES
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXVII THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY
  35. 35.A BRIEF LIST OF BOOKS — General Works — Part I. Discovery and Exploration, 1615–1700 — Part II. The Struggle for Possession, 1700–1832 — Part III. Occupation and Development — Gazetteers and Travels
  36. 36.INDEX
  37. 37.Stories from American History
  38. 38.Transcriber’s Note

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