ix, 136 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 23 cm
ISBNs
9781495160226, 149516022X
OCLC
ocn914857654
Includes index.
"This book is a companion book to the Building a Michigan lumber town series of books ... although the Steinmeiers are a fictional family, they are typical of the many German immigrants who arrived in Saginaw in the 1850s"--Page v.
Steinmeiers come to America: 1856 -- Lumber industry's beginning: 1857 -- Public reception of the Bancroft House: 1859 -- Jesse Hoyt's salt experiment: 1860 -- Marching off to the Civil War: 1861 -- Schmitz & Morley: 1863 -- Both Saginaw's' Street Railway Companies: 1865 -- Cornerstone laying for Congregational Church: 1867 -- Public reception of the Taylor House: 1867 -- Third annual Saginaw Country Fair: 1868 -- Dedication of St Johannes Lutheran Kirche: 1869 -- First Saengerfest: 1871 -- Calamitous Crouse block fire: 1872 -- Organizing & dedicating Sacred Heart Church: 1874 -- Organizing St Mary's Hospital: 1874 -- Dedication of West Side Arbeiter Hall -- Little Jake's block & time: 1876 -- Mrs E C Hammond Spring Emporium: 1876 -- Centennial Fourth of July: 1876 -- First Decoration Day: 1878