Included in Midland: The Way We Were are photographs that span the first 100 years of the city. Midland, Michigan began life as The Forks, where the Tittabwassee and Chippewa Rivers met. By 1858, The Forks became the Village of Midland, and in 1869 it was incorporated and named the Village of Midland City. Lumbering and farmland attracted the first settlers, and in 1897 a brash young man named Herbert Henry Dow persuaded 57 investors to start a new business there named the Dow Chemical Company. Midland, by then a city, ...
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Included in Midland: The Way We Were are photographs that span the first 100 years of the city. Midland, Michigan began life as The Forks, where the Tittabwassee and Chippewa Rivers met. By 1858, The Forks became the Village of Midland, and in 1869 it was incorporated and named the Village of Midland City. Lumbering and farmland attracted the first settlers, and in 1897 a brash young man named Herbert Henry Dow persuaded 57 investors to start a new business there named the Dow Chemical Company. Midland, by then a city, was forever changed. Included in Midland: The Way We Were are photographs that span the first 100 years of the city. From Main Street landmarks such as the Frolic Theater, to the churches and schools where Midland's residents worshiped and learned-here are over 200 images detailing Midland's history.
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Near Fine. 0738518867. TWO complete books that document the history of this Michigan community that grew from a lumbering village to a thriving city, home to Dow Chemical Company. Primarily a photo histories that are illustrated with 200 photos, all with full captions. The companion volume to th "Midland the Way We Were" is "Midland, Her Continuing Story" which was published in 2002--both volumes included here. Contains an index in the rear. Nice clean, tight and unmarked books with no interior or exterior markings; no creases, chips, or tears to the covers or contents. Please inquire if you would like more information.; Images of America Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo, 8"-9" tall; 128, 128 pages.
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