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Covers southern Michigan.
Insets: Map of the Straits of Michillimackinac. -- Map of Pte. Ste. Ignace. -- Map of the most important parts of the lead mine district near the Mississippi River. -- Map of the private claims at Green Bay -- Map of…

The historiography of school gardening in the United States has few contributions. The works that exist draw heavily from official documents and other primary sources which tell the story from an institutional point of view and are mainly outside the…

This ethnohistorical work examines the process of Ottawa adaptation
from a world system perspective. Following the lead of Richard White,
Carol Smith, James Scott, and Sherry Ortner it analyzes the Ottawa mode
of production as a key mechanism by…

This letter was written with the support of "six thousand women" for a market in the southern part of the city.

This is a petition by thirty neighbors to move the South Market from Campau Park to the Truant School Ground

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This is a photo of Leonard Coalter's wagon which he drove to the Grand Rapids Wholesale Market to sell peaches. The acetylene spotlight on the front of the wagon was mentioned in a newspaper article on September 19, 1913.

This is a petition signed by over 130 neighbors, employees, and business owners around South Division Avenue asking for a retail farmers market. The city of Grand Rapids had just purchased land for a market in the northern part of the city after a…

This is a letter written by Emily Chamberlin on behalf of the WCCND arguing that markets will help with the war effort.