Detroit R L Polk City Directory 1856 - JewishGen KehilaLinks

MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
The AqrieulturaP College.
LL locairi(1 oil ii model fiuln of ri 7 f iicares, it, t,lra vieiui ty of Lansing.
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MICHIGAN STATE PRISON.
is lucaletl at .j;tt:ksull, ;L po~ltlar ;rut1 bttsj- centlai tow11 ill tlic?
co~cntv of ,I;rckson, 75 miles from Detmit on tlv linr. ot' rllc~ hfichigao C :fit,~ill Itailway,
8i.ird ,&out 32 miles fi-o~n the Capital.
Extunfiivu ilinnufiictuves ;a(? carried OII wi~2l1n iJlo l'risou L,v rspitali-;ts who hire the
,:/b~r of th(: prisor~ers fi.onl the State. YII1t+ v:~r.inirs I~r:trlch~bc 4 )t' ~n:nlufiicti~ri~~g would
,ihrol'wl~- appear iindar the hi:ads of nOuerfisi~~,q.
The Prison builtliny is plnill :~ld somc!irh:~t ti~llh \vor~i, . ~ioL~~it.l~~ti~~l(li~~g
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a~id IBIIS~, before mauy !-t:al1s. yivi pl:il*s tr~ :I rltnv ;il)(l sub-
:,rc.vamellts ant1 iidd~tio~~s,
-:t intin1 edifice, :411(1 one 1nori. ( brn;~n~enti~l
to .I ;u*liscln.
CAPITAL OF MICHIGAN.
'ithe l-louscs the i.,egisliiturc, ilnd the ufkiei.th of the St:ua Uul);trtln(:nls are estaG
islied ,2t Lansing, in the count!. of lngllanl, 1 10 miles Norbh-west froul Detroit.
j?opulntiou 2,500.
'l1her~ &iljr m;til st:,g?ri. (?i~r~hrs 1.- IA:irl~i I I fr'i*. ~ ~rn 1 )iitroit. Office is[ iintlr*(+rv7.r,
3ailroatl If 1otc.I.
This site w:rs sulcctetL in tho year 1847, the iAagis1nture as ha ifiu.zl cetitral point
wllicll to eret;t tllo (hljitol. 1.t is now a11 interesting :LI~C~ iwitinc villago tibr ISusil)es~
iettlcn~cnt, snn.oancletl as it is i,y a good fsrlni~lg coll~ltry.
Detroit is *rlrK c;rl)it;ll of Miciligin-rcpnLe(1 mull(?~.cii~lly as respects i)opulatioll-
,~mmerci;llly, as respects its great centralize(^ trade, and from its inevitably secure, alld
>orivnle(l privileges of transport in rlircc t i 11 t.~r-corn mnuieatioll wi~h the seaboar(l [by
' and and water.
Tile Juvenile Penitwtiary is located hers, arid within ir r:ulios of ten tnilep a State
-4-Kricult,ur:rl College, upon ii inodel fnrm of Of 7 :kcyes,
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STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY.
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.r. K. BEECH, of Coldwater. -
- SHANK, of Lansing. Vice- Presideut.
E. P. CHRISTIAN, Detroit, - - . - Secreta~y.
S. H. DOUGLASS, of Arm Arbor, ' - . Freas'tere r.
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