Michigan’s Columbus (The Life of Douglass Houghton)

Foreword Introduction Early Michigan Young Douglass Houghton Rumours of Copper Into the Wilderness Second Expedition with Schoolcraft Back Home in Detroit The Toledo War Michigan Gains Statehood First Geological Survey Circling the Lower Peninsula Tracing the Upper Peninsula’s Southern Shore Examining the Lake Superior Shoreline Exploring the Keweenaw Peninsula and Beyond The Strange Travels of the Ontonagon Boulder Making Their Mark Houghton’s Last Survey Memorials, Myths, and the Copper Boom The Legend of Houghton’s Gold After Houghton Houghton’s Legacy Acknowledgements Bibliography Notes and Sources About the Author