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Revision as of 15:54, 30 January 2011
Michigan History
- Fur trade
New France
- King George's War
Lewis Cass
Walk-in-the-Water: First steamship on the Great Lakes (1818). [e]- William Johnson (trader): Add brief definition or description
- Black Swamp: A region in northwestern Ohio in the river valley of the Maumee River. [e]
- Chase Osborn: Chase Osborn (1860-1949) was a newspaper publisher, iron ore prospector, and progressive republican politician from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan who was Michigan's 27th governor. [e]
Railroads
Michigan
- Ann Arbor Railroad: A former Class I railroad, now a regional short-line railroad operating mostly in Michigan. [e]
- Ann Arbor Railroad v. United States: A 1930 U.S. Supreme Court case which defined the Hoch-Smith Resolution as an expression of Congressional opinion and not a matter of law, thus enjoining the ICC from following it. [e]
- Jackson Street Railway: The Jackson Street Railway was a street railway company in Jackson, Michigan. [e]
- Lenawee County Railroad: A short-line railroad that operated between 1977 and 1990 in Lenawee County, Michigan. [e]
Canada
- History of railways in Canada: A description of the history of railways in Canada from its first railway in 1836 to the present. [e]
- Canadian National Railway: A Canadian Class I railway operated by the Canadian National Railway Company headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. [e]
Grand Trunk Railway: A Canadian railway system based primarily in Ontario and Quebec, with operations over much of Canada and neighboring parts of the United States, that subsequently became the basis for Canadian National Railways. [e]- Canadian Northern Railway: The Canadian Northern Railway was a regional Canadian railroad that became Canada's third transcontinental railroad, Canada's largest business failure, and the foundation for the Canadian National Railway. [e]
Other
- Nassau Electric Railroad: A trolley line in Brooklyn, New York, during the 1890s. [e]
- Nickel Plate Road: A U.S. railroad in southern Great Lakes region. [e]
- Nickel Plate 765 Steam Engine: Steam locomotive engine which was part of the now defunct Nickel Plate Railroad. [e]
- Interstate Commerce Commission: The United States Interstate Commerce Commission (1887-1995) was an autonomous regulatory body charged with the enforcement of national surface transportation policy. [e]
People
- William T. Coleman: Attorney and public servant who has served on the legal team for Brown v. Board Education (1954), the Warren Commission, as the fourth Secretary of Transportation, and the Court of Military Commission Review. [e]
- John B. Corliss: John B. Corliss (1851-1929) was a Detroit, Michigan, lawyer, member of Congress, and electric railroad promoter. [e]
- Chase Osborn: Chase Osborn (1860-1949) was a newspaper publisher, iron ore prospector, and progressive republican politician from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan who was Michigan's 27th governor. [e]
- Tom L. Johnson: 1854-1911) A street railway entrepreneur, US congressman, and mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. [e]