Town site evolution in Southwestern Michigan 1830-1869

Auteur :
WALTERS, J.R.

Description :
A study of the original survey records of town plats in three southwestern Michigan counties, which shows a wide range of town and town-square designs, although all the towns were laid out in the mid-1830s. Some towns were to be square, others linear, and others were altered to permit water-driven mills. Town squares with roads crossing through were often altered later, suggesting that those who planned the towns may have had ideas at odds with the settlers. - (SLD)


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Journal of cultural geography, issn : 0887-3631, 2001, vol. 19, n°. 1, p. 23-52, nombre de pages : 30, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 42 ref.

Date :
2001

Editeur :
Pays édition : Etats-Unis