Historic Forts of Michigan

Name: Historic Forts of Michigan
Brand: Arcadia Publishing
SKU: 9781467170079
Price: 24.99 USD
Availability: InStock

$24.99

Michigan’s military forts shaped the Great Lakes frontier as European and then American settlers and explorers moved westward. When La Salle’s crew reached the mouth of the St. Joseph River, they built Fort Miami, the first European military post on Michigan soil. Following a humiliating betrayal, Chief Pontiac laid vengeful siege to Fort Detroit for five months, during which he let neither supplies nor man pass through the siege lines intact. Stationed at Fort Gratiot, a young Lieutenant Robert E. Lee had a sweet tooth that forced him to hide in a closet to avoid a local baker demanding Lee pay his past-due bill. A mosquito helped to force the closing of Fort Saginaw. Author and Michigan native David Wedge recovers the stories of these forgotten guardians. Paperback | 6 x 9 | 144 pages

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