NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE: THE SAGINAW TRAIL
Who were the peoples who made the Saginaw Trail? How did early settlers and the indigenous people interact?
- https://www.franklin.lib.mi.us/programs-events/events/native-american-heritage-the-saginaw-trail
- NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE: THE SAGINAW TRAIL
- 2023-11-15T19:00:00-05:00
- 2023-11-15T20:00:00-05:00
- Who were the peoples who made the Saginaw Trail? How did early settlers and the indigenous people interact?
- When Nov 15, 2023 from 07:00 PM to 08:00 PM (US/Eastern / UTC-500)
- Where Franklin Public Library
- Contact Name Florence
- Contact Phone 248-851-2254
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The Saginaw Trail led from the frontier town of Detroit into the wilderness, weaving through towering trees and swamps to distant Native American villages. Presenting a forbidding landscape that was also a settlers' paradise, the road promised great riches in natural resources like lumber and agriculture, and a future of wheeled vehicles that would make Michigan the center of a global industry. Leslie Pielack tells the story of the ancient path that transformed early Michigan and of the peoples whose lives intertwined with the iconic road.
Leslie K. Pielack is museum director at the Birmingham Museum in Birmingham, Michigan. Leslie is also an author, her talk is based on her book:
EVERYONE WELCOME.