History of Bay County, Michigan, and representative citizens; . MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD DEPOT, BAY CITY, E. SOLDIERS REST MONUMENT, PINE RIDGE CEMETERY AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS. 23 use of public schools. By this act was laid thegerm for the University Fund of Michiganand of the Primary School Fund. On January 11, 1805, Congress passed theact creating the Territory of ]\Iichigan. Itwas to comprise all that portion of IndianaTerritory lying north of a line drawn eastfrom the southerly extreme of Lake Michigan,until it intersected Lake Erie, and lying east ofa line drawn from the same so
History of Bay County, Michigan, and representative citizens; . MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD DEPOT, BAY CITY, E. SOLDIERS REST MONUMENT, PINE RIDGE CEMETERY AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS. 23 use of public schools. By this act was laid thegerm for the University Fund of Michiganand of the Primary School Fund. On January 11, 1805, Congress passed theact creating the Territory of ]\Iichigan. Itwas to comprise all that portion of IndianaTerritory lying north of a line drawn eastfrom the southerly extreme of Lake Michigan,until it intersected Lake Erie, and lying east ofa line drawn from the same southern extremeof Lake INIichigan to its northern extremity,and thence due north to the northern boundaryof the United States. In June, 1805, Detroit was destroyed byfire, and when General Hull, the first territorialGovernor, arrived, he found tlie people campedin the open fields with scanty food and cloth-ing. Lndaunted by misfortune, these pioneerserected a new city on the old site, and Detroitbecame the territorial capital. Instigated byTecumseh, another noted Indian chief, the red-skins again took the war
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