. The street railway review . ral the Brat civil governor, and a long ll f gifted public splriti ■ nf which li la ii ■ .. have In over to the morepeaceful pursuits of trade and commerce, although the martialspirit is still there and ready to be roused Into the war with Mea ril War and more r ntiy i with Spain, Detroit nnd Michigan have sent their fullquota of men to light the battles of the Union. La ■ pernmemorial of this patriotism there stands In the Campus Martina, the chief center ol the city, n Btrlking in nenl to Michigans soldiers. This woi was designed i> Rando
. The street railway review . ral the Brat civil governor, and a long ll f gifted public splriti ■ nf which li la ii ■ .. have In over to the morepeaceful pursuits of trade and commerce, although the martialspirit is still there and ready to be roused Into the war with Mea ril War and more r ntiy i with Spain, Detroit nnd Michigan have sent their fullquota of men to light the battles of the Union. La ■ pernmemorial of this patriotism there stands In the Campus Martina, the chief center ol the city, n Btrlking in nenl to Michigans soldiers. This woi was designed i> Randolph R ol Rome. It Is c instructed ol Rhode Island granite, with statuesof golden bronze cast nl Munich, Hie whole costing upwards of£70,000. ll is 00 ft in height, and was unveiled April 0 1872 tour siii,- it Lincoln, Grant Farragul and Sherman. On the plinths al each corner of the tatues 7 ft. lii-h. representing the Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery and Navy,and higher up are allegorical figures of Union, Victory, Emancl-. EYE VIEW LOOKING I I GKATP >T AVENlK, In and va S Ij was ownership In the land dis- puted by the Iroquois, the probable rightful claimants, bul rov-inds of Indians and v,. |j, French, and Spanish voy- ageurs as well- whom BOmeone lias called the first travelers ol laid claim to c< rta ai I lie I ie trolt and Joined In the general melee Thi of the bloody conspiracy of the great chief, Pontine, who designed to capture and burn the fort, the battle of Bl ly Ridge, and an attempt to fire the powder magazine al the citadel, are Im-int Incidents related by history of this strenuous this hard life the settlement grew and prospered, in171^1 ii passed Into the hands of the English as a result of theBritish victory over the Fn Quebec. The city was for- mally ceded to the I tilted States in 17s:i, the Americans didn,.t take full ii ssesslon until 1796. After a period of desultoryborder warfare, and total destruction ol the city by tire in 1805,
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