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Please note that this reprint includes the maps only — the descriptive and statistical text sections found in the original volume, including chapters on topography, hydrology, geology, climate, railroads, education, forest and mineral wealth, census data, and the gazetteer, are not included in this edition. The original atlas drew on contributions from Alexander Winchell, LL.D. — one of the most prominent geologists and naturalists of 19th-century America — alongside Hon. C.I. Walker, Oramel Hosford, Henry M. Utley, and Ray Haddock, making it one of the most ambitious surveys of Michigan ever undertaken.\u003cbr\u003eThis color facsimile of the map plates is an essential reference for genealogists researching Michigan family histories, historians studying the state's rapid development during the post-Civil War era, and collectors of Great Lakes and Midwest Americana. 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