Battle Creek

by Kurt Thornton and Martin Ashley

In 1825, the opening of the Erie Canal triggered a migration of pioneer families from America's East Coast to the Michigan territory. By 1836, entrepreneurs had dug a mill race and platted a village that would eventually become Battle Creek. The town was first known as a farm implement center for the Midwest, then became the "Health City" (for its connection to the Seventh-day Adventist Church and Dr. J. H. Kellogg's Battle Creek Sanitarium), and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738539767
• ISBN13: 9780738539768
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.8" x 9.3"