The Saginaw Trail: From Native American Path to Woodward Avenue (Landmarks)
Indigenous peoples history, United States history, Arts and entertainment, United States travel and geography
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
Summary
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 people whose lives intertwined with the iconic road