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  • THE UPPER PENINSULA,

    • An address on the climate, soil, resourses, development, commerce and future of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, delivered in ... 1861, by Alex. Campbell, of Marquette

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    Legislature,
    1861.}
    { House Doc.
    No 24.

    From
    Alex. Campbell

    518
    356

    LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
    U.S.A.
    CITY of WASHINGTON

    [No. 24.]

    AN ADDRESS on the Climate, Soil, Resources, Development, Commerce and future of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, delivered in Representative Hall, at Lansing, February 6, 1861, by Alex Campbell , of Marquette.

    Mr. Lockwood offered the following:

    Resolved, That 5,000 copies of the address of the Hon. Alexander Campbell, on the resources and prospects of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, be printed, 1000 of which shall be placed in the hands of Mr. Campbell, and the remainder for the use of the members of the Legislature;

    Which was adopted.

    THE UPPER PENINSULA,

    Less than twenty-four years ago tho Upper Peninsula became a part of the State of Michigan. At the time it was considered a comparatively worthless territory--its geographical position being unfavorable to agriculture--its climate frigid and unfriendly to all the pursuits we had come to regard as necessary in the settlement of a State.

    The man who would have predicted the development that has followed--the opening of such exhaustless wealth--the existence




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    Alexander Campbell, a state representative from Marquette, presented this address on February 6, 1861 to the Michigan State Legislature, which resolved that 5,000 copies of it be printed and distributed. Campbell extols the resources and development prospects of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and attempts to balance prevailing assumptions about its frigid climate and long winters with positive descriptions of its dry, clean air and therapeutic value for invalids, particularly during the summer months. Among the area's natural advantages, Campbell cites natural harbors, abundant fisheries, mineral wealth (especially iron and copper), lumber (vast stands of hardwood timber), and agricultural potential. Though the winter air might be too bracing for those suffering from tuberculosis, Campbell believes that it virtually eliminates the feverish colds and barking coughs of damper, more changeable climates. He argues, however, that highways and ports must be developed to improve transportation and export of the region's products.

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