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Douglass Houghton: Michigan's Pioneer Geologist, Doctor, and Teacher

By Deborah K Frontiera, Joanna Walitalo (Illustrator)
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By Deborah K Frontiera, Joanna Walitalo (Illustrator)
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Meet a man who was a medical doctor, a geologist, and a surveyor who also knew botany, zoology, and chemistry. Douglass Houghton was all of these, even though he stood barely five feet, four inches tall. Follow his trail as Michigan's first state geologist, as he explores the unknown wilderness of both peninsulas, in the 1830s and 1840s to discover the potential resources of a brand-new state.

"Deborah K. Frontiera immerses us into the life and times of Douglass Houghton, one of Michigan's p...

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