Farmer, Silas (sold)
Silas Farmer (June 6, 1839 - December 28, 1902) was an American publisher, historian, and author, and son of the famous cartographer John Farmer. Silas began his career working with his father in the family publishing firm, and continued working for the firm after his father's death. Silas published at least three histories of Detroit, Michigan, entitled The History of Detroit and Michigan (1884), All About Detroit (1899), Guide and Souvenir of Detroit (1891). He died suddenly on December 28, 1902 of an apparent heart attack. Silas married Orpha C. Littlefield in 1868.
Guide to new life in Michigan.
Farmer's Railroad and Township Map of Michigan and Chart of the Lakes.
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This is Silas Farmer's important 1864 railroad and township map of Michigan. Farmer's map appeared during a period when Michigan was a hotspot for immigration and settlement. Both father John Farmer and his son Silas Farmer were local Michigan cartographers who worked assiduously with contemporaneous local governments and surveyors to keep their maps up-to-date, publishing editions annually and sometimes biannually. Such maps were essential for emigrants, both for travel and for life planning. (more details)
Guide to new life in Michigan.
Farmer's Railroad and Township Map of Michigan and Chart of the Lakes.
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This is an 1868 Silas Farmer railroad and township map of Michigan. Farmer's map appeared during a period when Michigan was a hotspot for emigration and settlement. Both father John Farmer and his son Silas Farmer worked assiduously to keep their maps updated, publishing editions annually and sometimes biannually. Such maps were essential for emigrants not only for travel, but also for planning their new life. (more details)
Michigan Land Rush.
Farmer's Railroad and Township Map of Michigan and Chart of the Lakes.
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This is an 1868 Silas Farmer railroad and township map of Michigan. Farmer's maps appeared as the federal government was privatizing over 26 million acres of Michigan land for emigration and settlement. With a veritable land rush in progress, both father, John Farmer, and son, Silas Farmer, worked assiduously to keep their maps updated, publishing editions annually and sometimes biannually. Such maps were essential for emigrants, not only for travel, but also to plan frontier life. (more details)