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Early Documents

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The Early Documents Collection chronicles Michigan's road to statehood including the original Constitution passed in 1835 to the Senate Bill admitting Michigan as the 26th State of the Union.

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Wolfe Walk

Peter H. Wolfe decided to “take a good, long walk.” In 1974, he began hiking the North Country Trail.

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