Ye Olde Map
Click the image to see larger version of this 1836 map of the Grand River
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October 9th, 2009 at 5:56 pm
Wow! Look at the depiction of those rapids! These rapids must have been a magnificent sight. But in those days rapids were bad things, and dams were good. So the rapids were killed. People looked for fertile valleys to settle in and avoided the higher elevations. 90%+ of people farmed in some manner to support themselves. Polution and destruction was the price of progress and prosperity.
Now it’s just the opposite. All over the country dams are being removed and the higher elevations are the pricey spots. Less than 2% of us are directly involved in farming. Cleaning up the messes of the past and trying to restore some of what was lost often determines progress and prosperity in today’s world.