Pioneer history of Ingham County, compiled and arranged by Mrs. Franc L. Adams, secretary of the Ingham County pioneer and historical society.

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in a state as nature left them, not filled in with tin cans and other
rubbish with a thin coating of earth. Most of them had timber
for the house frame and wood for fuel after the house was built,
The younger generation that are used to reinforced concrete buildings with all the modern conveniences of sanitary plunbing, steam
heat, electric lights, etc., little realize the work and sacrifice of
their forefathers in erecting these old buildings now being torn
down. DR. F. N. TURNER,
Lansing, Sept. 30th, 1916.
INSCRIPTIONS.
Inscriptions that adorn the face of the monument erected in
honor of Austin Blair, the War Governor of Michigan, in front of
the State Capitol at Lansing, Mich. Furnished by Mrs. HI. E.
Moliter, of Lansing.
(East Side.)
Austin Blair,
\War Governor of Michigan,
1861, 1862, 1863, 1864.
He gave the best years of his life to Michigan
and his fame is inseparably linked with the glorious achievements of her citizen soldier.
Erected by the people of Michigan under joint
resolution of the Legislature.
Approved May 8, 1895.
(West Side.)
The true glory of the republic must consist not
only in the beneficence and freedom of our institutions, but also in our ability and courage
to defend and protect them.
Message to the Legislature 1863.
All the blood and courage of this terrible war,
all the heart-rending casualties of battle and
the sad bereavements occasioned by them, have
the same cause, slavery-the greatest, vilest
criminal of the world; it must perish.
Message 1863.