Saginaw, Michigan, USA
1895 - Saginaw

Saginaw, a city, the capital of Saginaw co, Mich, is on the left or W. bank of a river of the same name, 64 miles N.N.E. of Lansing, 20 miles S. by W. of Bay City, ! miles S.W. of East Saginaw, and 98 miles N.N.W. of Detroit. It is the railroad centre of Northern Michigan, six railroads centring in the city. Its site is a plateau elevated about 30 feet above the river, which is here crossed by 3 bridges. It contains a court-house, 37 churches, 5 national banks, 3 savings-banks, 1 state bank, 2 private banks, public schools, a public library, a theological seminary, 4 daily and 6 weekly newspapers, planing-mills, iron-works, machine- and boiler-works, furniture-factories, breweries, and manufactures of lumber, salt, &c. The total products from these manufactures are estimated at $40,000,000 a year. Vessels drawing 10 feet of water can ascend the river to this place, which exports large quantities of lumber and salt. Saginaw was incorporated in 1859, and now includes the city of East Saginaw, the two cities having been consolidated in 1890. Pop, in 1890, 46,322.

Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott

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