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Sep 2, 1993 · Realization of the need for conservation of natural resources came slowly in this land of plenty. The first conservation step was taken in 1837 when Michigan became the nation’s 26th state. The 15th law on the statute books was one providing for a complete geological, topographical, botanical and zoological survey. Creation of the
Atwick is a village and civil parish in Holderness in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The village is near the North Sea coast, and 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Hornsea on the B1242 road. The civil parish is formed by the village of Atwick and the hamlet of Skirlington.
Jan 25, 2021 · In 1968, the name of the Michigan Department of Conservation was changed to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to reflect widening responsibilities. Subsequently, the Michigan Legislature passed the Wilderness and Natural Areas Act Aug. 3, 1972, which provided for setting aside state wildernesses, wildlands and natural areas.
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After statehood in 1837, the State of Michigan had the Upper Peninsula surveyed linearly and geologically under the direction of Douglass Houghton and others. In the mid-1840s copper was discovered on the Keweenaw Peninsula and iron ore in the central Upper Peninsula inland west of Marquette.
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THE village of Atwick lies 24 km. NNE. of Hull,3 km. NNW. of the resort of Hornsea, and c.500 m. from the coast, which forms the easternparish boundary. (fn. 1) The ancient parish also included the hamlets of Arram, c. 3 km. south-westof the village, and Skirlington, c. 2 km. north.The name Atwick, 'Atta's dairy farm', is Anglianbut was not recorde...
Up to three houses were licensed at Atwickin the later 18th century, and the Black Horse,named in 1822, (fn. 16) still traded in 1991. Theschool, closed in 1960, was later used as a village hall. (fn. 17) ARRAM.At Arram there is thought to havebeen a medieval settlement, of unknown size,lying north of Arram Hall, which was built inthe 17th century ...
Land atAtwick and Arram was evidently included inMorkar's manor of Hornsea in 1066 and hadpassed with it to Drew de Bevrere by 1086; (fn. 26) itwas later part of the Aumale fee. In the mid13th century William de Ros held 12 carucatesat Atwick, which holding descended in the Rosfamily, later Barons Ros of Helmsley (Yorks.N.R.), and their successors....
COMMON LANDS AND INCLOSURE.Atwick. Atwick village hadopen fields called North and South fields in1653. (fn. 96) Lord's field, named from 1546, may havebeen a third field or merely part of North field. (fn. 97) The tillage had been reduced by inclosure by1517. (fn. 98) The common meadows lay away fromthe village on the edge of the open fields in 165...
In the 15th centurybreaches of the assize of ale at Atwick were presented in Roos manor court. (fn. 119) Constables'accounts for Atwick survive for 1782–1847 andchurchwardens' accounts for 1684. (fn. 120) An almshouse recorded in 1764 may have been a poorhouse. (fn. 121) Regular poor relief was given to 7–10people in the early 19th century and occa...
Everard de Ros gave Atwick churchto Bridlington priory c. 1130. It was evidentlythen served by a chaplain. By 1228 the prioryhad appropriated the rectory and a vicarage hadbeen ordained. (fn. 126) The advowson of the vicarageremained with the priory until its forfeiture in1537. (fn. 127) The Crown granted the advowson to thearchbishop of York in 15...
Up to 18 Roman Catholics were recorded in Atwick in the early andmid 17th century but very few later. Prominentamong them were members of the Constable andCaley families, whose estates were sequesteredin the mid 17th century. (fn. 158) The protestant dissenters who registered ahouse at Atwick in 1802 and a house or chapelthere in 1812 (fn. 159) wer...
In 1689 Edward Fenwick gave1 bovate in Beeford partly for the schooling andapprenticing of a poor boy of Atwick. (fn. 165) About1715 a school was built by subscription besidethe village green. (fn. 166) Ralph Burton (d. c. 1725)devised ½ bovate in Hornsea partly for teachingpoor children and repairing the school. (fn. 167) Afterinclosure, Fenwick's...
The charitiesof Edward Fenwick and Ralph Burton were primarily for education, but Fenwick's might beused to relieve widows and nearly £8 a year ofthe income of Burton's charity was spent onbread for widows c. 1820. The Poor's Stock, asum of £10 held by the overseers, was spentabout 1810 on inclosing the allotment made forBurton's endowment. (fn. 19...
Jan 2, 2024 · The Ojibwe were drawn to the abundant natural resources found in Michigan, including forests teeming with wildlife, fertile lands for agriculture, and an abundance of fish in the lakes and rivers. One of the key areas where the Ojibwe settled in Michigan was the Sault Ste. Marie region.
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