- Etheridge, Anna by Gerardo Wheeler
... in Detroit when the Civil War commenced, she enlisted as an army nurse with a Michigan unit and tended Michigan regiments throughout the entire conflict. She came to be known as "Michigan Annie" and "Gentle Anna," was once wounded, and earned the Kearny Cross for bravery. After the war she worked in a federal government office.
- Lansing by WordNet
nounCapital of the state of Michigan; located in southern Michigan on the Grand River.synonyms: capital of Michigan
- Grand Traverse Bay by Clayton Gordon
Northeast arm of Lake Michigan, indenting northwestern Michigan, U.S. Located off the coast of the Lower Peninsula, the head of the bay is 32 mi (52 km) long and 12 mi (19 km) wide. It is divided into the east and west arms by Old Mission Peninsula, with Traverse City at its base...
- Upper Peninsula by Mario Lowe
A peninsula in the northern US between Lakes Superior and Michigan, constituting the N part of the state of Michigan
- Lansing by Caroline Hunter
City (pop., 2000: 119,128), capital of Michigan, U.S. Located on the Grand River at its junction with the Red Cedar River, it was a recently settled site when the state capital was moved there from Detroit in 1847. Originally called Michigan, it adopted the name ...