Mapping Flint

Flint, the Vehicle City, birthplace of the General Motor Company and the United Auto Workers, a vanishing city propelled to the spotlight by one of the largest municipal public health crises in the 21st Century, the Flint Water Crisis

Map of Flint 1889

This historical gem from the Library of Congress comes from the “Atlas of Genesee County, Michigan” shows the City of Flint as a much smaller entity than present day with remnants of the Smith’s Indian Reservation that eventually became part of Flint proper. I was surprised to see that Michigan School for the Deaf has held their land as far back as this, but then checked that the school was founded in 1848 and opened in 1854.

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