Environment Health History Land Planning
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
Category: Environment
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Sanborn maps are a useful historical tool and often reveal interesting pieces of the past that are long forgotten. On this fire insurance map in particular I was surprised to see such a sizable island in the Flint River, Crapo Island. Named for Henry Crapo, the UM Flint Genesee Historical Collections Center notes the Crapo…
Mapping Flint 