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LANSING , the See also:

capital of See also:Michigan, U.S.A., in See also:Ingham See also:county, at the confluence of the See also:Grand and See also:Cedar See also:rivers, about 85 m. W.N.W. of See also:Detroit and about 64 m. E.S.E. of Grand Rapids. Pop. (1900) 16,485, of whom 2397 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (19ro See also:census) 31,229. It is served by the Michigan Central, the See also:Lake See also:Shore & Michigan See also:Southern, the Grand See also:Trunk and the Pere See also:Marquette See also:railways, and by interurban electric lines. The Grand See also:river on its way through the See also:city makes a See also:horse-See also:shoe See also:bend See also:round a moderately elevated See also:plateau; this is the commercial centre of the city, and here, in a square covering ro acres, is the See also:State Capitol, erected in 1873–1878 and containing the State library. On the opposite See also:side of the river, farther N., and also extending across the southern portion of the city, are districts devoted largely to manufacturing. Lansing has a public library and a city See also:hospital. About 3 m. E. of the city, at See also:East Lansing, is the State Agricultural See also:College (coeducational), the See also:oldest agricultural college in the See also:United States, which was provided for by the state 'constitution of 185o, was organized in 1855 and opened in 18J7. Its See also:engineering course was begun in 1885; a course in See also:home See also:economics for See also:women was established in 1896; and a forestry course was opened in 1902.

In connexion with the college there is an agricultural experiment station. Lansing is the seat of the Michigan School for the See also:

Blind, and of the State See also:Industrial School for Boys, formerly the Reform School. The city has abundant See also:water-See also:power and is an important manufacturing centre. The value of the factory products increased from $2,942,306 in 1900 to $6,887,415 in 1904, or 134'1%. The See also:municipality owns and operates the water-See also:works and the electric-See also:lighting plant. The See also:place was selected as the site for the capital in 1847, when it was still covered with forests, and growth was slow until 1862, when the railways began to reach it. Lansing was chartered as a city in 1859 and rechartered in 1893.

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