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See also:TRAVERSE See also:CITY , the See also:county-seat of See also:Grand See also:Traverse county, See also:Michigan, U.S.A., on the See also:Boardman See also:river, between Boardman See also:Lake and the See also:west See also:arm of Grand Traverse See also:Bay, in the N.W. See also:part of the See also:lower See also:peninsula . Pop . (190o), 9407, of whom 2068 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910, See also:census), 12,115 . It is served by the Pere See also:Marquette, the Grand Rapids & See also:Indiana and the See also:Manistee & See also:North-Eastern See also:railways, and by steamboat See also:line to See also:Chicago and other lake ports . The See also:climate, scenery and See also:good fishing attract summer visitors . The See also:city has a public library and a library owned by the Ladies' Library Association, and is the seat of the See also:Northern Michigan See also:Asylum for the Insane (opened 1885) . There are various manufactures, and in 1904 the See also:total value of the factory product was $2,176,903 . Traverse City was settled in 1847, incorporated as a See also:village in 1881 and chartered as a city in 1895 . |
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