Below is a link to a site from the Library of Congress that lets you move around and zoom in on a picture of Lansing, Michigan in 1866. Very cool for us history buff who wonder at the size, layout and other features of towns from that era.
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1fPZ54/www.loc.gov/resource/g4114l.pm003590/
Michael Bradley - Time Traveler 
That was both intriguing too as insightful! Thank you for sharing your ideas with us.
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