USS Michigan was the United States Navy's first iron-hulled warship and served during the American Civil War. She was renamed USS Wolverine in 1905.
USS Michigan, seen here after her name was changed to USS Wolverine in 1905.
USS Wolverine in a Great Lakes port in the early 1900s
USS Wolverine (IX-31)
Sam Tanenbaum in December 2013 at age 93 sitting next to the prow of the USS Wolverine which he donated to the city of Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1949
James Jesse Strang was an American religious leader, politician and self-proclaimed monarch. He served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 1853 until his assassination.
James Strang in 1856 daguerreotype photograph
Page three of Strang's "Letter of Appointment."
Engraving of John C. Bennett as a General of the Nauvoo Legion.
Strangite church building in Voree, Wisconsin. (2005)