East Saginaw (now 'Saginaw East Side'), the former name of that portion of Saginaw lying east of the Saginaw River. Incorporated with Saginaw (q.v.) in 1890, this portion of the city still manufactures quantities of salt, and has large planing, flour, and saw mills, foundries, machine-shops, and shipyards. Pop. (1870) 11,350; (1880) 19,016. In 1890 Saginaw (q.v.) and East Saginaw had together a pop. of 46,322.
East Saginaw
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 176–177
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