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Michigan |
| nickname Wolverine state. motto If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you. tree White Pine. flower Apple Blossom bird Robin population-9,594,350 song Michigan My Michigan Places to visit-Mackinac Island Greenfield Village in Dearborn Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore near Munising Detroit Institute of arts |
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| Detroit 1,027,974 Grand Rapids 189,126 Warren 144,864 Flint 140,761 Lansing 127,321 |
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| 8,000 B.C. Indians enter the area now called Michigan A.D.1618 Etienne Brul'e becomes the first European to travel the western Great Lakes 1668 Sault Sainte Marie is established 1701 Antoine Cadillac founds Detroit 1763 Pontiac's War 1825 Erie Canal is completed 1837 Michigan becomes the 26th state 1855 Soo Canal is completed 1899 Ransom Olds founds Olds Motor Work 1903 Henry Ford opens Ford Motor Company 1967 Riots occur in major Michigan cities 1974 Gerald Ford becomes the 38th U.S. president 1987 People Mover begins operating in Detroit |
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| Tom Selleck Magic Johnson Jr. Gilda Radner |
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| Services
55% Manufacturing 24% Government 16% construction 3% agriculture 2% |