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    The history of human activity in Michigan, a U.S. state in the Great Lakes, began with settlement of the western Great Lakes region by Paleo-Indians perhaps...
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    Michigan Stadium, nicknamed "The Big House," is the football stadium for the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It is the largest stadium in...
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    Michigan City is a city in LaPorte County, Indiana, United States. It had a population of 32,075 at the 2020 census. Located along Lake Michigan in the...
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    Michigan Basin). 12800 BC Mastodons and other ice age mammals started to appear in the fossil record. 11000 BC to 9000 BC Archeological evidence of Paleo-Indians...
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    Railroads have been vital in the history of the population and trade of rough and finished goods in the state of Michigan. While some coastal settlements...
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  • Michigan History is a bimonthly state history magazine published by the Historical Society of Michigan in Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1917 as...
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    This is a list of mayors of Detroit, Michigan. See History of Detroit, for more information about the history of the incorporation of the city. The current...
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    of Michigan (U-M, UMich, or simply Michigan) is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of...
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    Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. Michigan has the most all-time wins in college football history. The team is known for its distinctive winged...
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  • The History of slavery in Michigan includes the pro-slavery and anti-slavery efforts of the state's residents prior to the ratification of the Thirteenth...
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    The history of the University of Michigan began with its establishment on August 26, 1817 as the Catholepistemiad or University of Michigania. Shortly...
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  • The politics of Michigan, a competitive state that leans Democratic in presidential elections, are divided. Michigan is considered part of the Democrats'...
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  • to 1763, Michigan was part of the Royal Province of New France, which included France's laws making sodomy a capital offense. In 1763, Michigan was transferred...
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    The history of Saginaw, Michigan explores the development of the city from the time that Native American hunter-gatherers ranged through the area. There...
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    in the western region of the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated near the eastern shore of Lake Michigan on Lake Macatawa, which...
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    Michigan (/ˈmɪʃɪɡən/ MISH-ig-ən) is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest region of the United States. It borders Wisconsin to the northwest...
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    Detroit, the largest city in the state of Michigan, was settled in 1701 by French colonists. It is the first European settlement above tidewater in North...
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    recorded history of Grand Rapids in the U.S. state of Michigan, began with settlers in 1806. For thousands of years, succeeding cultures of indigenous...
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  • "Michigan, My Michigan" is a popular anthem in the State of Michigan. The actual state song, "My Michigan", was formally adopted in 1937 but remains relatively...
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    that make it possible. Founded in 1908 as a holding company in Flint, Michigan, as of 2012 it employed approximately 209,000 people around the world. With...
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  • history of Michigan State University dates back to 1855, when the Michigan Legislature established the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan under...
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    The history of Chrysler involves engineering innovations, high finance, wide alternations of profits and losses, various mergers and acquisitions, and...
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  • Directory for University of Michigan The University of Michigan - Bentley Historical Library Ann Arbor History, hosted by the University of Michigan...
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    County (/ˈwɔːʃtənɔː/ WASH-tə-naw) is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2020 census, the population was 372,258. The county seat and...
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    Lake Michigan (/ˈmɪʃɪɡən/ MISH-ig-ən) is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is the second-largest of the Great Lakes by volume (1,180 cu mi...
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    Alcona County (/ælˈkoʊnə/ al-KOH-nə) is a county of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,167. Its county seat is Harrisville...
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    (6.4 km) south of the village of Brooklyn. Situated on more than 1,400 acres (5.7 km2) in the Irish Hills area of southeastern Michigan, the track is 70...
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    The Territory of Michigan was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from June 30, 1805, until January 26, 1837, when the...
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  • Ojibwe and Odawa Treaty of Chicago (1833) – all 3 nations party to treaty Mackinaw City, Michigan Warren, William W.; "History of the Ojibway People"; St...
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    latter half of the American Civil War. Composed primarily of the 1st Michigan Cavalry, 5th Michigan Cavalry, 6th Michigan Cavalry and 7th Michigan Cavalry...
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