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A minor conflict with Ohio, known as the Toledo War, over an area including the city of Toledo, Ohio, delayed Michigan statehood, because the State of Ohio objected. 1836 Michigan accepted Ohio's claim to Toledo and the Toledo Strip and received, as compensation, the western three-fourths of the Upper Peninsula .
Dunbar, Willis F. and George S. May. Michigan: A History of the Wolverine State, 3rd ed. (1995) the standard comprehensive textbook 1980 edition online; Farmer, Silas (1889). The history of Detroit and Michigan; or, The metropolis illustrated; a full record of territorial days in Michigan, and the annals of Wayne County. Farmer, Silas (1890).
History of Ann Arbor, Michigan; Timeline of Ann Arbor, Michigan ... History of Saginaw, Michigan This page was last edited on 18 September 2017, at 08:34 (UTC) ...
The city's motto, Speramus meliora; resurget cineribus ("We hope for better things, it will rise from the ashes") dates from this event. Detroit becomes capital of Michigan Territory. [3] 1806 September 13: City of Detroit incorporated by the territorial governing council. [6] Solomon Sibley becomes mayor.
Located along the Flint River, 66 miles (106 km) northwest of Detroit, it is a principal city within the region known as Mid Michigan. [9] [10] At the 2020 census, Flint had a population of 81,252, [5] making it the twelfth-most populous city in Michigan. The Flint metropolitan area is located entirely within Genesee County.
Michigan (/ ˈ m ɪ ʃ ɪ ɡ ən / ⓘ MISH-ig-ən) is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwestern United States.It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, Indiana and Illinois to the southwest, Ohio to the southeast, and the Canadian province of Ontario to the east, northeast and north.
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