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Congress awarded the "Toledo Strip" to Ohio. Michigan received the western part of the Upper Peninsula as a concession and formally entered the Union as a state on January 26, 1837. When iron and copper were discovered in the Upper Peninsula, impetus was created for the construction of the Soo Locks, completed in 1855.
Hamtramck Fire Department. Hamtramck (/ h æ m ˈ t r æ m ɪ k / ham-TRAM-ik) is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan.An enclave of Detroit, Hamtramck is located roughly 5 miles (8.0 km) north of downtown Detroit, and is surrounded by Detroit on most sides.
September 19, 2024 at 7:00 PM. Media mogul Oprah Winfrey is slated to host a virtual event in Michigan Thursday evening to support Vice President Harris’s bid for the White House in the ...
The Michigan Department of History, Arts and Libraries was a portmanteau agency created by executive reorganization in October 2001 during the administration of Governor John Engler. The specific functions of the department dated back to the publication startup of the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections in 1874, followed by the creation ...
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), the running mate of Vice President Harris, will deliver remarks Thursday during an event in Grand Rapids, Mich. The campaign stop comes on the heels of a tense debate ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 September 2024. 1927 bombing attacks in Bath Township, Michigan Bath School disaster Bath Consolidated School after the bombing Location Bath Charter Township, Michigan, U.S. Coordinates Date May 18, 1927 ; 97 years ago (May 18, 1927) Target Bath Consolidated School, house and farm Attack type School ...
John D'Arms, history of ancient Rome (born in Poughkeepsie, New York, moved to Ann Arbor) Natalie Zemon Davis, historian and feminist, pioneered the "new social history," author of The Return of Martin Guerre (born in Detroit) Samuel J. Eldersveld, political scientist at the University of Michigan; former mayor of Ann Arbor (from Ann Arbor)
1813 Lewis Cass became Territorial Governor. 1817 The University of Michigan was established in Detroit, the first public university in the state. 1818 The British ceded control of the Upper Peninsula and the St. Clair River islands to the U.S. after the Treaty of Ghent and border negotiations were concluded.