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The Michigan State Fair is an annual event originally held from 1849 to 2009 in Detroit, the state's largest city. In 2009 the governor declined to fund it because of other priorities. Because agriculture still has a major place in the Michigan economy, in 2011 supporters organized the Great Lakes Agricultural Fair, a 501 C (3) organization, in ...
Peche Island. / 42.34583°N 82.92528°W / 42.34583; -82.92528. Peche Island ( French pronunciation anglicized to / ˈpiːtʃ /, therefore occasionally misspelled "Peach"), is an uninhabited, currently 86- acre (35 ha) (reduced by erosion from a 1965 measurement of 109 acres / 43.7 ha) Canadian island in the Detroit River, at its opening ...
Coordinates: 42°22′48″N 83°19′22″W. The Detroit Race Course was a complex in Livonia, Michigan, a suburb northwest of Detroit and part of the metropolitan area. It consisted of a regulation racing track and associated stables for horses, and facilities for trainers, exercise workers, and jockeys. It was opened in 1950 primarily as a ...
Engine House No. 11 is the oldest remaining fire house in the city of Detroit. It was organized in 1884 with horse-drawn equipment, and converted to motorized equipment in 1911. The building was used as a fire house until 1972. 39: Engine House No. 18: Engine House No. 18: November 29, 1995 : 3812 Mt. Elliott Ave.
Michigan State University's $3.9 billion endowment fund has become the majority investor in the Fisher Building, an iconic art deco style tower near downtown Detroit, the school announced Tuesday.
Michigan's 20 largest inland lakes. This is a list of lakes in Michigan. The American state of Michigan borders four of the five Great Lakes. The number of inland lakes in Michigan depends on the minimum size. There are: 62,798 lakes ≥ 0.1 acres (0.00040 km 2) [1] 26,266 lakes ≥ 1.0 acre (0.0040 km 2) [1] 6,537 lakes ≥ 10.0 acres (0.040 ...
Zug Island. / 42.28278°N 83.11139°W / 42.28278; -83.11139. Zug Island is a heavily industrialized island within the city of River Rouge at the southern city limits of Detroit in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located where the mouth of the River Rouge spills into the Detroit River.
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