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A map of the DUR network from 1904. Map of Detroit United Railway c 1907 First interurban cars on the Detroit, Almont and Northern Railroad, Almont, Michigan, July 1, 1914. The Detroit United Railway was a transport company which operated numerous streetcar and interurban lines in southeast Michigan. Although many of the lines were originally ...
[1] [2] This was the first such charter granted both in Michigan and in the Northwest Territory region. [3] Nothing came of the Pontiac & Detroit, so in 1834 the state granted a new charter to the Detroit and Pontiac Railroad. After four years the D&P began operation over a modest 12-mile (19 km) line, spurred on by a $100,000 loan from the state.
Pontiac (/ ˈ p ɒ n (t) i æ k / PON-(t)ee-ak) is a city in and the county seat of Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. [3] Located roughly 26 miles (41.8 km) northwest of downtown Detroit, Pontiac is part of the Detroit metropolitan area, and is variously described as a satellite city or suburb of Detroit.
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Michigan, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1837, Michigan has participated in every U.S. presidential election, although they did participate in the 1836 election and receive electoral votes.
The Michigan railroad network, c. 1876. 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 had previously existed, the population, commercial, and industrial growth of the state further bloomed with the establishment of the railroad.
After Greimel's election to a full term in 2012, his colleagues elected him to serve as the House's minority leader. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In October 2017, Greimel announced his candidacy for the United States House of Representatives to represent Michigan's 11th congressional district but in the Democratic primary on August 7, 2018, he lost to Haley ...
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Michigan's 14th congressional district was a congressional district that stretched from eastern Detroit westward to Farmington Hills, then north to the suburb of Pontiac. From 1993 to 2013, it was based entirely in Wayne County. It was last represented by Brenda Lawrence. [1]