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A group of Dutch people arrived in Detroit after Henry Ford's $5 per day wage announcement. Jan Reef, a Dutch immigrant to Detroit, developed a gear process utilized by early automakers. Arthur M. Woodward, author of This is Detroit, 1701-2001, wrote that "the auto industry is indebted to" Reef. [5]
In Samoa, the village of Falealupo on the western side of Savaiʻi is the home of Nafanua. [4] Falealupo is also the site of the entryway into the spirit world Pulotu . [ 5 ] : 123 Often chiefs from distant villages and islands would come to Falealupo to seek Nafanua's blessings before beginning any military adventure.
This is a timeline of notable events in the history of non-heterosexual conforming people of Asian and Pacific Islander ancestry, who may identify as LGBTIQGNC (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, third gender, gender nonconforming), men who have sex with men, or related culturally-specific identities. This timeline includes ...
A sixth main street, Fort, wanders downriver from the center of the city. After Detroit rebuilt in the early 19th century, a thriving community soon sprang up, and by the Civil War, over 45,000 people were living in the city, [5] primarily spread along Jefferson Avenue to the east and Fort Street to the west. As in many major American cities ...
The rec center closed in the early 2000s and fell prey to graffiti and trespassers. In 2014, the city added the building to its demolition list, saying it would come down that fall unless someone ...
There are 365 Samoan-origin people in Prince William County, Virginia, and a Samoan church in Alexandria. [30] There is a community of Samoans in Liberty County, Georgia. In Texas, there is a Samoan community prominent in the Dallas-Fort Worth suburb of Euless (0.5%), and a Samoan church in the city of Killeen (0.3%).
The Schaap Center for Performing Arts, which is being built in Grosse Pointe Park at its western border with Detroit, has caused quite a ruckus, including a lawsuit earlier this year and a ...
The Cultural Center Historic District is a historic district located in Detroit, Michigan, which includes the Art Center (or Cultural Center): the Detroit Public Library Main Branch, the Detroit Institute of Arts, and the Horace H. Rackham Education Memorial Building were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1]