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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, [23] primarily spread along Jefferson Avenue to the east and Fort Street to the west. As in many major American cities, subsequent redevelopment of the central city through the next 150 years ...
1854 - "Rail connection between Detroit and New York City" begins operating. [6] 1860 - Population: 45,619. [12] 1863 - Anti-draft and race riot in Detroit. 1865 Detroit Public Library [10] and Detroit Police Department [16] established. Michigan State Equal Rights League Convention meets in Detroit. [13] 1868 - Detroit College of Medicine founded.
Numerous men from Detroit volunteered to fight for the Federal Union and enlisted in its Union Army (United States Army) during the American Civil War, including the 24th Michigan Infantry Regiment. It was part of the famous Iron Brigade, which fought with distinction and suffered 82% casualties at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.
Detroit was destroyed by fire. 1812 Detroit and Mackinac Island were captured by the British in the War of 1812. 1813 Detroit was recovered from the British by future-President William Henry Harrison. 1813 Lewis Cass became Territorial Governor. 1817 The University of Michigan was established in Detroit, the first public university in the state.
After the arrival of Europeans, the area that became the Michigan Territory was first under French and then British control. The first Jesuit mission, in 1668 at Sault Saint Marie, led to the establishment of further outposts at St. Ignace (where a mission began work in 1671) and Detroit, first occupied in 1701 by the garrison of the former Fort de Buade under the leadership of Antoine de La ...
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, [4] primarily spread along Jefferson Avenue to the east and Fort Street to the west. As in many major American cities, subsequent redevelopment of the central city through the next 150 years has ...
Michigan's oldest university, the University of Michigan was founded in Detroit in 1817 and was later moved to its present location in Ann Arbor. The state's oldest cultural institution, the Historical Society of Michigan, was established by territorial governor Lewis Cass and explorer Henry Schoolcraft in 1828.
Starting at Michigan Avenue (modern-day US Highway 12) in downtown Detroit, it generally parallels the present-day Interstate 94. The 200-mile (320 km) route runs from Detroit to Ann Arbor, Albion, Marshall, Battle Creek, Paw Paw, and Benton Harbor. In some areas, it is still known as Territorial Road, like Calhoun County. [2]