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Dunbar, Willis F. and George S. May. Michigan: A History of the Wolverine State, 3rd ed. (1995) the standard comprehensive textbook 1980 edition online Farmer, Silas (1889). The history of Detroit and Michigan; or, The metropolis illustrated; a full record of territorial days in Michigan, and the annals of Wayne County .
1855 Michigan State University was founded as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, becoming the first land grant university in the United States. 1861-1865 Michigan sent 90,000 men, nearly a quarter of the state's male population, to fight in state regiments in the Civil War. 1871 Fires burned Manistee and Holland.
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 ...
State and local governments responded to the riot with a dramatic increase in minority hiring, including the State Police hiring blacks for the first time, and Detroit more than doubling the number of black police. The Michigan government used its reviews of contracts issued by the state to secure an increase in nonwhite employment.
The treaty did not change the status, though, of 300 existing slaves who lived in Detroit in 1795. [8] Catholic priests owned slaves and a slave helped build the Basilica of Sainte Anne de Détroit in 1800. [4] Enslaved people helped build the city of Detroit. [4] Enslaved people generally slept on their slaveholder's kitchen floors. [4]
Ohio and Michigan have been rivals longer than some might think. Their first clash came in the 1800s over Toledo. Ohio and Michigan have been rivals longer than some might think. Their first clash ...
The Constitution of the State of Michigan is the governing document of the U.S. state of Michigan.It describes the structure and function of the state's government. There have been four constitutions approved by the people of Michigan. The first was approved on October 5 and 6, [1] 1835, written as Michigan was preparing
A spokesperson for Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson directed Check Your Fact to the “Michigan has 7.2 million active registered voters” tab on the site’s Election Fact Checker page ...