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From 1805 to 1818, the western border was a line through Lake Michigan. Disputed territory in red. Michigan Territory was established by an act of the United States Congress on January 11, 1805, effective June 30 of that year. [7]
The Great Fire of 1805 occurred on June 11, 1805, in the city of Detroit, in the Michigan Territory of the United States. [1] The fire destroyed almost everything in the city. [2] The motto of the city, Speramus meliora; resurget cineribus ('We hope for better things; it will rise from the ashes'), was written after this fire. [3]
In 1802, when Ohio was admitted to the Union, the whole of Michigan was attached to the Territory of Indiana, and so remained until 1805, when the Territory of Michigan was established. [5] Michigan was made the twenty-sixth state of the United States on January 26.
The governor of Michigan, is the head of government of the U.S. state of Michigan as well as the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. [2] The governor has a duty to enforce state laws; [3] the power to either approve or veto appropriation bills passed by the Michigan Legislature; [4] the power to convene the legislature; [5] and the power to grant pardons, except in cases of ...
Colonel Henry Dodge was the commander of the Michigan Territory Militia in Wisconsin during the Black Hawk War of 1832, from a sketch by artist, George Catlin. The Michigan Territory Militia was the predecessor to the Michigan Army National Guard and existed from 1805 to 1837 as an entity concurrent with Michigan Territory's existence in the United States.
Poor geographical understanding of the Great Lakes helped produce conflicting state and federal legislation between 1787 and 1805, and varying interpretations of the laws led the governments of Ohio and Michigan to both claim jurisdiction over a 468-square-mile (1,210 km 2) region along their border.
Augustus Brevoort Woodward (born Elias Brevoort Woodward; November 1774 – June 12, 1827) was the first Chief Justice of the Michigan Territory.In that position, he played a prominent role in the reconstruction of Detroit following a devastating fire in 1805.
1805 Michigan Territory was created, with Detroit designated as the seat of government. ... 2010 Michigan lost 0.6% of its population since the previous census, ...