While there are more than a few reasons people moved to Michigan, to begin, many moved here because of the cheap price of farm land. Farmers could buy a plot of land relatively cheap and the soil was fertile and was not hard to plant in. And as many Michiganders know, people moved to Michigan for the booming automotive business, led by Henry Ford. He began to offer five dollars a day to factory workers, bringing many people as this was a great amount of money at this time. This helped Detroit…
Introduction Detroit, Michigan is a unique city boasting of an iconic past, a gloomy present, and a potentially bright future. Once one of America’s largest and most thriving cities because of professional opportunities in the automotive industry, Detroit fell to devastating lows after the loss of thousands of jobs from Ford Motor, General Motors, and Chrysler. Detroit is the 18th overall most populated city in the United States, the largest city in the State of Michigan, and recently became the…
success.” This quote is saying working together and staying together as a team pays of. Henry Ford can be understood through him being the founder of the Ford motor company, and his invention of the Model-t. Henry Ford was born in Greenfield Township Michigan on July 30th, 1863. Henry Ford was born and raised on a farm with his mother and father and 8 siblings. His mom's name was Mary Litogot Ford his father's name William ford. Henry Ford started showing his leadership qualities and…
It was a little after nine when we finally got into the city, and we were all sure there was place we had to go. The others had talked about how much they had wanted to Navy Pier before we even left; even the two other people from Chicago want to go. No matter how much they wanted to go, I couldn’t get myself to want to go as much as they did. The thing is that Navy Pier is one of the most touristy places in the whole city, which means that it’s always filled to the brim with people, and I’m not…
constructed with the permission on the U.S. Congress (Stokstad). The hopes was the carp would be deterred by the electrical current and would not pass though the waters there or the barrier. The barrier was constructed about twenty-five miles south of Lake Michigan in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal…
Michigan in the Civil War- The Civil War started when the confederate army attacked Fort Sumter in April 1861 causing the fort to surrender to the confederates. Michigan began to rally the troops a week after the fall of fort Sumter, one meeting spot was Ann Arbor. The first Michigan was created and it generated more excitement than any other regiment. The regiment was trained in Fort Wayne and they went to war on May 11, 1861. As the Michigan regiments marched toward the battlefront they were…
Hassoun, Rosina in the article ‘‘Arab Americans in Michigan” discussed the different origins and religions of the Arab American communities in Michigan. Arab immigrants from Lebanon, Palestine, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, and Jordan came to the United States to settle. Other immigrants who arrived from Iran or Turkey were not considered to be Arabs because they did not speak the Arabic language. All who have arrived to the United States were of different religious background such as Christian, Muslim,…
With spring in the air, the ice that covers much of Lake Michigan is finally melting away. All that snow melt means that the lake is unusually clear, and although the water temperature is still far from friendly, it is giving a great view of shipwrecks. During a routine patrol last Friday, a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter stationed out of Traverse City, Michigan snapped a bunch of shipwreck photos. Many of them wrecks date from the late 19th century to the early 20th century. The members of the…
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