Outline of Michigan - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The following outline provides an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Michigan:

Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

– U.S. state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

located in the Great Lakes Region

Great Lakes region (North America)

The Great Lakes region of North America, occasionally known as the Third Coast or the Fresh Coast , includes the eight U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin as well as the Canadian province of Ontario...

of the United States of America, comprising two penninsulas.

General reference

Names
- Common name: Michigan
  Michigan
  Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
  - Pronunciation: ˈmɪʃɨɡən
- Official name: State of Michigan
- Abbreviations and name codes
Postal symbol: MI
ISO 3166-2 code: US-MI
Internet second-level domain
Second-level domain
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: .mi.us
- Nicknames
  - The Great Lakes
    Great Lakes
    The Great Lakes are a collection of freshwater lakes located in northeastern North America, on the Canada – United States border. Consisting of Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, they form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth by total surface, coming in second by volume...
    
    State (previously used on license plates
    Vehicle registration plates of Michigan
    The U.S. state of Michigan began requiring its citizens to register their motor vehicles and display license plates in 1910.-Passenger baseplates 1962 to present:-External links:**...
    
    )
  - Pure Michigan (currently used to promote tourism and on highway signs)
  - Spectacular Peninsulas (currently used on license plates)
  - Mitten State
  - Winter Water Wonderland (previously used on license plates)
  - Wolverine
    Wolverine
    The wolverine, pronounced , Gulo gulo , also referred to as glutton, carcajou, skunk bear, or quickhatch, is the largest land-dwelling species of the family Mustelidae . It is a stocky and muscular carnivore, more closely resembling a small bear than other mustelids...
    
    State
  - The Birthplace of Automotives
Adjectival: Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
Demonyms
- Most common:
  - Michiganian
  - Michigander
    Michigander
    Michiganian and Michigander are demonyms for residents of the U.S. state of Michigan. Less common alternatives include Michiganer, Michiganite, Michiganese, and Michigine. There is no "official" term. While previous governors Jennifer Granholm, John Engler, and Jim Blanchard used Michiganian,...
- Less common:
  - Michiganite
  - Michiganer

Geography of Michigan

Michigan is: a US state, a federal state of the United States of America
Population: 9,883,640 (2010), 8th in the U.S.
Size: 96,716 sq miles (250,493 km²), 11th in the U.S., width: 386 miles (621 km), length: 456 miles (734 km), 41.5% water

Location of Michigan

Location: 41° 41' N to 48° 18' N latitude, 82° 7' W to 90° 25' W longitude

Regions in which Michigan is located:
- Northern hemisphere
  Northern Hemisphere
  The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planet that is north of its equator—the word hemisphere literally means “half sphere”. It is also that half of the celestial sphere north of the celestial equator...
- Western hemisphere
  Western Hemisphere
  The Western Hemisphere or western hemisphere is mainly used as a geographical term for the half of the Earth that lies west of the Prime Meridian and east of the Antimeridian , the other half being called the Eastern Hemisphere.In this sense, the western hemisphere consists of the western portions...
  - Americas
    Americas
    The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...
    - North America
      North America
      North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
      - Anglo America
      - Northern America
        Northern America
        Northern America is the northernmost region of the Americas, and is part of the North American continent. It lies directly north of the region of Middle America; the land border between the two regions coincides with the border between the United States and Mexico...
        
        United States of America
        
        Contiguous United States
        Contiguous United States
        The contiguous United States are the 48 U.S. states on the continent of North America that are south of Canada and north of Mexico, plus the District of Columbia....
        
        Central United States
        Central United States
        The Central United States is sometimes conceived as between the Eastern United States and Western United States as part of a three-region model, roughly coincident with the Midwestern United States plus the western and central portions of the Southern United States; the term is also sometimes used...
        
        Corn Belt
        Corn Belt
        The Corn Belt is a region of the Midwestern United States where corn has, since the 1850s, been the predominant crop, replacing the native tall grasses. By 1950, 99% of the corn was grown from hybrids. Most corn is fed to livestock, especially hogs and poultry. In recent decades soybeans have...
        
        East North Central States
        East North Central States
        The East North Central States form one of the nine geographic divisions within the United States which are officially recognized by the United States Census Bureau....
        
        Midwestern United States
        Midwestern United States
        The Midwestern United States is one of the four U.S. geographic regions defined by the United States Census Bureau, providing an official definition of the American Midwest....
        
        Great Lakes Region
Located next to:
- Adjacent states

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Time zones:
- Eastern (UTC-5/-4
  Daylight saving time
  Daylight saving time —also summer time in several countries including in British English and European official terminology —is the practice of temporarily advancing clocks during the summertime so that afternoons have more daylight and mornings have less...
  
  ), 79 of 83 counties
- Central (UTC-6/-5
  Daylight saving time
  Daylight saving time —also summer time in several countries including in British English and European official terminology —is the practice of temporarily advancing clocks during the summertime so that afternoons have more daylight and mornings have less...
  
  ), 4 western U.P.
  Upper Peninsula of Michigan
  The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is the northern of the two major land masses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan. It is commonly referred to as the Upper Peninsula, the U.P., or Upper Michigan. It is also known as the land "above the Bridge" linking the two peninsulas. The peninsula is bounded...
  
  counties

Demography of Michigan

Census statistical areas
Michigan census statistical areas
The United States Census Bureau has defined 5 Combined Statistical Areas , 15 Metropolitan Statistical Areas , and 18 Micropolitan Statistical Areas in the State of Michigan. The following table describes these areas with the following information:*The name of the Combined Statistical Area , if...
Demographics

Environment of Michigan

Climate
Flora and fauna
- Upper Peninsula
- Lower Peninsula
  - Northern Michigan
Flora
- Fauna
  - Birds
  - Butterflies and moths
  - Frogs and toads
  - Mammals
  - Reptiles
Geology
Protected areas
- National battlefield park: River Raisin
  River Raisin National Battlefield Park
  The River Raisin National Battlefield Park was established as the 393rd unit of the United States National Park Service under Title VII of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act, which was signed into law on March 30, 2009. The park is located in the city of Monroe in Monroe County, Michigan. It...
- National forests
- National historical park: Keweenaw
  Keweenaw National Historical Park
  Keweenaw National Historical Park is a unit of the U.S. National Park Service. Established in 1992, the park celebrates the life and history of the Keweenaw Peninsula in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan...
- National lakeshores: Pictured Rocks
  Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
  Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is a U.S. National Lakeshore on the shore of Lake Superior in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, United States. It extends for 42 miles along the shore and covers...
  
  and Sleeping Bear Dunes
  Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
  Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is a United States National Lakeshore located along the northwest coast of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan in Leelanau County and Benzie County....
- National memorial: Father Marquette
  Father Marquette National Memorial
  Father Marquette National Memorial pays tribute to the life and work of Jacques Marquette, French priest and explorer. The memorial is located in Straits State Park near St. Ignace in the modern-day U.S. state of Michigan, where he founded a Jesuit mission in 1671 and was buried in 1678...
- National Natural Landmarks
- National marine sanctuary: Thunder Bay
  Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
  The Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve is a U.S. National Marine Sanctuary on Thunder Bay, part of Lake Huron, within the U.S. state of Michigan. The sanctuary and underwater preserve protects an estimated 116 historically significant shipwrecks ranging from nineteenth...
- National park: Isle Royale
  Isle Royale National Park
  Isle Royale National Park is a U.S. National Park in the state of Michigan. Isle Royale, the largest island in Lake Superior, is over 45 miles in length and 9 miles wide at its widest point. The park is made of Isle Royale itself and approximately 400 smaller islands, along with any submerged...
- National Wild and Scenic Rivers
- National and international wildlife refuges
- National wilderness areas
- State forests
- State game areas
- State parks, forests, recreation areas, and scenic sites
Regional and local parks
- Grand Rapids
  - Huron–Clinton Metroparks
  - Midland County
Superfund sites

Natural geographic features of Michigan

Great Lakes
Great Lakes
The Great Lakes are a collection of freshwater lakes located in northeastern North America, on the Canada – United States border. Consisting of Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, they form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth by total surface, coming in second by volume...
Islands
Lakes – Michigan state has 64,980 inland lakes and ponds.

Mountains

Rivers

Waterfalls

Places in Michigan

Historic places
- National Historic Landmarks
- National Historic Bridges
- State Capitol Building
  Michigan State Capitol
  The Michigan State Capitol is the building housing the legislative and executive branches of the government of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located in the state capital of Lansing in Ingham County...
Populated places

Visitor attractions

Visitor attractions in the Detroit metropolitan area

Regions of Michigan

United States
- Great Lakes region
  Great Lakes region (North America)
  The Great Lakes region of North America, occasionally known as the Third Coast or the Fresh Coast , includes the eight U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin as well as the Canadian province of Ontario...
  
  , Midwest U.S. Census Bureau region, sometimes "Middle West", "Old Northwest", or "North Central" region

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- - - Upper Peninsula
      Upper Peninsula of Michigan
      The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is the northern of the two major land masses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan. It is commonly referred to as the Upper Peninsula, the U.P., or Upper Michigan. It is also known as the land "above the Bridge" linking the two peninsulas. The peninsula is bounded...
      - Copper Country
        Copper Country
        The Copper Country is an area in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States, including all of Keweenaw County, Michigan and most of Houghton, Baraga and Ontonagon counties. The area is so named as copper mining was prevalent there from 1845 until the late 1960s, with one mine ...
      - Keweenaw Peninsula
        Keweenaw Peninsula
        The Keweenaw Peninsula is the northern-most part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It projects into Lake Superior and was the site of the first copper boom in the United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was roughly 43,200...
    - Lower Peninsula
      Lower Peninsula of Michigan
      The Lower Peninsula of Michigan is the southern of the two major landmasses of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is surrounded by water on all sides except its southern border, which it shares with Ohio and Indiana. Geographically, the Lower Peninsula has a recognizable shape that many people...
      - Northern Michigan
        Northern Michigan
        Northern Michigan, also known as Northern Lower Michigan , is a region of the U.S. state of Michigan...
      - Mid-Michigan
        
        Central Michigan
        Central Michigan
        Central Michigan, often called Mid Michigan, is a region in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. Southern Michigan can be considered as a subregion of Central Michigan. As its name implies, it is the central area of the Lower Peninsula. Lower Michigan is said to resemble a mitten, and...
        
        Flint/Tri-Cities
        Flint/Tri-Cities
        The Flint/Tri-Cities Region or Saginaw Valley is a region in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The region is composed of the area surrounding Flint, Michigan, the Tri Cities, the Saginaw Bay and Saginaw River . Flint's population is 102,434; it is the seventh largest city in Michigan...
        
        The Thumb
        The Thumb
        The Thumb is a region and a peninsula of Michigan, so named because the Lower Peninsula is shaped like a mitten; thus the Thumb is the area that looks like the thumb of the mitten. The Thumb is generally considered to be in the Mid-Michigan area of the state, located east of Flint/Tri-Cities...
        
        Southern Michigan
        Southern Michigan
        Southern Michigan is a loosely defined geographic area of the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. Southern Michigan may be referred to as a sub-region or component area to the larger geographic regions of Central Michigan, West Michigan, and Southeast Michigan.Southern Michigan is a...
      - West Michigan
        
        Southern Michigan
        Southern Michigan
        Southern Michigan is a loosely defined geographic area of the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. Southern Michigan may be referred to as a sub-region or component area to the larger geographic regions of Central Michigan, West Michigan, and Southeast Michigan.Southern Michigan is a...
        
        Michiana
        Michiana
        Michiana is a region in northern Indiana and southwestern Michigan centered on the city of South Bend, Indiana. The Chamber of Commerce of St. Joseph County, Indiana defines Michiana as "counties that contribute at least 500 inbound commuting workers to St. Joseph County daily." Those counties...
      - Southeast Michigan
        Southeast Michigan
        Southeast Michigan, also called Southeastern Michigan, is a region in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan that is home to a majority of the state's businesses and industries as well as slightly over half of the state's population, most of whom are concentrated in Metro...
        
        Metro Detroit
        Metro Detroit
        The Detroit metropolitan area, often referred to as Metro Detroit, is the metropolitan area located in Southeast Michigan centered on the city of Detroit which shares an international border with Windsor, Ontario. The Detroit metropolitan area is the second largest U.S. metropolitan area...
ZIP code
ZIP Code
ZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, is properly written in capital letters and was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the...

range: 48001-49971 (1752 zip codes)
Area codes: 231, 248, 269, 313, 517, 586, 616, 734, 810, 906, and 989

Government and politics of Michigan

Politics
- Elections
  Elections in Michigan
  - General elections :*2004 Presidential* 2006 gubernatorial*2006 U.S. Senate*2008 State House*2008 U.S. Senate*2008 Presidential- Presidential primaries :*2008 Democratic*2008 Republican-External links:* from the Secretary of State official website...
- Electoral reform
  Electoral reform in Michigan
  Electoral reform in Michigan refers to efforts, proposals and plans to change the election and voting laws in the Wolverine State. In 2004, Ferndale, Michigan residents overwhelmingly passed Proposal B, implementing instant-runoff voting...
- Political party strength
  Political party strength in Michigan
  The tables below indicate the political party affiliation of elected officials in the U.S. State of Michigan from statehood through January 2011.Officials listed include: Governors, Lieutenant Governors, Secretaries of State, Attorneys General and State Treasurers...
  - Democratic Party
    Michigan Democratic Party
    The Michigan Democratic Party is the state-level party of the United States Democratic Party in Michigan. It is based in Lansing. Mark Brewer is the current Party Chair.-Current officeholders:...
  - Republican Party
    Michigan Republican Party
    The Michigan Republican Party is the state affiliate of the national Republican Party in Michigan. It is sometimes referred to as MIGOP, which simply means Michigan Grand Old Party....
  - Green Party
    Green Party of Michigan
    The Green Party of Michigan is the state party organization for Michigan of the Green Party of the United States. The party has had ballot access in Michigan since November 2000...
  - Libertarian Party
    Libertarian Party of Michigan
    The Libertarian Party of Michigan was founded in Taylor, Michigan in 1972 and remains on the ballot; as Michigan’s third oldest active political party...
  - Socialist Party
    Socialist Party of Michigan
    The Socialist Party of Michigan is the state chapter of the Socialist Party USA in the U.S. state of Michigan.-Formation:The Socialist Party of Michigan was the state affiliate of the Socialist Party of America , established in the summer of 1901...

U.S. Senate and House delegations
United States Congressional Delegations from Michigan
This is a complete listing of all historical congressional delegations from Michigan to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:-Delegates from Michigan Territory:-Members from Michigan:-Notes:...
- U.S. congressional districts
  Michigan's congressional districts
  Michigan currently has 15 congressional districts. It used to have as many as 19. Before statehood, Michigan Territory was represented by a non-voting delegate. The delegation to the 112th Congress is as follows:...
U.S. federal courts
United States federal courts
The United States federal courts make up the judiciary branch of federal government of the United States organized under the United States Constitution and laws of the federal government.-Categories:...
- U.S. Supreme Court
  Supreme Court of the United States
  The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all state and federal courts, and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases...
  - U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
    United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
    The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* Eastern District of Kentucky* Western District of Kentucky...
    - U.S. District courts

Branches of the government of Michigan

Executive branch
- Governor
  Governor of Michigan
  The Governor of Michigan is the chief executive of the U.S. State of Michigan. The current Governor is Rick Snyder, a member of the Republican Party.-Gubernatorial elections and term of office:...
  - Departments
- Lieutenant Governor
  Lieutenant Governor of Michigan
  The Lieutenant Governor of Michigan is the second-ranking official in U.S. state of Michigan, behind the governor, and one of four great offices of state...
- Secretary of State
- Attorney General
  Michigan Attorney General
  The Attorney General of Michigan is the fourth-ranking official in the U.S. state of Michigan and one of four great offices of state. The officeholder is elected statewide in the November general election alongside the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, members of the Senate and...

Legislative branch
Michigan Legislature
The Michigan Legislature is the legislative assembly of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is organized as a bicameral body consisting of the Senate, the upper house, and the House of Representatives, the lower house. Article IV of the state's Constitution, adopted in 1963, defines the role of the...

(bicameral)
- Michigan Senate
  Michigan Senate
  The Michigan Senate is the upper house of the Michigan Legislature. The Senate consists of 38 members, who are elected from constituencies having approximately 212,400 to 263,500 residents....
  
  (upper house
  Upper house
  An upper house, often called a senate, is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house; a legislature composed of only one house is described as unicameral.- Possible specific characteristics :...
  
  )
- Michigan House of Representatives (lower house
  Lower house
  A lower house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house.Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide the lower house has come to wield more power...
  
  )

Judicial branch
Michigan Court System
The Michigan Court System consists of two courts with primary jurisdiction, one intermediate level appellate court, and a supreme court. There are several administrative courts and specialized courts....
- Courts
  Courts of Michigan
  Courts of Michigan include:State courts of Michigan*Michigan Supreme Court**Michigan Court of Appeals***Michigan District Courts***Michigan Circuit Courts ***Michigan Probate CourtsFederal courts located in Michigan...
  - Supreme Court
    Michigan Supreme Court
    The Michigan Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is known as Michigan's "court of last resort" and consists of seven justices who are elected to eight-year terms. Candidates are nominated by political parties and are elected on a nonpartisan ballot...
    - Court of Appeals
      Michigan Court of Appeals
      The Michigan Court of Appeals is the intermediate-level appellate court of the state of Michigan. It was created by the Michigan Constitution of 1963, and commenced operations in 1965...

Military in Michigan

Michigan Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
Michigan Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
The Michigan Department of Military and Veterans Affairs is a principal department of the State of Michigan. It oversees the military components and veterans services for the State...
- National Guard
  Michigan National Guard
  The Michigan National Guard consists of the Michigan Army National Guard and the Michigan Air National Guard.-Units:Michigan Army National Guard units include:* Joint Forces Headquarters, Lansing, MI* 177th Military Police Brigade, Taylor, MI...
  - Michigan Air National Guard
    Michigan Air National Guard
    The Michigan Air National Guard is the air force militia of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is, along with the Michigan Army National Guard, an element of the Michigan National Guard...
- Volunteer Defense Force
  Michigan Volunteer Defense Force
  The Michigan Volunteer Defense Force is a military force, duly constituted as a state defense force and an element of Michigan Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. The MI VDF was reorganized from the former Michigan Emergency Volunteers by Adjutant General Thomas Cutler in 2004 to fill a...
  
  (MI VDF)

Local government in Michigan

83 Counties
- Cities, villages, townships, and unincorporated communities
- Villages
  - Townships
  - Unincorporated communities
  - State capital: Lansing
    Lansing, Michigan
    Lansing is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located mostly in Ingham County, although small portions of the city extend into Eaton County. The 2010 Census places the city's population at 114,297, making it the fifth largest city in Michigan...
  - Largest city: Detroit
  - City nicknames
  - Sister cities
  - Lost cities, towns, and counties
    Lost cities, towns, and counties of Michigan
    The following is a list of cities, towns, villages and counties of Michigan that no longer exist as separate entities but are generally still inhabited...
    - Ghost towns
  - Defunct cities
  - Defunct villages
  - Defunct townships

Laws in Michigan

Federal law
Law of the United States
The law of the United States consists of many levels of codified and uncodified forms of law, of which the most important is the United States Constitution, the foundation of the federal government of the United States...
Michigan law
Michigan Compiled Laws
The Michigan Compiled Laws is the official codification of statutes for the state of Michigan.- Versions and history :An unannotated edition of the MCL is published by the state of Michigan in print and online....
- Capital punishment
- Constitution of Michigan
- Crime in Michigan
  Crime in Michigan
  -Statistics:In 2008 there were 344,741 crimes reported in Michigan including 542 murders a full list can be found -Capital Punishment laws:Capital punishment is illegal in this state...
- Gun laws
- Same-sex marriage

Law enforcement in Michigan

State and local law enforcement agencies
- Conservation Officers
  Michigan Conservation Officers
  Michigan Conservation Officers are the enforcement branch of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Their primary duty is to enforce the environmental laws in the state of Michigan. Since Michigan Conservation Officers are fully commissioned peace officers they are empowered to enforce all...
- County prosecuting attorney
- County sheriffs
- Department of Corrections
  Michigan Department of Corrections
  The Michigan Department of Corrections oversees prisons and other correctional facilities in the state of Michigan, USA. It has 34 prison facilities, and a Special Alternative Incarceration program, together composing approximately 44,000 prisoners. Another 72,000 probationers and parolees are...
  - Prisons
Local police departments
- State Police
  Michigan State Police
  The Michigan State Police is the state police agency for the state of Michigan. The MSP is a full service law enforcement agency with its sworn members having full police powers statewide....
Federal law enforcement agencies
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
  Federal Bureau of Investigation
  The Federal Bureau of Investigation is an agency of the United States Department of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency . The FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crime...
- U.S. Attorney
  United States Attorney
  United States Attorneys represent the United States federal government in United States district court and United States court of appeals. There are 93 U.S. Attorneys stationed throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands...
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection
  U.S. Customs and Border Protection
  U.S. Customs and Border Protection is a federal law enforcement agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security charged with regulating and facilitating international trade, collecting import duties, and enforcing U.S. regulations, including trade, customs and immigration. CBP is the...
- U.S. Marshals Service
  United States Marshals Service
  The United States Marshals Service is a United States federal law enforcement agency within the United States Department of Justice . The office of U.S. Marshal is the oldest federal law enforcement office in the United States; it was created by the Judiciary Act of 1789...
- U.S. Secret Service
  United States Secret Service
  The United States Secret Service is a United States federal law enforcement agency that is part of the United States Department of Homeland Security. The sworn members are divided among the Special Agents and the Uniformed Division. Until March 1, 2003, the Service was part of the United States...

History of Michigan

History of Michigan
History of Michigan
See also Timeline of Michigan history.Thousands of years before the arrival of the first Europeans, eight indigenous tribes lived in what is today the state of Michigan...

Category:History of Michigan

- commons:Category:History of Michigan

Historic locations in Michigan

Historical libraries, societies and museums in Michigan

Historical libraries and museums

- Arab American National Museum
  Arab American National Museum
  The Arab American National Museum , which opened in 2005, is the first museum in the world devoted to Arab American history and culture. Located in Dearborn, Michigan, the Museum seeks to dispel misconceptions about Arab Americans and other minorities....
  
  , Dearborn
  Dearborn, Michigan
  -Economy:Ford Motor Company has its world headquarters in Dearborn. In addition its Dearborn campus contains many research, testing, finance and some production facilities. Ford Land controls the numerous properties owned by Ford including sales and leasing to unrelated businesses such as the...
- Byron Area Historic Museum
  Byron Area Historic Museum
  Byron Area Historic Museum is a museum in Byron Center, Michigan, USA. The Byron Center Historical Society is a non profit organization and was originally formed in 1978 primarily for Genealogy research. In 1986 The Historical Society obtained the “Township Hall” a State Historical Landmark, to...
- Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
  Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
  The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History is located in the Cultural Center of the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan. Founded in 1965, it holds the world's largest permanent exhibit on African American culture. In 1997, it moved into a 120,000 square foot facility on Warren Avenue...
  
  , Detroit
- Detroit Historical Museum
  Detroit Historical Museum
  The Detroit Historical Museum is located at 5401 Woodward Avenue in the city's Cultural Center Historic District in Midtown Detroit. It chronicles the history of the Detroit area from cobblestone streets, 19th century stores, the auto assembly line, toy trains, fur trading from the 18th century,...
- Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum
  Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum
  The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum is located at the Whitefish Point Light Station north of Paradise in Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The light station property was transferred to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society , the Michigan Audubon Society , and the United States...
  
  , Whitefish Point
- Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  The Henry Ford
  The Henry Ford, a National Historic Landmark, , in the Metro Detroit suburb of Dearborn, Michigan, USA, is a large indoor and outdoor history museum complex...
  
  , Dearborn
  Dearborn, Michigan
  -Economy:Ford Motor Company has its world headquarters in Dearborn. In addition its Dearborn campus contains many research, testing, finance and some production facilities. Ford Land controls the numerous properties owned by Ford including sales and leasing to unrelated businesses such as the...
  
  (aka The Henry Ford)
- Holocaust Memorial Center
  Holocaust Memorial Center
  The Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills, Michigan was the first institution of its kind in the United States .- History :...
  
  , Farmington Hills
  Farmington Hills, Michigan
  Farmington Hills is a community in southeastern Michigan. It is the largest city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Its population was 79,740 at the 2010 census...
- Michigan Historical Center
  Library of Michigan
  The Library of Michigan and Historical Center is a state-run library and historical center located in Lansing, Michigan. The current building opened in 1989....
  
  , Lansing
  Lansing, Michigan
  Lansing is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located mostly in Ingham County, although small portions of the city extend into Eaton County. The 2010 Census places the city's population at 114,297, making it the fifth largest city in Michigan...
- Motown Historical Museum, Detroit (aka Hitsville U.S.A.)
- Ukrainian American Archives and Museum of Detroit
  Ukrainian American Archives and Museum of Detroit
  The Ukrainian American Archives and Museum of Detroit, founded 1958, is a museum focused on Ukrainian immigration to the Detroit area, and Ukrainian culture, art, and contributions to the United States. The collections include Ukrainian art, crafts, musical instruments, textiles and photographs. ...
  
  , Hamtramck
- William L. Clements Library
  William L. Clements Library
  The William L. Clements Library is a rare book and manuscript repository located on the University of Michigan's central campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan...
  
  , Ann Arbor

Historical societies

- Bluewater Michigan Chapter
  Bluewater Michigan Chapter NRHS
  The Bluewater Michigan Chapter of the National Railroad Historical Society, colloquially called Bluewater, is a 501 non-profit organization which owns a large fleet of historic railway passenger coaches and operates railway excursions and other events/trips involving historical railroads.- Early...
  
  of the National Railroad Historical Society
- Canton Historical Society and Museum
  The Canton Historical Society and Museum
  The Canton Historical Society and Museum located in Canton, Michigan was originally a one-roomed school house, which was built in 1884. It showed clearly that the museum was built using Georgian Revival architecture. The one-roomed school house was built for grades K-12, which was one of many...
- Detroit Historical Society
- Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society
  Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum
  The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum is located at the Whitefish Point Light Station north of Paradise in Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The light station property was transferred to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society , the Michigan Audubon Society , and the United States...
  
  , Whitefish Point
- Keweenaw County Historical Society
- Leelanau Historical Society and Museum
  Leelanau Historical Society and Museum
  The Leelanau Historical Society and Museum is located at 203 E Cedar Street in Leland, Michigan, on the banks of the Leland River and two blocks from historic Fishtown and Lake Michigan....
- Mason County Historical Society
  Mason County Historical Society
  Mason County Historical Society, located in Ludington, Michigan, is a private, non-profit, educational organization. It is a museum dedicated to preserving the local history of Mason County, Michigan....
- Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collection
  Michigan History magazine
  Michigan History magazine traces its roots to the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections, an annual single-volume publication first published in 1874 by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society, now called the . With publication of Volume 40 in 1916, the Pioneer Collections ceased production...
  
  , Lansing
  Lansing, Michigan
  Lansing is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located mostly in Ingham County, although small portions of the city extend into Eaton County. The 2010 Census places the city's population at 114,297, making it the fifth largest city in Michigan...
  
  (Historical Society of Michigan)
- Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society, Lansing
  Lansing, Michigan
  Lansing is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located mostly in Ingham County, although small portions of the city extend into Eaton County. The 2010 Census places the city's population at 114,297, making it the fifth largest city in Michigan...
- Tecumseh Historical Society
- Ypsilanti Historical Society
  Ypsilanti Historical Society
  Founded in 1961 the Ypsilanti Historical Society operates the Ypsilanti Historical Museum and Fletcher-White Archives in Ypsilanti, MI. The museum and archives are located at 220 N Huron St. in an Italianate mansion built in 1860 by Asa Dow. The house came into possession of the Ypsilanti...

History of Michigan, by period

Timeline of Michigan history
Timeline of Michigan history
- Natural history :*13000 BC to 12000 BC The most recent of four major glaciers started to recede leaving a tundra like environment...
Indigenous peoples
- Algonquian peoples
  Algonquian peoples
  The Algonquian are one of the most populous and widespread North American native language groups, with tribes originally numbering in the hundreds. Today hundreds of thousands of individuals identify with various Algonquian peoples...
French colony of Canada
Canada, New France
Canada was the name of the French colony that once stretched along the St. Lawrence River; the other colonies of New France were Acadia, Louisiana and Newfoundland. Canada, the most developed colony of New France, was divided into three districts, each with its own government: Quebec,...

, (1668–1763)
- Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit, 1701–1779
- Fort Michilimackinac
  Fort Michilimackinac
  Fort Michilimackinac was an 18th century French, and later British, fort and trading post in the Great Lakes of North America. Built around 1715, it was located along the southern shore of the strategic Straits of Mackinac connecting Lake Huron and Lake Michigan, at the northern tip of the lower...
  
  , 1715–1783
French colony of la Louisiane
Louisiana (New France)
Louisiana or French Louisiana was an administrative district of New France. Under French control from 1682–1763 and 1800–03, the area was named in honor of Louis XIV, by French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle...

, 1699–1764
French and Indian War
French and Indian War
The French and Indian War is the common American name for the war between Great Britain and France in North America from 1754 to 1763. In 1756, the war erupted into the world-wide conflict known as the Seven Years' War and thus came to be regarded as the North American theater of that war...

, 1754–1763
- Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1762
- Treaty of Paris of 1763
  Treaty of Paris (1763)
  The Treaty of Paris, often called the Peace of Paris, or the Treaty of 1763, was signed on 10 February 1763, by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement. It ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War...
British (though predominantly Francophone
Francophone
The adjective francophone means French-speaking, typically as primary language, whether referring to individuals, groups, or places. Often, the word is used as a noun to describe a natively French-speaking person....

) Province of Quebec, (1763–1783)-1791
American Revolutionary War
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...

, April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783
- United States Declaration of Independence
  United States Declaration of Independence
  The Declaration of Independence was a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. John Adams put forth a...
  
  , July 4, 1776
- Treaty of Paris
  Treaty of Paris (1783)
  The Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain on the one hand and the United States of America and its allies on the other. The other combatant nations, France, Spain and the Dutch Republic had separate agreements; for details of...
  
  , September 3, 1783
- Unorganized territory of the United States, 1783–1787
Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, 1787–1803
Territory of Indiana, 1800–1816
Territory of Michigan, 1805–1837
- War of 1812
  War of 1812
  The War of 1812 was a military conflict fought between the forces of the United States of America and those of the British Empire. The Americans declared war in 1812 for several reasons, including trade restrictions because of Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American merchant...
  
  , June 18, 1812 – March 23, 1815
  - Siege of Detroit
    Siege of Detroit
    The Siege of Detroit, also known as the Surrender of Detroit, or the Battle of Fort Detroit, was an early engagement in the Anglo-American War of 1812...
    
    , 1812
  - Treaty of Ghent
    Treaty of Ghent
    The Treaty of Ghent , signed on 24 December 1814, in Ghent , was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
    
    , December 24, 1814
State of Michigan becomes 26th State admitted to the United States of America on January 26, 1837
- Mexican-American War, April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848
- American Civil War
  Michigan in the American Civil War
  Michigan made a substantial contribution to the Union during the American Civil War. While far removed from the fighting in the war, Michigan supplied a large number of troops and several generals, including George Armstrong Custer. When, at the beginning of the war, Michigan was asked to supply no...
  
  , April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865
  - Civil War units
  - Detroit Race Riot (1863)
    Detroit Race Riot (1863)
    The Detroit Race Riot of 1863 occurred during the American Civil War on March 6, 1863 in the city of Detroit, Michigan. At the time, it was reported as “the bloodiest day that ever dawned upon Detroit.” It began due to unrest related to racism and the military draft..While not as famous or...
- Prohibition in Detroit, 1919–1933
  - Rum-running in Windsor
    Rum-running in Windsor
    Windsor, Ontario, Canada, was a major rum-running port in the early part of the twentieth century. In 1916, the State of Michigan, in the United States, adopted Prohibition. Alcohol was smuggled from Ohio until Prohibition became national in 1919...
  - The Purple Gang
    The Purple Gang
    The Purple Gang, also known as the Sugar House Gang, were a mob with predominantly Jewish members of bootleggers and hijackers in the 1920s, operating out of Detroit, Michigan, which was a major port for running alcohol products during Prohibition due to proximity to Canada.Many openly violent...
  - The reign of Singing Sam, 1921–1930
New Deal, 1933–1936
- Detroit Race Riot (1943)
  Detroit Race Riot (1943)
  The Detroit Race Riot broke out in Detroit, Michigan in June 1943 and lasted for three days before Federal troops restored order. The rioting between blacks and whites began on Belle Isle on 20 June 1943 and continued until 22 June, killing 34, wounding 433, and destroying property valued at $2...
- Detroit riot (1967)
- Kilpatrick and Beatty text-messaging scandal (2008)
  Kilpatrick and Beatty text-messaging scandal
  The Kilpatrick and Beatty text-messaging scandal is a political-sex scandal emerging from a sexual relationship between Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his chief of staff Christine Beatty. The revelation of this extra-marital affair was confirmed in text messages exchanged between Kilpatrick...

History of Michigan, by region

Midwestern United States
- Michigan
  History of Michigan
  See also Timeline of Michigan history.Thousands of years before the arrival of the first Europeans, eight indigenous tribes lived in what is today the state of Michigan...
  - Upper Peninsula
    - Superior (proposed U.S. state)
    - Keweenaw Peninsula
  - Lower Peninsula
    - Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
      - Port Oneida Rural Historic District
        Port Oneida Rural Historic District
        Port Oneida Rural Historic District is part of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. It consists of a set of farms in the Leelanau Peninsula of Northern Michigan that are typical of Northern European settlers throughout the Midwestern United States in the later part of the 19th century.The...
    - The Thumb
    - Ann Arbor
      History of Ann Arbor, Michigan
      The recorded history of Ann Arbor in the U.S. state of Michigan, began with settlers from various eastern states in early 1824.-Founding:The original founders were John Allen from Virginia and Elisha Rumsey from New York...
  - Detroit area
    - - History of Detroit
        
        Detroit Race Riot (1863)
        Detroit Race Riot (1863)
        The Detroit Race Riot of 1863 occurred during the American Civil War on March 6, 1863 in the city of Detroit, Michigan. At the time, it was reported as “the bloodiest day that ever dawned upon Detroit.” It began due to unrest related to racism and the military draft..While not as famous or...
        
        Detroit Race Riot (1943)
        Detroit Race Riot (1943)
        The Detroit Race Riot broke out in Detroit, Michigan in June 1943 and lasted for three days before Federal troops restored order. The rioting between blacks and whites began on Belle Isle on 20 June 1943 and continued until 22 June, killing 34, wounding 433, and destroying property valued at $2...
        
        Detroit riot (1967)
    - Saginaw
      History of Saginaw, Michigan
      This article is about the history of Saginaw, Michigan.-Early history:The area of the present City of Saginaw was inhabited by woodland Native American Indians prior to settlement by those of European ancestry. The Sauk at one time lived in the area and were driven out by Ojibwe...
    - Wyandotte
      History of Wyandotte, Michigan
      This article details the History of Wyandotte, Michigan. Wyandotte has a long history, dating back for hundreds of years.-Early Native American presence:...
    - Williamston
      History of Williamston, Michigan
      The following article describes the history of the city of Williamston, Michigan, located in Ingham County.-Before Written History:The area that was later to become Williamston was the 'summer home' of a group of Chippewa people...

History of Michigan, by subject

Algonquian peoples
Algonquian peoples
The Algonquian are one of the most populous and widespread North American native language groups, with tribes originally numbering in the hundreds. Today hundreds of thousands of individuals identify with various Algonquian peoples...
Bath School disaster
Bath School disaster
The Bath School disaster is the name given to three bombings in Bath Township, Michigan, on May 18, 1927, which killed 38 elementary school children, two teachers, four other adults and the bomber himself; at least 58 people were injured. Most of the victims were children in the second to sixth...
Chrysler Corporation
History of Chrysler
This article is about the History of Chrysler, an American automobile manufacturer.-Origins:Chrysler was founded by Walter Chrysler on June 6, 1925, when the Maxwell Motor Company This article is about the History of Chrysler, an American automobile manufacturer.-Origins:Chrysler was founded by...
Civil War units
Ford Motor Company
History of Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company is an American automaker and the world's fifth largest automaker based on worldwide vehicle sales. Based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, the automaker was founded by Henry Ford, and incorporated on June 16, 1903...
General Motors
History of General Motors
General Motors, also known as GM, is the world's second largest car manufacturer based on annual sales. Founded in 1908, in Flint, Michigan, GM employs approximately 266,000 people around the world. With global headquarters at the Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan, United States, GM...
Ghost towns in Michigan

Legal history

Michigan State University
History of Michigan State University
The history of Michigan State University dates back to 1855, when the Michigan Legislature established the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, with three buildings, five faculty members and 63 male students...

New Deal

Purple Gang
The Purple Gang
The Purple Gang, also known as the Sugar House Gang, were a mob with predominantly Jewish members of bootleggers and hijackers in the 1920s, operating out of Detroit, Michigan, which was a major port for running alcohol products during Prohibition due to proximity to Canada.Many openly violent...
Railroads
History of railroads in Michigan
Railroads have been vital in the history of the population and trade of rough and finished goods in the state of Michigan. While some coastal settlements had previously existed, the population, commercial, and industrial growth of the state further bloomed with the establishment of the...
University of Michigan
History of the University of Michigan
The history of the University of Michigan began with its establishment in 1817 as the Catholepistemiad or University of Michigania. The school moved from Detroit to Ann Arbor in 1837 on land offered to the university by the city. The first classes were held in 1841, and eleven men graduated in the...
Toledo War
Toledo War
The Toledo War , also known as the Michigan-Ohio War, was the almost entirely bloodless boundary dispute between the U.S. state of Ohio and the adjoining territory of Michigan....

(aka Michigan-Ohio War)
Wisconsin v. Michigan border dispute court cases
Wisconsin v. Michigan
Two Supreme Court cases, Wisconsin v. Michigan, 295 U.S. 455 and Wisconsin v. Michigan, 297 U.S. 547 , settled a border dispute between Wisconsin and Michigan. A third, Michigan v. Wisconsin, ...-Lake Superior to Lac Vieux Desert:...

History of Michigan, lists of people

Early settlers

Notable people from:
- Upper Peninsula
- Northern Michigan
- Western Michigan
- Central Michigan
- The Thumb
- Metro Detroit
Governors of Michigan
- Territorial governors

In the American Revolution
In the American Civil War

Olympic medalists

Politicians

U.S. congressional delegations from Michigan
United States Congressional Delegations from Michigan
This is a complete listing of all historical congressional delegations from Michigan to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:-Delegates from Michigan Territory:-Members from Michigan:-Notes:...
- U.S. Representatives
- U.S. Senators

History of Michigan, people

People from Michigan
- Cass, Lewis
  Lewis Cass
  Lewis Cass was an American military officer and politician. During his long political career, Cass served as a governor of the Michigan Territory, an American ambassador, a U.S. Senator representing Michigan, and co-founder as well as first Masonic Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Michigan...
- Chrysler, Walter
  Walter Chrysler
  Walter Percy Chrysler was an American machinist, railroad mechanic and manager, automotive industry executive, Freemason, and founder of the Chrysler Corporation.- Railroad career :...
- Custer, George Armstrong
  George Armstrong Custer
  George Armstrong Custer was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. Raised in Michigan and Ohio, Custer was admitted to West Point in 1858, where he graduated last in his class...
  
  (raised in Monroe)
- Edison, Thomas
  Thomas Edison
  Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. In addition, he created the world’s first industrial...
  
  (raised in Port Huron)
- Ford, Gerald
  Gerald Ford
  Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974...
  
  (38th President of the United States)
- Ford, Henry
  Henry Ford
  Henry Ford was an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production. His introduction of the Model T automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry...
- Hoffa, James R. "Jimmy"
  Jimmy Hoffa
  James Riddle "Jimmy" Hoffa was an American labor union leader....
- Malcolm X
  Malcolm X
  Malcolm X , born Malcolm Little and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz , was an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist. To his admirers he was a courageous advocate for the rights of African Americans, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its...
  
  (raised in Lansing)
- Marquette, Jacques
  Jacques Marquette
  Father Jacques Marquette S.J. , sometimes known as Père Marquette, was a French Jesuit missionary who founded Michigan's first European settlement, Sault Ste. Marie, and later founded St. Ignace, Michigan...
  
  (aka Père Marquette)
- Parks, Rosa
  Rosa Parks
  Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an African-American civil rights activist, whom the U.S. Congress called "the first lady of civil rights", and "the mother of the freedom movement"....
  
  (lived in Detroit)
- Pontiac
  Chief Pontiac
  Pontiac or Obwandiyag , was an Ottawa leader who became famous for his role in Pontiac's Rebellion , an American Indian struggle against the British military occupation of the Great Lakes region following the British victory in the French and Indian War. Historians disagree about Pontiac's...
  
  (Obwandiyag)
- Salk, Jonas
  Jonas Salk
  Jonas Edward Salk was an American medical researcher and virologist, best known for his discovery and development of the first safe and effective polio vaccine. He was born in New York City to parents from Ashkenazi Jewish Russian immigrant families...
  
  (University of Michigan faculty member)
- Schoolcraft, Henry
  Henry Schoolcraft
  Henry Rowe Schoolcraft was an American geographer, geologist, and ethnologist, noted for his early studies of Native American cultures, as well as for his 1832 discovery of the source of the Mississippi River. He married Jane Johnston, whose parents were Ojibwe and Scots-Irish...
- Seaborg, Glenn T.
  Glenn T. Seaborg
  Glenn Theodore Seaborg was an American scientist who won the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements", contributed to the discovery and isolation of ten elements, and developed the actinide concept, which led to the current arrangement of the...
  
  (1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry)
- Stewart, Potter
  Potter Stewart
  Potter Stewart was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. During his tenure, he made, among other areas, major contributions to criminal justice reform, civil rights, access to the courts, and Fourth Amendment jurisprudence.-Education:Stewart was born in Jackson, Michigan,...
  
  (Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court)
- Ting, Samuel C. C.
  Samuel C. C. Ting
  Samuel Chao Chung Ting is an American physicist who received the Nobel Prize in 1976, with Burton Richter, for discovering the subatomic J/ψ particle...
  
  (1976 Nobel Prize in Physics)
- Reuther, Walter
  Walter Reuther
  Walter Philip Reuther was an American labor union leader, who made the United Automobile Workers a major force not only in the auto industry but also in the Democratic Party in the mid 20th century...
- Weller, Thomas Huckle
  Thomas Huckle Weller
  Thomas Huckle Weller was an American virologist. He, John Franklin Enders and Frederick Chapman Robbins were awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1954 for showing how to cultivate poliomyelitis viruses in a test tube, using tissue from a monkey.Weller was born and grew up in Ann...
  
  (1954 Nobel Prize in Medicine)
- Woodcock, Leonard
  Leonard Woodcock
  Leonard Freel Woodcock was an American labor union leader and diplomat.He was the president of the United Automobile Workers from 1970 to 1977 and the first US ambassador to the People's Republic of China....

Culture of Michigan

Cuisine
Museums
Religion
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Michigan
  Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints arrived in Michigan in the 1830s. It did not have an organized presence in the state from the late 1850s into the 1870s...
- Episcopal Diocese
  Episcopal Diocese of Michigan
  The Episcopal Diocese of Michigan is the Episcopal diocese in the southeast part of Michigan.The diocese traces its roots to the founding of St. Paul's, Detroit in 1824. It became a diocese of the Episcopal Church in 1836, one year before the State of Michigan entered the Union. It covered the...
Scouting
Scouting in Michigan
Scouting in Michigan has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day, serving thousands of youth in programs that suit the environment in which they live.- Early history :...

State Symbols
- Flag
- Great Seal
Motto: Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice (If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you)

The Arts in Michigan

Art museums and galleries
Artists

Authors

Films
Museums

Music
Music of Michigan
The music of Michigan is composed of many different types. The city of Detroit has been one of the most musically influential and innovative cities for the past 50 years, whether in Michigan or anywhere else in the United States. Impressively, for 48 straight years a greater Michigan area artist...

Musicians

Theater
Theater in Michigan
Outside Metro Detroit:*Howard Performing Arts Center, Berrien Springs*Wharton Center for Performing Arts, East LansingMetro Detroit:*Players Guild of Dearborn, Dearborn*Ford Community and Performing Arts Center, Dearborn*Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor...

Sports in Michigan

College
High school

Professional
- Detroit Tigers
  Detroit Tigers
  The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...
  
  , baseball
- Detroit Lions
  Detroit Lions
  The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...
  
  , football
- Detroit Red Wings
  Detroit Red Wings
  The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League , and are one of the Original Six teams of the NHL, along with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, New York...
  
  , hockey
- Detroit Pistons
  Detroit Pistons
  The Detroit Pistons are a franchise of the National Basketball Association based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The team's home arena is The Palace of Auburn Hills. It was originally founded in Fort Wayne, Indiana as the Fort Wayne Pistons as a member of the National Basketball League in 1941, where...
  
  , basketball
List by sport
List by city

Economy and infrastructure of Michigan

Buildings and structures

- Airports
Bridges
- - Ambassador Bridge
    Ambassador Bridge
    The Ambassador Bridge is a suspension bridge that connects Detroit, Michigan, in the United States, with Windsor, Ontario, in Canada. It is the busiest international border crossing in North America in terms of trade volume: more than 25 percent of all merchandise trade between the United States...
  - Blue Water Bridge
    Blue Water Bridge
    The Blue Water Bridge is a twin-span international bridge across the St. Clair River that links Port Huron, Michigan, USA and Sarnia, Ontario, Canada...
  - Mackinac Bridge
    Mackinac Bridge
    The Mackinac Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Straits of Mackinac to connect the non-contiguous Upper and Lower peninsulas of the U.S. state of Michigan. Opened in 1957, the bridge is the third longest in total suspension in the world and the longest suspension bridge between anchorages...
  - Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge
    Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge
    The Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge, often known just as the International Bridge, spans the St. Marys River between the United States and Canada connecting the twin cities of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. It serves as the northern terminus of Interstate 75...
- Hospitals
Companies
Newspapers

Non-profit organizations

Radio stations
Television stations
Transportation
- Highway System
  Michigan Highway System
  The Michigan State Trunkline Highway System is made up of all the highways designated as Interstates, U.S. Highways and State Highways in the US state of Michigan. The system is maintained by the Michigan Department of Transportation and comprises of trunklines in all 83 counties of Michigan on...
- Railroads
- Soo Locks
  Soo Locks
  The Soo Locks are a set of parallel locks which enable ships to travel between Lake Superior and the lower Great Lakes. They are located on the St. Marys River between Lake Superior and Lake Huron, between the Upper Peninsula of the US state of Michigan and the Canadian province of Ontario...

Education in Michigan

School districts
- High schools

Private schools

Colleges and universities

External links

www.michigan.gov, Official State of Michigan Web site
www.michigan.org, Pure Michigan, Michigan's Official Travel and Tourism Site
Michigan eLibrary (MeL)

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