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Detroit, the largest city in the state of Michigan, was settled in 1701 by French colonists. It is the first European settlement above tidewater in North America. Founded as a New France fur trading post, it began to expand during the 19th century with U.S. settlement around the Great Lakes. By 1920, based on the booming auto industry and ...
John H. Barker. In 1836, at the age of 22, John Barker Sr. (1814-1878) arrived in Indiana from Andover, Massachusetts, looking for new business opportunities. He began as a general merchant, expanded into grain brokerage, before opening a commission house to receive and forward merchandise from ships on the lakes.
September 30, 2014. Haskell and Barker Historic District is a national historic district located at Michigan City, LaPorte County, Indiana. The district encompasses 205 contributing buildings, 3 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object in a predominantly residential section of Michigan City. The district is named for the Haskell and ...
Detroit. / 42.33139°N 83.04583°W / 42.33139; -83.04583. Detroit ( / dɪˈtrɔɪt /; dih-TROYT, locally / ˈdiːtrɔɪt /) [8] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. Detroit had a population of 639,111 at the ...
Michigan City East Light. / 41.729028°N 86.91167°W / 41.729028; -86.91167. Fog horn (2 blasts every 30 s). The Michigan City Breakwater lighthouse is located in the harbor of Michigan City, Indiana. [6] [7] This is the successor to the Old Michigan City Light, when the lantern, lens and light was moved to the new light at the end of ...
Cook PVI. R+15 [4] Michigan's 5th congressional district is a United States congressional district in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. It includes all of Branch, Cass, Hillsdale, Jackson, Lenawee, Monroe (except for the city of Milan ), and St. Joseph counties, southern Berrien County, most of Calhoun County, and far southern Kalamazoo County.
The Old Michigan City Light is a decommissioned lighthouse located in the harbor of Michigan City, Indiana. [5] [6] Built in 1858 at a cost of $8,000, this lighthouse, replaced an 1837 brick & stone light built at the edge of Lake Michigan. It was the second light at the site, and the predecessor to the Michigan City East Light, to which the ...
Camp Randall Stadium is an outdoor stadium in Madison, Wisconsin, located on the campus of the University of Wisconsin. It has been the home of the Wisconsin Badgers football team in rudimentary form since 1895, and as a fully functioning stadium since 1917. It is the oldest and fifth largest stadium in the Big Ten Conference .