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Michigan is from an Algonquian Chippewa Indian word "meicigama" that means "big sea wate" (referring to the Great Lakes).
Michigan's official flag was adopted in 1911. The flag has a deep blue background and pictures an elk and moose around a blue shield labeled "TUEBOR," meaning "I will defend." The shield pictures a man with a raised hand and a gun, a rising sun, a peninsula and lakes (representing Michigan's geography). Over the shield is a bald eagle (holding an olive branch and a sheaf of three arrows) and a red ribbon reading "E PLURIBUS UNUM" (which is the motto of the U.S.A. and means "Out of Many, One" - this refers to the states of the United States being united into one country). Under everything lie two white ribbons that read "SI QUAERIS PENINSULAM AMOENAM" and "CIRCUM SPICE," which means, "If you are seeking a amenable (pleasant) peninsula, look around you."
10 Largest cities in Michigan (2003): Detroit, 911,402; Grand Rapids, 195,601; Warren, 136,016; Sterling Heights, 126,182; Flint, 120,292; Lansing, 118,379; Ann Arbor, 114,498; Livonia, 99,487; Dearborn, 96,670; Westland, 85,707
Number of counties in Michigan : 83
Largest county in Michigan by population: Wayne, 2,016,202 (2004)
Largest county in Michigan by area: Marquette, 1,821 sq mi.
Michigan State Parks: 97
Michigan Land Area: 96,716 sq mi. (250,493 sq km) (11th)
Michigan Geographic Center: In Wexford Co., 5 mi. NNW of Cadillac
Michigan Population: (2004 est) 10,112,620 (#8)
Indian tribes were living in the Michigan region when the first European, Étienne Brulé of France, arrived in 1618. Other French explorers, including Jacques Marquette, Louis Joliet, and Sieur de la Salle, followed, and the first permanent settlement was established in 1668 at Sault Ste. Marie. France was ousted from the territory by Great Britain in 1763, following the French and Indian Wars.
After the Revolutionary War, the U.S. acquired most of the region, which remained the scene of constant conflict between the British and U.S. forces and their respective Indian allies through the War of 1812.
Bordering on four of the five Great Lakes, Michigan is divided into Upper and Lower peninsulas by the Straits of Mackinac, which link lakes Michigan and Huron. The two parts of the state are connected by the Mackinac Bridge, one of the world's longest suspension bridges. To the north, connecting lakes Superior and Huron, are the busy Sault Ste. Marie Canals.
Points of interest are the automobile plants in Dearborn, Detroit,
Flint, Lansing, and Pontiac; Mackinac Island; Pictured Rocks and
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshores; Greenfield Village in Dearborn;
and the many summer resorts along both the inland lakes and Great Lakes.
Michigan Agriculture: Apples, cherries, beans, pears, grapes, potatoes, and sugar beets.
Michigan Industry: Iron, copper, iodine, gypsum, bromine, salt, lime, gravel, and cement. Motor vehicles and parts, prepared cereals, machine tools, airplane parts, refrigerators, hardware, and furniture, wood-products, tourism, and recreation industries. With 10,083 inland lakes and 3,288 mi of Great Lakes shoreline, Michigan is a prime area for both commercial and sport fishing.
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Grand Rapids, MI. 49525
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4950 Plainfield Ave. NE
Grand Rapids, MI. 49525
616-308-5368
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44644 Ann Arbor Rd.
Plymouth, MI 48170
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301 W. Michigan
Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197
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Plymouth, MI 48170
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