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MICHIGANMICHIGANA HISTORY THROUGH IMPORTANT DATESA HISTORY THROUGH IMPORTANT DATES
THE EARLY SETTLERSTHE EARLY SETTLERS
• May 17, 1673May 17, 1673• Jacques Marquette,
Louis Jolliet
• July 24, 1701July 24, 1701• Antoine de la Mothe
Cadillac
• May 7, 1763May 7, 1763• Chief Pontiac
Toward StatehoodToward Statehood
• July 11, 1796• Lt. Colonel John F.
Hamtramck
• January 22, 1813• River Raisin
• January 26, 1837• Statehood
UP TO THE CIVIL WARUP TO THE CIVIL WAR
• January 27, 1847• The Underground Railroad
• June 22, 1855• Sault Ste. Marie
• July 1, 1863• 24th Michigan Infantry
PROGRESSIONPROGRESSION
• January 28, 1877• Railroad
• March 6, 1896• Charles King
• May 2, 1963• Civilian Conservation
Corps (CCC)
INTO THE PRESENTINTO THE PRESENT
• December 30, 1936• GMC Strike
• December 1, 1942• B-24 Bomber
• November 1, 1957• Mackinac Bridge
• January 26, 1987• 150 years
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