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