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Lake Superior (New York, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-michigan
n Dalzell, send a force of about 274 men to make a night attack on Pontiac, who was encamped near Detroit. The Indians, hearing of the intended attack, form an ambush at Bloody Bridge, and compel the British to retreat after losing twenty killed, among them Dalzell, and forty-two wounded......July 31, 1763 Pontiac remains before Detroit until forced to retire by the advance of Colonel Bradstreet......May, 1764 Charter granted in England to a company for working the copper-mines of Lake Superior. The miners blast 30 feet into the rock, and then abandon the mine......1773 Parliament includes Michigan with Canada......Jan. 22, 1774 Expedition from Detroit under Governor Hamilton against Gen. Roger Clark at Vincennes results in Hamilton's being captured and sent to Virginia; his troops allowed to return to Detroit......March, 1779 Formation of the Northwestern Company for fur trade......1783 Foundation of Frenchtown laid by a few Canadians who settle on the river Raisi
Lake Saint Clair (Washington, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-michigan
0, 2,093,889; 1900, 2,420,982. Capital, Lansing. Claude Dablon and Jacques Marquette establish a permanent mission at Sault Ste. Marie......1668 Two Sulpician priests, with three canoes and seven men, pass through the Detroit River and Lake St. Clair......1670 French under M. de St. Lusson permitted to occupy Sault Ste. Marie by the Indians, erect a cross at that place bearing the arms of France......May, 1671 Marquette commences Fort Michilimackinac, starts a Huron settlement, and for fur trade......1783 Foundation of Frenchtown laid by a few Canadians who settle on the river Raisin......1784 Indians cede to the United States by treaty at Fort McIntosh a belt of land beginning at the river Raisin and extending to Lake St. Clair, 6 miles wide, also a tract of land 12 miles square at Michilimackinac......1785 Congress includes Michigan in the Northwestern Territory, formed by act......July 13, 1787 First American settlement established on the river Raisin at Fre
Green Bay (Wisconsin, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-michigan
ibes under Mackinac......1746 Further emigration from France to Detroit......1749 Maj. Robert Rogers is ordered by General Amherst, at Montreal, to take possession of the posts in Michigan and administer the oath of allegiance to the French subjects there......Sept. 12, 1760 Pontiac makes peace with Major Rogers, and attends the English to Detroit......Nov. 7, 1760 Detroit capitulates, English flag raised on the fort......Nov. 29, 1760 British seize the forts at Mackinaw and Green Bay......Sept. 8, 1761 Indian tribes in the Northwest, incited by Pontiac against the English, capture Fort St. Joseph......May 25, 1763 Pontiac plans an attack on the fort at Detroit. He asks for a council in the fort, so that the Indians allowed in the fort, at a given signal, might begin a general massacre; his plan is disclosed by an Indian woman to the commandant, Major Gladwin, who permits the council, but disposes the garrison so as to intimidate Pontiac......May 9, 1763 Twent
Missouri River (Kansas, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-michigan
the legislative council granted to the electors of the Territory......Jan. 29, 1827 Pontiac and Detroit Railroad chartered......July 31, 1830 Governor Cass resigns; appointed United States Secretary of War......Aug. 1, 1831 George B. Porter appointed governor......Sept. 17, 1831 Troops raised in Michigan at the call of the United States government to engage in the Black Hawk War......May 22, 1832 Congress adds to Michigan the territory between the Mississippi River and the Missouri and White Earth rivers, thus including the whole of the present Minnesota, Iowa, and parts of North and South Dakota......June 28, 1834 Governor Porter dies; Stevens T. Mason acting governor......July 6, 1834 Question of southern boundary being agitated, Ohio commissioners, running a line about 12 miles southwest of Adrian, are captured by Michigan troops after several shots......April 26, 1835 Michigan having attained a population of over 60,000, a constitutional convention conve
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-michigan
.1785 Congress includes Michigan in the Northwestern Territory, formed by act......July 13, 1787 First American settlement established on the river Raisin at Frenchtown, which becomes a depot for trade for the Northwestern Fur Company......1793 Jay's treaty with Great Britain fixing the eastern boundary of the United States, and calling for the surrender of Detroit and other Western posts held by the British before June 1, 1796, concluded......Nov. 19, 1794 Robert Randall, of Pennsylvania, and Charles Whitney, of Vermont, enter into an agreement with seven merchants of Detroit to endeavor to obtain from the United States government, by bribing members of Congress, a pre-emption right to nearly 20,000,000 acres of land in Michigan, but are exposed and receive a public reprimand......1795 Forts Mackinac (Mackinaw) and Detroit evacuated by the British; Detroit garrisoned by a detachment of General Wayne's army, and Captain Porter first raises the United States flag upon th
Flint, Mich. (Michigan, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-michigan
treason, abolished in the State......1847 Epaphroditus Ransom elected governor......November, 1847 Constitution framed by a convention which met at Lansing June 3; adopted by vote of the people......Nov. 5, 1850 Governor McClelland made United States Secretary of the Interior, Lieut.-Gov. Andrew Parsons acting governor......March 6, 1853 Maine liquor law passed......1853 State asylum for deaf, dumb, and blind, established by act of legislature in 1848, opens in rented rooms at Flint......February, 1854 Ship-canal around St. Mary's Falls opened......1855 Lands granted by Congress to aid in building a railroad from Ontonagon to the Wisconsin State line......1856 State reform school at Lansing opened......Sept. 2, 1856 State agricultural college at Lansing, established by act of legislature, Feb. 12, 1853, opened for students......May, 1857 State confers the grant of Congress made in 1856 on the Ontonagon and State Line Railroad Company......1857 State as
Huron lake (Michigan, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-michigan
through the Detroit River and Lake St. Clair......1670 French under M. de St. Lusson permitted to occupy Sault Ste. Marie by the Indians, erect a cross at that place bearing the arms of France......May, 1671 Marquette commences Fort Michilimackinac, starts a Huron settlement, and builds a chapel there......1671 Marquette is buried near present site of Ludington......May 18, 1675 Robert la Salle, accompanied by Father Louis Hennepin and Chevalier de Tonti, sails up lakes Erie and Huron in the Griffon, reaching Michilimackinac......Aug. 28, 1679 Antoine de la Motte Cadillac, lord of Bouaget and Montdesert, under a commission from Louis XIV., leaving Montreal in June with 100 men and a Jesuit missionary, commences the settlement of Detroit......July 24, 1701 First grant of land (thirty-two acres) made at Detroit by Cadillac to Francois Fafard Delorme......1707 Detroit attacked by the Fox Indians; after a three-weeks' siege the French garrison of twenty soldiers, un
Battle Creek (Michigan, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-michigan
, of Detroit, appointed chairman of the national commission of the World's Columbian Exposition......June 27, 1890 Henry B. Brown, commissioned associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, Dec. 30, 1890, is sworn in......Jan. 5, 1891 Prof. Alexander Winchell, geologist, born 1824, dies at Ann Arbor......Feb. 19, 1891 Legislature places all penal and reformatory institutions under a single board, extends the Australian ballot system, and requires Presidential electors to be elected by congressional districts, instead of by general State ticket......1891 Twenty-fifth annual reunion of the Grand Army of the Republic opens at Detroit......Aug. 4, 1891 Railroad accident at Battle Creek; twenty-six persons killed and many injured......Oct. 20, 1893 Ex-United States Senator Thomas W. Ferry dies at Grand Haven......Oct. 14, 1896 State tax commissioner established......1899 The National Educational Association meets at Detroit......July 9, 1901 Minnesota
Huron, Ind. (Indiana, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-michigan
Michigan, One of the north central States of the United States, consists of two peninsulas; the upper peninsula lies wholly south of Lake Superior and north of Wisconsin, lakes Michigan and Huron, and is 318 miles long, east and west. The lower peninsula extends north between Lake Michigan on the west and Lake Huron and the Detroit River on the east to the Strait of Mackinaw, a distance of 280 miles. Canada lies to the east, Lake Erie touches the southeastern corner, while Ohio and Indiana form the southern boundary. In latitude the whole State is limited by 41° 42′ to 48° 22′ N., and in longitude by 82° 86′ to 90° 30′ W. Area, 58,915 square miles in eighty-three counties. Population in 1890, 2,093,889; 1900, 2,420,982. Capital, Lansing. Claude Dablon and Jacques Marquette establish a permanent mission at Sault Ste. Marie......1668 Two Sulpician priests, with three canoes and seven men, pass through the Detroit River and Lake St. Clair......1670 French under M. de
Grand Haven (Michigan, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-michigan
of Detroit, appointed chairman of the national commission of the World's Columbian Exposition......June 27, 1890 Henry B. Brown, commissioned associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, Dec. 30, 1890, is sworn in......Jan. 5, 1891 Prof. Alexander Winchell, geologist, born 1824, dies at Ann Arbor......Feb. 19, 1891 Legislature places all penal and reformatory institutions under a single board, extends the Australian ballot system, and requires Presidential electors to be elected by congressional districts, instead of by general State ticket......1891 Twenty-fifth annual reunion of the Grand Army of the Republic opens at Detroit......Aug. 4, 1891 Railroad accident at Battle Creek; twenty-six persons killed and many injured......Oct. 20, 1893 Ex-United States Senator Thomas W. Ferry dies at Grand Haven......Oct. 14, 1896 State tax commissioner established......1899 The National Educational Association meets at Detroit......July 9, 1901 Minnesota
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