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Michigan History
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 Michigan
was the 26th state, admitted into the Union in 1837. Called the
"Great Lakes State" because its shores touch four of the five
Great Lakes, Michigan gets its name from an Ojibwa (Chippewa)
Indian word meaning "large lake." Michigan has an unusual
geography, as it consists of two land masses--the sparsely
populated Upper Peninsula and the mitten-shaped Lower Peninsula,
home to most of the state's residents. Detroit, its largest
city, is known worldwide as the center of the American auto
industry. The apple blossom is the state flower, the robin is
the state bird and Lansing is the capital. |
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