MICHIGAN REMINISCENCE - our dog sleds rock!
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> From 1910 to 1920, Hamtramck Michigan grew from 3 ,589 to
> 45,615 residents, leading the nation in growth for that
> period.
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> During the lumber boom era, the row of saloons that lined
> Water Street in Bay City was known as 'Hell's Half
> Mile'.
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> In 1936, Escanaba , Michigan harvested and processed
> 100,000 sq. ft. of bird's eye maple to be used in the
> English Luxury Liner, the Queen Mary.
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> When the territory of Michigan was created on Jan.11, 1805,
> Detroit was chosen as its capital.
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> Bagley's Corner was the original name of Bloomfield
> Hills.
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> The world's only marble lighthouse is located on Belle
> Isle. ( Livingston Lighthouse)
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> Hog's Hollow was the original name of Utica , Mich.
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&a mp;g t; There are over 11,000 lakes in Michigan .
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> The home offices of Life Savers Candy, Beech-Nut Gum, and
> Squirt soft drinks are in Holland , M ichigan .
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> In 1870, Detroit became the nation's first telephone
> customers to have phone numbers assigned to them.
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> Charles A Lindbergh was born in Detroit on Feb. 4,
> 1902.
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> The Stars and Stripes first flew over Michigan soil on July
> 11, 1796.
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> In Sept. 1908, William C Durant organized several
> independent automobile plants into what was to become
> General Motors.
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> Michigan began charging an annual license fee of 50 cents
> in 1905.
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> Michigan 's first police woman began walking the beat
> in Detroit in 1893.
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> In 1942, the Davison Freeway in Detroit was completed and
> became the world's first urban freeway.
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> The firs t sof t drink, (Vernor's Ginger Ale) was
> introduced by a Detroit Pharmacist, James A Vernor, in
> 1866. Note: There were several 'elixirs' on the
> mar ket at that time, including what would later be called
> Coca Cola. These contained alcohol, whereas Vernor's
> didn't. Thus the name 'soft' drink
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> The intersection of Woodward Avenue and Grand Avenue in
> Detroit proudly displayed the world's first traffic
> light in 1915
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> In 1688, Father Jacques Marquette founded the first
> permanent settlement in what would later become Michigan .
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> The world's first shopping mall (Northland Mall),
> opened in the Detroit suburb of Southfield in 1954.
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> The world's first painted highway center lines were
> featured in Trenton , Mi. in 1911. They were used in other
> towns and was how Centerline, Mi. got its name.
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> Michigan ranks Number 1 nati onally in the production of dog
> sleds.
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> The nation's largest indoor/outdoor museum complex is
> Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village .
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> Opened in 1904, the nation's oldest freshwater aquarium
> is the Belle Isle Aquarium .
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> The onion is Michigan 's largest fresh-market vegetable
> crop.
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> YOU'RE AN OLD DETROITER (OR JUST OLD) if .......
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> ...You took a 'moonlight cruise' to Bob-Lo with
> Captain Bob-Lo or went to Edgewater Amusement Park .
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> .....You shopped at Hughes and Hatcher, B Siegel, Peck and
> Peck, Himelhoch's, Robert Hall, Crowley 's,
> Shoppers Fair, EJ Korvettes or Federals.
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> .....You rode the elevator at J. L. Hudson's, which was
> 'run' by an elevator operator.
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> .....You remember a Winkleman's and Sanders store in
> your neighborhood.
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> .....You r emember the 'Big Snow', Buffalo Bob,
> Howdy Doody, Clarabelle, Phineas T.Bluster, Princess
> Summer-Fall-Winter-Spring.
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> .....You remember Twin Pines Dairy delivered milk and juice
> to the chute on the side of your house and Milky the Clown
> performed magic with the magic words 'Twin Pines.'
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> .You remember the Good Humor man in a white uniform,
> ringing the bells as he drove down your street.
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> .....You remember Olympia Stadium.
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> .....You remember when Vernors was made on Woodward Ave. ,
> and a bearded troll was on the bottle.
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> .....Your Mom got groceries at Great Scott, Food Fair,
> Wrigley's or Chatham .
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> .....Your Mom saved Holden Red Stamps, S&H Green
> stamps, or Gold Bell Gift stamps, and you licked them into
> those little books.
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> .....Kresge's and Woolworth's were 'Dime
> Stor es.' >
> .....You had an uncle in the furniture business (Joshua
> Door).
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> .You know who Bill Kennedy is.
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> .....You s aw the Detroit Lions play football in Tiger
> Stadium.
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> .....You remember Black Bart and the Faygo song. Or how
> about 'Which way did he go? He went for Faygo, old
> fashion root beer.'
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> .....You watched Rita Bell's! prize movies in the
> morning.
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> .....You remember Jack LeGoff and Van Patrick.
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> .....You remember Milky the Clown, Soupy Sales, Johnny
> Ginger, Poopdeck Paul, Captain Jolly, Sagebrush Shorty and
> maybe even Sergeant Satko Salute.
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> .....You visited the Wonder Bread Bakery and got to take
> home a mini loaf of bread.
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> ....! .Your address had a two-digit 'zone' before
> there were zip codes. Detroit 19, Michigan .
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> .....Yo u rememb er 'Get on the right track at 9 mile and
> Mack, to get the best deal in town. Roy
> O'Brien...it's the best deal in town.'
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> ...You remem ber a laundry chute and a milk chute and a
> coal chute.
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> .....You remember going to Detroit Edison with your Mom to
> exchange burned out light bulbs for new ones.