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99 unusual facts about Michigan


2012 Irwin Tools Night Race

Because of this, WOTV in Battle Creek, Michigan was the only West Michigan ABC affiliate airing the race, as WZZM-TV in Grand Rapids, Michigan was simulcasting WXYZ-TV in Southfield, Michigan's Detroit Lions coverage and, unlike WXYZ-TV, chose not to join the race in progress, choosing to air syndicated programming instead.

27th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment

The 27th Michigan Infantry was mustered into Federal service at Port Huron, Ovid, and Ypsilanti, Michigan on April 10, 1863.

4432 McGraw-Hill

Originally erected at Stinchfield Woods near Dexter, Michigan, in July 1969, the telescope was moved to its current location in 1975 through the generous financial support of McGraw-Hill Incorporated and the Sloan Foundation.

Adamsville, Michigan

Adamsville, Michigan is a populated place in Cass County, Michigan.

Agnes Inglis

She befriended Joseph Labadie and in 1924 discovered the materials on radical movements he donated to University of Michigan had hardly been cared for.

Al Pscholka

Prior to his election to the state legislature he worked as District Director for Congressman Fred Upton; fostered partnerships between business and education through his work at Cornerstone Alliance; served eight years on the Lincoln Charter Township, Michigan Board of Trustees; as well as serving seven years on the Southwest Regional Water and Sewer Authority.

Albert H. McGeehan

Albert H. McGeehan (born October 1944), was mayor of Holland, Michigan from 1993–2009.

Alpheus Felch

Felch Township, Michigan is named in his honor, as are Felch Streets in Ann Arbor, Detroit, and Holland, Michigan.

Angela V. Shelton

Angela V. Shelton was born on 4 March 1970 and attended the Roeper School in Birmingham, Michigan.

Archibald B. Darragh

Bard was born in La Salle Township, Michigan, and attended the common schools and a private academy in Monroe.

Arthur Redner

In 1902, Redner transferred to the Michigan College of Mines and Technology (later known as Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan.

Åtvidaberg

At the end of the 19th century almost one third of the population of Åtvidaberg Municipality in Sweden emigrated to Ishpeming, Michigan in the United States as copper mines in the Åtvidaberg area closed down.9

August William Edwins

He graduated from Augustana Seminary in 1902 and was ordained that year at the Synod convention held in Ishpeming, Michigan.

Austin E. Lathrop

Lathrop was born in 1865 in Lapeer County, Michigan to Eugene Lathrop and Susan Miriah Parsons Lathrop.

Baby Boy Warren

He suffered a fatal heart attack at his home on July 1, 1977, and was buried at Detroit Memorial Park Cemetery, Macomb County, Michigan.

Battle of Kamdesh

The US soldiers killed in the battle were: Justin T. Gallegos (Tucson, Arizona), Christopher Griffin (Kincheloe, Michigan), Kevin C. Thomson (Reno, Nevada), Michael P. Scusa (Villas, New Jersey), Vernon W. Martin (Savannah, Georgia), Stephan L. Mace (Lovettsville, Virginia), Joshua J. Kirk (South Portland, Maine), and Joshua M. Hardt (Applegate, California).

Belleville Airport

Belleville Airport is located three miles southwest of Belleville, Michigan in Van Buren Township.

Buhl Building

Wirt C. Rowland, architect of the Penobscot Building, Guardian Building, and the Buhl Building was born and raised in Clinton, Michigan.

Canada Creek

Canada Creek Ranch, Michigan, United States, an unincorporated community near the stream

Canton–Plymouth Mettetal Airport

The airport lies two nautical miles (3.7 km) south of the central business district of Plymouth, in Wayne County.

Carleton W. Angell

Girl with a Cat, Bath School disaster memorial, James Couzens Memorial Auditorium, Bath Middle School, Bath, Michigan, 1928

CarSim

CarSim is produced and distributed by an American company, Mechanical Simulation Corporation, using technology that originated at The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Charles K. Harris

His father was a fur trader and moved the family to Saginaw, Michigan and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he grew up.

Clarence W. Avery

He taught at a rural school for a year, and then, in 1902, became the head of manual training in the Battle Creek public schools.

Dann Howitt

Dann Paul John Howitt (born February 13, 1964 in Battle Creek, Michigan) is a retired Major League Baseball outfielder.

David E. Rutledge

Michigan's 54th House district covers the eastern portion of Washtenaw County, and includes Superior Township and Ypsilanti Township, as well as the City of Ypsilanti.

David Kool

Kool is currently the head men's basketball coach at Jenison High School in Jenison, Michigan.

David Skrbina

He is currently a professor of philosophy at the University of Michigan's Dearborn campus.

Defer Elementary School

Defer Elementary School is a school building located at 15425 Kercheval in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan.

Dwight May

May was born in Sandisfield, Massachusetts to Rockwell and Celestia (Underwood) May and moved to Richland, Michigan at the approximate age of twelve.

East Ann Arbor, Michigan

East Ann Arbor was an incorporated city to the east of Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, beginning in 1947.

East Technical High School

East Tech's first principal was James F. Barker (1906–1911) from Muskegon, Michigan.

Ed Belfour

The car on the back is a 1941 Willys, along with the words Carman Racing, which is the name of Belfour's car customization and restoration shop in Freeland, Michigan.

Ekdahl–Goudreau Site

The Ekdahl–Goudreau Site is an archaeological site located just west of Seul Choix Point in Schoolcraft County, Michigan.

Elizabeth Sims

Elizabeth Sims was born on September 30, 1957, in Wyandotte, Michigan.

Everett Barksdale

Everett Barksdale (April 28, 1910, Detroit, Michigan - January 29, 1986, Inglewood, California) was an American jazz guitarist and session musician, Harold Vick's most used guitarist.

Frank W. Wheeler

In 1864, he moved with his parents to East Saginaw, Michigan and attended the Saginaw High School and the Ypsilanti State Normal School (now (Eastern Michigan University).

George Zahringer

George Zahringer III (born April 23, 1953 in Saginaw, Michigan) is an amateur golfer and stockbroker from New York, New York.

Grand Lodge of Michigan

The members of Zion Lodge sponsored and supported additional Lodges in Upper Canada and Michigan including Detroit Lodge No. 337 (now No. 2), Oakland Lodge No. 343 in Pontiac, Menomenie Lodge No. 374 in Green Bay (then a part of the Territory) and Monroe Lodge No. 375 in Monroe.

Grand Rapids Community Foundation

Grand Rapids Community Foundation, located in Grand Rapids, Michigan serves all of Kent County and is Michigan's oldest community foundation.

Grosse Ile High School

Grosse Ile High School (often abbreviated GIHS) is a public high school located in Grosse Ile Township, Michigan serving ninth through twelfth grades.

Guest House

The one in Rochester, Minnesota is for priests and male religious and the other, in Lake Orion, Michigan, is for women religious.

Helen Erickson

Erickson was married to Lance Erickson in 1957 in Clare, Michigan.

Highwaymen Motorcycle Club

The investigation by the Monroe County Auto Theft Enforcement began in October 2006 and served several search warrants on properties owned by McDaniel.

History of the Polish Americans in Metro Detroit

Many Poles had moved from Hamtramck, and Troy became the center of the Polish-American community.

James L. Conger

Then he moved to Macomb County, Michigan and laid out the town of Belvidere where he engaged in banking and mercantile pursuits until 1850.

Jason Hedlesky

Jason Hedlesky (born February 20, 1974, Clinton, Michigan) is a former American race car driver.

Jay White

Now 1989, after an audition and a seven-week run in Reno, Nevada, Jay moved with his wife and three children from Utica, Michigan to Las Vegas to perform with Legends in the Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino.

Jeffrey Gorton

Jeffrey Wayne Gorton (born November 1, 1962) is an American murderer and rapist, who was convicted in 2002 of the rape and murder of flight attendant Nancy Ludwig on February 17, 1991 at the Hilton hotel in Romulus, Michigan.

Jeffrey Marc Monforton

Monforton served as pastor of St. Therese of Lisieux Parish in Shelby Township, Michigan from 2005–2006 and rector of Sacred Heart Seminary from 2006–2012.

John C. Mackie

He was Genesee County surveyor, 1952–1956 and was elected State Highway Commissioner of Michigan, 1957 and reelected in 1961 to a new four-year term.

John E. Steele

Steele served as a law clerk to the Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney's Office in Detroit from 1972 to 1974.

John Kelsey

John Kelsey, an American judge and state representative from Michigan

John Richard Sheaffer

In 1973, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chose Dr. Sheaffer’s plan for Muskegon, Michigan as its first-ever waste water project post-The Clean Water Act.

John S. Barry

In 1831, he moved to White Pigeon, Michigan where he became a merchant and was active in politics.

John Tyler Rich

In 1846, he moved with his parents to Addison County, Vermont, and two years later they moved to Elba Township, Michigan.

KTEP

In 1947, it changed its calls to KVOF after finding out the WTCM call letters were already being used by a station in Traverse City, Michigan.

Margaret A. Brewer

Born in Durand, Michigan in 1930, Brewer received her primary education in Michigan but graduated from the Catholic High School in Baltimore, Maryland, prior to entering the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

Marquette Iron Rangers

Marquette Iron Rangers were a semi-pro senior ice hockey team from Marquette, Michigan that played in the United States Hockey League from 1964-1976 where they were five-time champions (three league and two playoffs).

Melon heads

The melon heads of Michigan are said to reside around Felt Mansion, although they have also been reportedly seen in in southern forested areas of Ottawa County.

Meteor!

The novel tells the story of Patricia, her brother Steve, and her cousin Steve spending the summer at their grandparents' farm in Union City, Michigan.

Michigan relics

In 1890, James Scotford of Edmore, Michigan, claimed that he had found a number of artifacts, including a clay cup with strange symbols and carved tablets, with symbols that looked vaguely hieroglyphic.

Michigan's 11th congressional district election, 2012

After McCotter's resignation, several candidates considered mounting a write-in campaign, including Bingham Farms-based attorney David Trott, former state Rep. Andrew "Rocky" Raczkowski, state Sen. Mike Kowall of White Lake and former Oakland County Republican Party Chairman Paul Welday.

MotorCities National Heritage Area

These counties comprise the Detroit metropolitan area as well as Saginaw, Flint, Lansing, Ann Arbor, Battle Creek, Jackson and Kalamazoo.

Mount Curwood

Mount Curwood, elevation 1,978 feet (603 m), in L'Anse Township, Baraga County is the second highest point in the U.S. state of Michigan.

Mutant Press

From 1996 to 2004, Jerome T. Youngman managed his recording studio, 500 Pound Weasel Records, in Southfield, Michigan, where he released fourteen Mutant Press albums, and produced over 200 CD's for local Rap, Hip hop, and Punk Rock Detroit artists.

Nothingman

"Nothingman" was first performed live at the band's March 20, 1994 concert in Ann Arbor, Michigan at Crisler Arena.

Paul W. Whear

He also taught composition courses at the National Music Camp in Interlochen, Michigan.

Peninsula Railroad

Peninsula Railroad of Michigan, a predecessor of the Chicago and North Western Railway on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan

Pennjamin Bannekar

Pennjamin Bannekar was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan but raised in Chicago, Penn as he is often called, discovered his love for music at an early age.

Port Huron Museum

The Port Huron Museum is a series of five museums located in Port Huron, Michigan, USA.

Quebecor World

It began its expansion outside of Canada in 1985, when it bought Pendell Printing, a Midland, Michigan-based company.

Randy Awrey

Awrey was the head football coach for the Saginaw Valley State Cardinals located in University Center, Michigan.

Richard A. Cosier

Richard A. Cosier (born May 18, 1947 in Jackson, Michigan) is the former Dean of the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University, having served August 1, 1999 through June 30, 2010.

Richard Horner Thompson

Returning from overseas, he was assigned as Commander of the Defense Logistics Service Center, Battle Creek, Michigan, until July 1973.

Rob Fredrickson

Robert J. Fredrickson (born May 13, 1971 in St. Joseph, Michigan) is a former American football linebacker.

Robb LaKritz

The eldest of three siblings and only son of a prominent Michigan attorney and former kindergarten teacher, LaKritz moved to Bloomfield Hills, Michigan at age 13 and attended Andover High School.

Rockland the Opera

It is based on a long-forgotten miners' strike at the town of Rockland in Upper Peninsula of Michigan's Ontonagon County.

ROH Survival of the Fittest

ROH's sixth Survival of the Fittest tournament took place on November 12, 2010 in Dearborn, Michigan.

Ron Tripp

Ron Tripp (born April 1953) Battle Creek, Michigan, is a World Sambo and Judo champion and the current general secretary of USA Judo.

Rubel Shelly

When he stepped down from the pulpit in 2005, he began teaching again as a Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Rochester College, in Rochester Hills, Michigan.

Shelldrake River

The Shelldrake River flows generally west-to-east towards its mouth in Shelldrake, Michigan on Whitefish Bay of Lake Superior.

Shimizu, Hokkaido

ALT's working for the towns board of education are hired from Michigan, and work at the towns elementary and junior high schools.

Steve Bunin

Prior to ESPN, Bunin served as sports anchor/director at five different local news stations: WOTV-TV in Battle Creek, Michigan, from 2002-2003, WLAJ-TV in Lansing, Michigan, from 2000-2001, KNAZ-TV in Flagstaff, Arizona, from 1998-2000, WICZ-TV in Binghamton, New York, in 1997 and WTVH-TV in Syracuse, New York, in 1995-1996, where he worked alongside future CNN anchor Christopher Lawrence and future ABC anchor David Muir.

T. J. Lang

Lang attended Lakeland High School in White Lake, Michigan before transferring to Brother Rice High School in Birmingham, Michigan.

The Magic Knight

It was performed without orchestra, within Dream City, during the 2006 Victor Herbert Festival in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Thomas F. Olin

As a resident of Battle Creek, Michigan, Olin served on the Battle Creek Community Foundation Board of Trustees (Grant Review Committee) and as a board member of Michigan National Bank (1983-1996).

Thomson Ferrans

Thomson “Tommy” Ferrans (May 13, 1916 in Scotland – October 21, 2006 in Rochester Hills, Michigan) is a former U.S.-Scottish soccer defender.

Timothy Light

A native of Kalamazoo, Michigan, Light is a scholar in East Asian languages and literature.

U.S. Route 31

As US 31 approaches southern South Bend, Indiana it converges with US 20 and proceeds westwards then north on a freeway (the St. Joseph Valley Parkway), bypassing South Bend and proceeding into Michigan.

Unruhe

In Traverse City, Michigan, Mary Lefante goes to a local pharmacy to get her passport photo taken.

Wayne County Airport Authority

Prior to the authority's founding, these two airports were operated directly by Wayne County.

Wayne County RESA

The Wayne County Regional Educational Service Agency or Wayne RESA is a regional educational service agency for schools in Wayne County, Michigan.

WFRN-FM

WGNC, licensed to Constantine, Michigan and broadcasting with 15,000 watts of power, offers a format of "family-friendly" country music.

William F. Badè

After short pastoral appointments at Unionville, Michigan, and Chaska, Minnesota, he returned to Moravian College as instructor of Greek and German, earning his PhD from that institution in 1898 with a thesis on the Assyrian flood legends.

William Garvelink

Garvelink was born in Holland, Michigan and graduated from Calvin College (B.A.) in 1971 and the University of Minnesota (M.A.); along with post-graduate studies at the University of North Carolina in Latin American history, but ran out of money before earning his Ph.D.

William Ratigan

Ratigan made his home in Charlevoix, Michigan where he operated a small used bookstore in a fish shanty called The Dockside Press. In his latter years, he would spend winters in Dunedin, Florida.

William W. Blackney

He is interred in Woodlawn Cemetery in his birthplace of Clio, Michigan.

WLKI

WLKI's primary service area includes the cities of Angola, Fremont, Clear Lake, Orland, and Waterloo in Indiana, Coldwater, Bronson and Camden in Michigan, and Edon, Ohio.


1943 Michigan Wolverines football team

Michigan's starting lineup against Wisconsin was Rudy Smeja (left end), Bob Hanzlik (left tackle), John Gallagher (left guard), Fred Negus (center), Rex Wells (right guard), Robert Derleth (right tackle), Art Renner (right end), Jack Wink (quarterback), Bob Nussbaumer (left halfback), Wally Dreyer (right halfback), and Bob Wiese (fullback).

1973 Ohio State vs. Michigan football game

Gil Chapman, Michigan's punt returner returned OSU's ensuing kick-off all the way to the OSU 27-yard line.

2003 Purdue Boilermakers football team

Despite being dominated, Purdue had a chance to seize momentum late in the first half when the Boilers recovered a fumble from a Shaun Phillips sack of Michigan QB John Navarre.

2006 Michigan State vs. Northwestern football game

The comeback was thought to save John L. Smith's career at Michigan State, but on November 1, 2006 the university announced that Smith would not be brought back after the season as the Spartans finished with four more losses after this game.

Baptist Bible Fellowship International

In 1948, George Beauchamp Vick (Norris' co-pastor in Detroit, Michigan) became president of the World Baptist Fellowship owned Bible Baptist Seminary of Fort Worth, Texas.

Barrie Leslie Konicov

Konicov's Libertarian political leanings eventually led him to a 1994 bid for Michigan district 3 seat in the United States House of Representatives.

Bob Osgood

Osgood enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1934 where he ran track under renowned Michigan Track Coach Charles B. Hoyt.

Capital City Airport

Capital Region International Airport, formerly Capital City Airport, in Lansing, Michigan, United States (FAA: LAN)

Cedric Smith

Cedric C. Smith (1895–1969), All-American football player for the University of Michigan and the Buffalo All-Americans

Craig Huffer

In October 2011 turned professional joining the Very Nice Track Club to train under Ron Warhurst in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Edwin Wood

Edwin Orin Wood (1861–1918), Democratic state chair from Flint, Michigan in 1904

Erik Bakich

Bakich was most noted for his quote, "We want to catch that softball program" meaning Michigan's softball program, and showed great praise for head Michigan Softball coach Carol Hutchins.

Fort Shelby

Fort Shelby (Michigan), a military installation in Detroit, renamed from Fort Lernoult in 1813, and also commonly referred to as Fort Detroit during the War of 1812.

Fort Wayne Freedom

He had worked previously as an assistant coach at the University of St. Francis, an NAIA institution, and NCAA Division II Hillsdale College in Michigan.

Franciscan St Anthony Health – Michigan City

Franciscan St Anthony Health – Michigan City is a hospital located in Michigan City, Indiana.

Frank Bohn

Frank P. Bohn (1866-1944), Republican Congressman from Michigan

Frederick Schule

While attending Michigan, Schule was also a member of the 1903 Michigan Wolverines football team coached by Fielding H. Yost.

Harold M. Ryan

On February 13, 1962, in a special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of U.S. Representative Louis C. Rabaut, Ryan was elected as a Democrat from Michigan's 14th congressional district to the 87th Congress.

Irwin Uteritz

He missed the opening game against Case as Michigan Coach Fielding H. Yost asked team captain Paul G. Goebel and Uteritz to accompany him to Columbus, Ohio to watch the Ohio State Buckeyes in action against Ohio Wesleyan.

J. J. Barnes

J. Barnes (born James Jay Barnes, November 30, 1943, Detroit, Michigan) is an American R&B singer.

Jack Hoogendyk

Hoogendyk was first elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in 2002 representing the 61st district, which includes the cities of Portage and Parchment, and the townships of Alamo, Kalamazoo, Oshtemo, Prairie Ronde and Texas.

Jerome Pathon

He gained 1,299 yards receiving that year, an average of 108.3 yards per game, including 4 receptions for 54 yards in the Huskies' 51-23 victory over Michigan State in the 1997 Aloha Bowl.

John Corliss

John Blaisdell Corliss (1851–1929), U.S. Representative from Michigan, 1895–1903

John Harbaugh

In 2004, he was mentioned as a possible candidate to replace Gary Darnell as the head football coach at Western Michigan, where he had earned a master's degree and was an assistant football coach from 1984–1987.

John LaMountain

In September 1859, La Mountain made an ascension with the Atlantic, along with newspaperman John Haddock, from Watertown, New York across Minnesota and Michigan.

John P. Kirk

His only son, Bernard Kirk, was an All-American football player who played for both Notre Dame University and the University of Michigan.

Karl W. Richter

Encouraged, again by his sister, to apply to the United States Air Force Academy, he was nominated by Michigan Senator Philip Hart and Congressman William Broomfield, graduating June 3, 1964, with a commission as a second lieutenant in the Regular Air Force.

Kasey Studdard

As a redshirt sophomore, Studdard was the starter for a Longhorn team that was second in the nation in rushing and went on to win its first Bowl Championship Series game, against Michigan at the 2005 Rose Bowl.

Louise Gerrish

Joined by Olympians Francie Kraker and Micki King, Louise Gerrish was one of several world-class sportswomen to represent the Michigammes Athletic Club of Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Lybster

However, during the American Revolution, following some victories in the Ohio and Illinois territories, Patrick Sinclair felt it was necessary to move Fort Michilimackinac from its exposed location on the northernmost point of the lower peninsula of Michigan to Mackinac Island.

Mattress World of Michigan

Mattress World was, according to a Furniture Today article, the apparent high bidder for six Mattress Discounters stores in Metro Detroit; Mattress Discounters was exiting the Michigan market.

Michael J. Hart

In 1930, Hart was an unsuccessful candidate for election from Michigan's 8th congressional district to the 72nd Congress, losing to incumbent Republican Bird J. Vincent.

Michigan Department of Transportation

These freeways became the start of Michigan's section of the Interstate Highway System.

Michigan's 18th congressional district

It also included Romeo, Washington Township, Shelby Township and Bruce Township in Macomb County.

Mio, Michigan

There are no AM Radio Stations in range of Mio, Michigan, although WWJ can be faintly heard during the nighttime.

Neil Rogers

While in Michigan, Rogers broadcast football and basketball games for Albion College.

Poeville, Nevada

John Poe, a professional promoter from Michigan allegedly related to Edgar Allan Poe, discovered rich gold and silver veins in 1862 on the slopes of Peavine Mountain.

Ralph A. Sawyer

At the invitation of Harrison M. Randall, Sawyer then joined the faculty of the Physics Department at the University of Michigan, an affiliation that he retained for his entire career.

Robert Michael Dow Jr.

On December 2, 2010, Judge Dow ruled against five states (Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Minnesota, and Wisconsin), stating that five Chicago-area shipping locks will stay open despite the risk that Lake Michigan Asian carp pose to the multi-billion dollar fishing industry, saying not enough evidence was presented that indicated the danger was truly imminent.

Somerset Mall

Somerset Collection (formerly Somerset Mall), an upscale mall in Michigan

Traverse Bay

Traverse Bay may refer to two bays off Lake Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan

Victor A. Knox

Knox was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 11th congressional district to the 83rd United States Congress and to the five succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1953 to January 3, 1965.

Violence Against Women Act

However, several of them, including Steve King (R-Iowa), Bill Johnson (R-Ohio), Tim Walberg (R-Michigan), Vicky Hartzler (R-Missouri), Keith Rothfus (R-Pennsylvania), and Tim Murphy (R-Pennsylvania), later claimed to have voted in favor of the act.

Waterloo State Recreation Area

Crooked Lake, Clear Lake, Little Portage Lake, Mill Lake, Sugarloaf Lake, Doyle Lake, Merkle Lake, Mud Lake, and the Winnewana Impoundment are among the eleven bodies of water found in the park.

WMRP

WWCK-FM, an AM radio station in Flint, Michigan that held the WMRP call letters from 1964 until 1971.