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100 unusual facts about Michigan


16th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment

The 16th Michigan Infantry was organized as Stockton's Independent Regiment at Plymouth and Detroit, Michigan between July and September, 1861.

2011–12 Toledo Walleye season

Rauch, a native of the Toledo suburb of Temperance, Michigan, had previously played for two of Toledo's junior hockey clubs, the Toledo Cherokee of the Central States Hockey League (2003–04) and the Toledo IceDiggers of the North American Hockey League (2004–05), before playing collegiate hockey under former Toledo Storm defenceman B.J. Adams at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York.

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.

After her mother's death, Inglis studied history and literature at the University of Michigan, receiving an allowance from her extended family.

Albert H. McGeehan

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

Aldo Vagnozzi

He represented the 37th District, which is located in Oakland County and includes the cities of Farmington Hills and Farmington, from 2002 until 2006.

American Ship Hull numbers

For example the Perth class guided missile destroyers that were built for the Royal Australian Navy in Bay City, Michigan were given the hull numbers DDG-25, DDG-26, and DDG-27; but these hull numbers were not assigned to any American destroyers after the Australian Navy had changed those to its own identification numbers.

Antoine Ephrem Cartier

Antoine Ephrem Cartier (1836–1910) was a businessman famous for helping develop the beginnings of Ludington, Michigan, in the nineteenth century.

Archibald B. Darragh

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

Arthur F. Lederle

Born in Leland, Michigan, Lederle graduated from Eastern Michigan College in 1909, and received an LL.B. from Detroit College of Law in 1915, an LL.M. from the University of Detroit School of Law in 1923, and an LL.D. from Wayne State University in 1952.

Arthur Redner

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

August William Edwins

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

Bektashi Order

This tekke is found in the Detroit suburb of Taylor and the tomb (türbe) of Baba Rexheb continues to draw pilgrims of all faiths.

Belvedere Club

The grounds lie partly in Charlevoix Township and partly in Marion Township, in Charlevoix County, Michigan.

Bend in the Road

The album was recorded during the first half of 2010, at Tempermill Studio in Ferndale, Michigan.

Bobby Higginson

Higginson is now a partner in a limousine company in Oakland County, Michigan and divides his time between Michigan and Florida.

Business routes of U.S. Route 131

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has been studying a freeway upgrade for US 131 through St. Joseph County for several years.

Cam Brainard

Cam "Buzz" Brainard (born May 21, 1962) is an American voice actor, narrator, and radio personality, originally from Clio, Michigan.

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

Caroline Bartlett Crane

In 1889 she was ordained and installed at the Unitarian church in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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.

CJAM-FM

The desire to switch channels is due to various factors, such as interference to WUOM-FM 91.7 in Ann Arbor, Michigan; and a new Smile FM station on 91.5, licensed to China Township, Michigan, in southern St. Clair County.

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.

Conservative Mennonite Conference

Representatives of these congregations met in conference in Pigeon, Michigan, on November 24–25, 1910, and adopted the name Conservative Amish Mennonite Conference.

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 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.

Delmart Vreeland

Delmart "Mike" Vreeland (born March 20, 1966), near Grosse Pointe, Michigan became notable for claiming to predict the events of September 11, 2001.

Detroit Race Course

The Detroit Race Course was a horse racing facility in Livonia, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.

Detroit-Oxford

The Detroit-Oxford was an automobile manufactured in Oxford, Michigan by the Detroit-Oxford Motor Car Company from 1905-06.

East Ypsilanti, Michigan

East Ypsilanti, Michigan was a village along the east side of the Huron River in Washtenaw County, Michigan from 1844 until 1858.

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.

Ford Boss engine

The first Boss engine, a 6.2 L V8, is produced at Ford's Romeo Engine Plant in Romeo, Michigan.

George Griswold

He was register of deeds from 1837 to 1841 and clerk of Wayne County from 1843 to 1847.

George W. Housner

George W. Housner (December 9, 1910 (Saginaw, Michigan) - November 10, 2008 (Pasadena, California)) was an eminent authority on earthquake engineering and National Medal of Science laureate.

George Zahringer

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

Gloria Whelan

In 1972, weary of the hectic pace of life in Detroit, the Whelans moved to a cabin on Oxbow Lake in the woods of northern Michigan, outside the small town of Mancelona.

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.

H. Gary Morse

After the couple divorced, Mary Louise married Clifford Morse, and lived in Central Lake, Michigan.

Harry Bennett Anderson

Born in Van Buren County, Michigan, Anderson received a Ph.B. from the University of Chicago, an A.M. from Christian Brothers College, followed by an LL.B. from Columbia Law School in 1904.

Helen Erickson

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

History of the Polish Americans in Metro Detroit

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

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.

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 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 Clough Holmes

Significantly, Holmes (among others) vehemently admonished that this college be independent of both the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and the Normal School in Ypsilanti, for he "feared that agricultural studies would not receive the attention needed to survive and thrive" at those schools.

John Kelsey

John Kelsey, an American judge and state representative from Michigan

Jonathan Arking

However, a chance encounter with Dick Kernan from the Specs Howard School of Broadcast Arts led him to take the News Director position at WTWR-FM in Monroe, Michigan.

Kalkaska

Kalkaska, Michigan, a village in Kalkaska Township and county seat of Kalkaska County

Keewaydinoquay Peschel

She lived in Ann Arbor, Milwaukee, Leland, and most notably at her heart's home, Miniss Kitigan—Garden Island.

Kherbet Rouha

North America also has many citizens from Kherbet Rouha that live in other cities such as Lac La Biche, Windsor, Woodstock, London, Toronto and Dearborn, Michigan.

Lansing Sailing Club

Founded in 1963, the Lansing Sailing Club is located on Lake Lansing in Haslett, Michigan near the capital city of Lansing.

Lewis Reimann

He also ran unsuccessfully as a Democratic Party candidate for the office of Mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1951, and for a seat in the Michigan State Senate in 1954.

Little Brown Jug of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan

The Little Brown Jug of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan is a trophy awarded each year to the winner of the high school football game played between Sault Ste. Marie and Newberry.

Little Sturgeon River

It flows north and joins the Indian River at the town of Indian River, east of the outlet of Burt Lake.

Mar Sarhad Yawsip Jammo

In 1983, he was appointed pastor of St. Joseph's Church in Troy, Michigan, in which capacity he would serve until his elevation to the episcopacy.

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.

Meyers Aircraft Company

The Meyers Aircraft Company was a US aircraft manufacturer established by Al Meyers in Tecumseh, Michigan in 1936.

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 13th congressional district

From 2003 to 2013 it included the east side of Detroit, portions of the city's near west side, the inner suburbs of River Rouge, Harper Woods, Ecorse, the downriver communities of Lincoln Park, and Wyandotte, as well as the upscale Grosse Pointe suburbs.

Michigan's 8th congressional district election, 2006

A former resident of Oxford, Michigan, he unsuccessfully ran as a Republican candidate for state representative in 1992 and township trustee in August 2000.

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 Arvon

Mount Arvon, elevation 1,979 feet (603 m), located in L'Anse Township, Baraga County, is the highest natural point in the U.S. state of Michigan.

Northern Arrow

The train was frequented by northbound travelers to popular Northern Michigan destinations north of Grand Rapids, Michigan, such as Petoskey, Mackinaw City and Mackinac Island.

Otto Fetting

Otto Fetting was born in Casco, Michigan.

Page Plus Cellular

In August 1998 the company was renamed Page Plus Cellular and launched services in Ohio and Michigan, followed by a nationwide launch in 2000.

Patrick Roger Cleary

The children went from New York and to Hubbardston, Michigan and then completed grade school and high school within a total of four years.

Patrick Yandall

He was raised in Bay City, Michigan and is a 1977 graduate of T.L. Handy High School in Bay City.

Peninsula Railroad

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

Plymouth-Canton Educational Park

PCEP is part of the Plymouth-Canton Community Schools District, serving the City of Plymouth, Plymouth Township, and parts of Canton Township, Salem Township, Superior Township, and Northville Township.

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 LeBlanc

In 2006 he was elected to represent Michigan's 18th State House District, which is located in Wayne County and includes the entire city of Westland.

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.

Robert Teeter

Born in Coldwater, Michigan, Teeter worked in various capacities for four presidents, and numerous governors and senators.

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.

Sidney Brownsberger

The following year (1873), Adventist church leaders invited him to head the fledgling school that had been established in Battle Creek, Michigan.

The Bottle Deposit

Newman and Kramer quickly argue whether to deliver their mail and empty bottles to Saginaw, Michigan as they had planned, or to pursue Jerry's stolen car as it exits the highway in Ohio, to which Kramer agrees.

The Magic Knight

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

Tim Mitchell

He grew up in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan and attended Interlochen Arts Academy, an independent high school dedicated to the arts in Interlochen, Michigan.

Unruhe

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

Vicki Barnett

Vicki Barnett (born July 8, 1954) is the House Minority Whip of the Michigan State House of Representatives, and former mayor of Farmington Hills, located in Oakland County.

Vincent Meli

He was named by former Detroit mobster Nove Tocco and retired federal agents as an associate of Michael Bane, president of Pontiac, Michigan's Teamster Local 614, during federal investigations into labor union corruption.

Wayne County Airport Authority

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

WBKB-TV

In addition, WFQX's full-powered satellite WFUP in Vanderbilt served areas around greater Alpena although not in the city proper.

WFRN-FM

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

WHNE-LD

On December 28, 2011, the station returned to the air, broadcasting from a transmitter tower near Holly, Michigan at the East Holly Road and Interstate 75 (Exit 98) interchange, on UHF 26, and with a PSIP of 26.1 along with four sub channels.

WSMH

This began airing on April 24 from WNEM's studios on North Franklin Street in Downtown Saginaw.


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.

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.

Abrams Planetarium

Talbert Abrams was born on August 17, 1896 in Tekonsha, Michigan.

Back Porch Video

It premiered on January 28, 1984 as the brainchild of Russ Gibb, former owner of the Grande Ballroom in Detroit, Michigan.

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.

Capital Airport

Capital Region International Airport, serving Lansing, DeWitt Township, Michigan, United States

Capital City Airport

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

Clint Hurdle

When Hurdle was four years old, the family moved from Michigan to Florida so his father could take a job at the Kennedy Space Center.

Edward Mardigian

Pleased with the work of the Armenian Research Center and with the generosity of the Mardigians towards the University, which has extended beyond their original contributions, the then Chancellor of the Dearborn campus, William A. Jenkins, recommended to the President of The University of Michigan, at that time Harold Shapiro, that the University name the campus library the Edward and Helen Mardigian Library.

Edwin Wood

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

Empire, Michigan

A wide beach separates Lake Michigan from its close neighbor, South Bar Lake.

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.

Felice Pazner Malkin

Pazner Malkin conceived, researched, and designed the documentary exhibition "Jewish Figurative Art: The First 3000 Years", which went on display in 1996 at the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism in Detroit, Michigan.

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.

Frances Perkins Building

Senator Carl Levin of Michigan also played a significant role in the notion.

Franciscan St Anthony Health – Michigan City

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

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.

Highland Park Community College

Among the alumni of Highland Park Community College is Michigan State Senator Martha G. Scott.

Hildenbrand

Dave Hildenbrand, Assistant minority leader of the Michigan Senate

J. J. Barnes

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

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.

Jim Brandstatter

In 2008, its name was changed to Inside Michigan Football (in honor of the retirement of coach Lloyd Carr).

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 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.

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.

Menissa Rambally

She is a graduate of the Leon Hess Comprehensive School and a Business Graduate of Caribbean Union College, an affiliate of Andrews University, Michigan.

Michigan's 18th congressional district

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

Neil Rogers

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

Nicole Tieri

Tieri is a native of Hudsonville, Michigan but moved to New York City in 1999 after graduating from Unity Christian High School.

Peter DiMaggio

He was the lead engineer for the construction of the U.S. Embassies in Moscow, Berlin and Baghdad as well as Valeo’s technical center in Michigan and the Claremont Tower in New Jersey.

Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

In 1948, the Michigan congregation began its first missionary work outside the continental United States when the Sisters opened a mission in Cayey, Puerto Rico.

Somerset Mall

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

Southgate, Michigan

The city of Southgate features the Splash Park/Downriver YMCA (also called Southgate Fun & Fitness Centre), as well as the Michigan headquarters for the Sonic Drive-In fast food restaurant chain.

T. J. Lang

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

Terry Peake

Two years later, he attended Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, where he continued to play and study classical piano, as well as guitar.

The Pingry EP

The EP features various rough demos of songs that would later be featured on their first full-length album, Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum, as well as two live tracks recorded at The Blind Pig in Ann Arbor, Michigan (one of which was merely a banter track), and one recorded live on the Mitch Albom Show on WJR Radio in Detroit, Michigan.

Thomas J. Ramsdell

Thomas Jefferson Ramsdell (1833-1917), entrepreneur and Michigan State Representative in 1861

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.

William Harvey Gibson

Among Gibson's early schoolmates were Anson Burlingame (diplomat), Consul Wilshire Butterfield (author and historian), O. D. Conger (U.S. Congressman and U.S. Senator from Michigan), and Charles Foster (35th Governor of Ohio and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury).

William McCauley

After leaving Michigan, McCauely was a student in the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania.