Welcome to TheseUnitedStates - Michigan

Michigan, our 26th state, was admitted to the Union January 26, 1837.   The 2000 census has Michigan's population at 9,938,444, ranking  8th in the US.  With a total land area of  56,804 square miles, the state ranks 22nd  in size.  Michigan's capital is Lansing; Detroit is its largest city.

Useful Internet Links for Michigan:

Official Website of Michigan  

http://www.michigan.gov

Travel and Tourism Department  
http://www.travel.michigan.org

Call toll free  1-888-78GREAT

Congress.org - Michigan Elected Officials

Michigan Weather from Weather.com

National Park Service Sites in Michigan

Michigan News from USA Today

Michigan fun facts:

Michigan State Bird:  Robin

Michigan State Flower:  Apple blossom

Michigan State Motto:  If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you

Michigan State Song:  Michigan, My Michigan

Michigan State Tree:  White pine

Nicknames: Great Lakes State, Wolverine State

The geographic center of Michigan lies in Wexford County, 5 miles NNW of Cadillac.  At 1,979 feet, Mount Arvon south of Skanee near Lake Superior is the state's highest point.  The name Michigan derives from the Chippewa words mici gama, meaning "great water," after the lake of the same name.

Brief History:  Early inhabitants were the Ojibwa, Ottawa, Miami, Potawatomi, and Huron.  French fur traders and missionaries visited the region in the early 17th century, establishing a mission and a settlement at Sault Ste. Marie by mid-century.  In 1763, French settlements were taken by the British, who crushed a Native American uprising led by Ottawa chieftain Pontiac that same year.  The US gained the territory under the 1783 Treaty of Paris, but British remained in the area.  The British seized Fort Mackinac and Detroit in 1812.  Oliver H. Perry's Lake Erie victory and William H. Harrison's victory near the Thames River,  forced the British to retreat to Canada in 1813.  The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, along with new land laws and Native American cessions led the way for a flood of settlers.  

Michigan is home to Isle Royale National Park.  Other attractions include the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, both in Dearborn; Michigan Space Center, Jackson; Tahquamenon (Hiawatha) Falls; DeZwaan windmill and Tulip Festival, Holland; "Soo Locks," St. Mary's Falls Ship Canal, Sault Ste. Marie; Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum; Mackinac Island; Kellogg's Cereal City USA, Battle Creek;  and the Motown Historical Museum in Detroit.

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