Michigan General Information
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- CITIES
- Mackinaw City
- Sterling Heights
- Grand Rapids
- Lansing
- Ann Arbor
- Detroit
- The capital of Michigan is Lansing. Other large cities include Detroit, Grand Rapids, Warren, Sterling Heights, Ann Arbor.
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- STATE MOTTO and NICKNAME
- Michigan's nickname is the Great Lakes State. Its state motto is, "If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you."
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- MUST SEE TOURIST SPOT
- Mackinac Island enchants visitors with its historic Victorian architecture, absence of automobiles, scenic vistas of the Mackinac Bridge, and famous fudge.
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- STATE TREE, FLOWER, and BIRD
- Michigan became a state on January 26, 1837.
- Michigan's state tree is the Eastern White Pine. Its state flower is the Apple Blossom, and its state bird is the Robin.
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- DATE OF STATEHOOD
- Michigan was the 26th state admitted into statehood on January 26, 1837.
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- FAMOUS CITIZEN
- Henry Ford, the pioneering industrialist known for revolutionizing automobile manufacturing with the assembly line, hailed from Michigan, where he founded the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn.