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Michigan Auto Transport
Michigan Moving Boxes
Michigan International Movers
Michigan Self Storage

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 Welcome to Michigan

MICHIGAN

Capital City: Lansing 
Nickname: Wolverine State
Population, 2005 estimate 10,120,860 residents

State?s Flag: The design on Michigan's deep blue field has three mottoes:
On a red ribbon - "One Nation Made Up of Many States"
On a blue shield - "I will Defend"
On a white ribbon - "If You Seek a Pleasant Peninsula, Look Around"
On the blue shield the sun rises over a lake and peninsula, a man with raised hand and holding a gun represents peace and the ability to defend his rights. The elk and moose are symbols of Michigan, while the eagle represents the United States. Flag adopted 1911.

Indian tribes were living in the Michigan region when the first European, Étienne Brulé of France, arrived in 1618. Other French explorers, including Jacques Marquette, Louis Joliet, and Sieur de la Salle, followed, and the first permanent settlement was established in 1668 at Sault Ste. Marie. France was ousted from the territory by Great Britain in 1763, following the French and Indian Wars.

Bordering on four of the five Great Lakes, Michigan is divided into Upper and Lower peninsulas by the Straits of Mackinac, which link lakes Michigan and Huron. The two parts of the state are connected by the Mackinac Bridge, one of the world's longest suspension bridges. To the north, connecting lakes Superior and Huron, are the busy Sault Ste. Marie Canals.

While Michigan ranks first among the states in production of motor vehicles and parts, it is also a leader in many other manufacturing and processing lines, including prepared cereals, machine tools, airplane parts, refrigerators, hardware, and furniture.

Points of interest are the automobile plants in Dearborn, Detroit, Flint, Lansing, and Pontiac; Mackinac Island; Pictured Rocks and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshores; Greenfield Village in Dearborn; and the many summer resorts along both the inland lakes and Great Lakes.

Fun Facts:

• Detroit is known as the car capital of the world.
• Alpena is the home of the world's largest cement plant.
• Colon is home to the world's largest manufacture of magic supplies.
• Michigan ranks first in state boat registrations.
• Michigan has the longest freshwater shoreline in the world.
• Michigan has 116 lighthouses and navigational lights.
• Michigan was the first state to guarantee every child the right to tax-paid high school education.
• In 1929, the Michigan State Police established the first state police radio system in the world.

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