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100 unusual facts about Michigan


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.

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.

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.

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.

Anthony Cekada

Following his sacerdotal ordination, Cekada taught seminarians at St. Joseph's House of Studies, Armada, Michigan, and St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary, Ridgefield, Connecticut.

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.

He retired again in 1955 and moved with his wife to Calumet, 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).

Bay de Noc

Bay de Noc Township, Michigan, on the peninsula separating the Big and Little Bays de Noc

Belleville Airport

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

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.

Buhl Building

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

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.

There are six business routes of US Highway 131 in the state of 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

Charles K. Harris

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

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.

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 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.

Don R. Pears

He also served as register of deeds and later as clerk of Berrien County.

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.

Earl Morrall

Morrall led Muskegon High School in Muskegon, Michigan, to a state football championship in 1951, setting off a determined recruiting effort by the University of Michigan, the University of Notre Dame and Michigan State University.

East Ann Arbor, Michigan

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

Elisha P. Ferry

Elisha Peyre Ferry was born in Monroe County, Michigan, near Detroit, to Peter Ferry and Clarissa Peyre-Ferry, who soon moved to the small town of Waukegan, Illinois, where Peter served as a judge.

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 Griswold

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

Glenn Duffie Shriver

When his parents separated in 1983, he moved with his mother to Jenison, Michigan.

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.

Great Lakes passenger steamers

During the period between 1910 and 1931, crowds would gather at the Glen Haven docks on Saturdays and Sundays.

H. Gary Morse

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

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.

James Kuhn

James Kuhn (born November 19, 1961) is a visual artist from Three Oaks, Michigan known for his face painting and performance pieces.

Jane Briggs Hart

She attended the Academies of the Sacred Heart in Detroit, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, and Torresdale, Pennsylvania, and Manhattanville College in New York.

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.

John H. Striebel

Born in Bertrand, Michigan, Striebel began working at the age of 14 as a political cartoonist for the South Bend Daily News, receiving recognition as the youngest front-page cartoonist in the country.

John Kelsey

John Kelsey, an American judge and state representative from Michigan

Joseph L. Hooper

He was circuit court commissioner of Calhoun County, 1901–1903; prosecuting attorney of Calhoun County, 1903–1907; and city attorney of Battle Creek, 1916–1918.

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.

Lem Barney

Lem Barney is currently an associate minister at Hope United Methodist Church in Southfield, Michigan.

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 Hayes Grazier

She then took a position at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek, Michigan as a temporary library consultant, until she eventually ended back up at the University of Denver in 1946.

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 Cooperative House

It was located at 335 E. Ann Street in Ann Arbor, Michigan, near the University of Michigan campus, and now is located at 315 N. State Street.

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 18th congressional district

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

MotorCities National Heritage Area

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

Neill Sanders

He was a professor in Kalamazoo, Michigan and founded a chamber ensemble and a festival there.

Nicole Tieri

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

Norma Wurmlinger

On the same day, Southgate's City Hall was named after Wurmlinger for all of her years of service and commitment to the City of Southgate.

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.

Nothingman

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

Novelution Wind

The other is known as the Carsonville Wind Project located in Carsonville, Michigan.

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

Port Huron Museum

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

Richard Field Conover

In 1900, Conover moved to Bay City, Michigan where he concentrated on managing his wife's real estates in Bay County.

Richard R. Murray

Richard R. Murray (born February 3, 1956 in Bay City, Michigan) is the founder of Equity Schools Inc. and has extensive experience in education and real estate.

Rick Baxter

Rick Baxter is a graduate of Lenawee Christian School in Adrian, Michigan (1997) and received his Bachelor of Arts degree (BA) from Spring Arbor University in Spring Arbor, Michigan (2003).

Rob Fredrickson

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

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.

Rollin

Rollin Township, Michigan, a civil township of Lenawee County, Michigan, U.S.

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.

Siege of Fort Detroit

On April 27, 1763, Pontiac spoke at a council on the shores of the Ecorse River, at what is now known as Council Point Park) in Lincoln Park, Michigan, about 10 miles (15 km) southwest of Detroit.

T. J. Lang

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

Temperance Towns

Temperance, Michigan, was named by two of its earliest settlers, Lewis and Martha Ansted.

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.

Timothy Light

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

Top of Troy

The Top of Troy stands at 755 West Big Beaver Road, in Troy, Michigan.

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.

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.

Walker–Grant School

Grant attended schools in Chatham, Pontiac, Michigan, and at the Wilberforce Educational Institute in Ohio.

Watervale

Watervale, Michigan, a former lumber town now a National Historic Site

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.

WBKB-TV

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

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.

William Tocco

William "Black Bill" Tocco (February 12, 1897 – May 28, 1972) was an Italian-American mobster from Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan and a founding member of the Detroit Partnership of La Cosa Nostra.

Winston Freer

In the 1930s, Freer worked at Abbott's Magic in Colon, Michigan and performed under the name Alladin and later Doc Maxam.

WIOT

WIOT (104.7 FM) – branded 104.7 WIOT – is a commercial active rock radio station licensed to Toledo, Ohio, serving Metro Toledo and Monroe County, Michigan.

WSMH

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

WXON-LP

It had a construction permit to increase power to 150 kW from a location near Otisville, which would have covered Flint and northwestern Genesee County with its directional beam; however, the construction permit expired in February 2008, and was not renewed.


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.

A. F. K. Organski

In 1952 he started teaching at the Brooklyn College, moving in 1964 to the University of Michigan, where he became professor of political science and senior research scientist in the Institute for Social Research.

Abrams Planetarium

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

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.

Barton Kyle Yount

Wayne, Michigan, Fort Sheridan, Illinois, on a mapping detail along the Canadian border, and with 4th Brigade, 2nd Division in Texas City, Texas.

Bob Osgood

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

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.

Craig Huffer

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

Dom O'Grady

O'Grady attended Grosse Pointe South High School in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan and then attended Wayne State University.

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.

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.

Henry M. Youmans

In the general election of 1890, Youmans ran as the candidate of the Democratic Party and defeated incumbent Republican Aaron T. Bliss to be elected from Michigan's 8th congressional district to the 52nd United States Congress, serving from March 4, 1891 to March 3, 1893.

Highland Park Community College

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

Jason Hedlesky

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

Jim Brandstatter

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

John C. Ketcham

Ketcham was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 4th congressional district to the 67th United States Congress and to the five succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1921 to March 3, 1933.

John Corliss

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

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.

Jon Petrovich

Petrovich began as a reporter for WHAS-TV in Louisville, Kentucky before moving on to become assistant News Director for WDIV-TV in Detroit, Michigan.

Kit Cartwright

He was the position coach for future NFL quarterbacks Tom Brady and Brian Griese while at 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.

Mary Beth Kelly

She was previously a trial court judge on Michigan's Third Circuit Court in Wayne County.

Michigan Department of Transportation

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

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.

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.

Reactions to the Northwest Airlines Flight 253 attack

The international flight originated in Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in Amsterdam, Netherlands and made an emergency landing at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Detroit, Michigan, United States.

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.

Roy O. Woodruff

In 1912, Woodruff defeated incumbent Republican U.S. Representative George A. Loud to be elected as the candidate of the Progressive Party from Michigan's 10th congressional district to the 63rd Congress, serving from March 4, 1913 to March 3, 1915.

Samuel Koranteng-Pipim

Besides CAMPUS (Center for Adventist Ministry to Public University Students) and the Emmanuel Institute of Evangelism, Michigan Conference's outreach school, Pipim also regularly teaches intensive courses on hermeneutics to students enrolled at, AFCOE (Amazing Facts Center of Evangelism), ARISE (A Resource Institute for Soul-winning and Evangelism), and LIFE (Lay Institute for Evangelism), supporting institutes run by Adventist supporting organizations.

Samuel William Smith

He was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 6th congressional district to the 56th United States Congress and to the eight succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1897 to March 3, 1915.

Scott Dreisbach

In Lloyd Carr's debut as Michigan head coach, the Wolverines trailed 17–0 at home in the fourth quarter before the redshirt freshman Dreisbach engineered three scoring drives, the last culminating with a touchdown pass to Mercury Hayes as time expired for a 18–17 Michigan victory.

Sidney Brownsberger

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

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

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.

Tod Rockwell

Rockwell was a backup quarterback for Michigan at the start of the 1923 season but got the starting quarterback job after Irwin Uteritz broke his ankle in a game against the Quantico Marines.

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.

WBHC

WBHC-LP, a low-power radio station (96.5 FM) licensed to Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States

WFUR

WFUR-FM, a radio station (102.9 FM) licensed to Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

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.