Michigan and Detroit Stuff . . .

Michigan & Detroit -- DID YOU KNOW THIS?

From 1910 to 1920, Hamtramck Michigan grew from 3,589
to 45,615 residents, leading the nation in
growth for that period.

During the lumber boom era, the row of saloons
that lined Water Street in Bay City was known
as 'Hell's Half Mile'.

In 1936, Escanaba , Michigan harvested and
processed 100,000 sq. ft. of birds eye maple to be used
in the English Luxury Liner, the Queen Mary.

When the territory of Michigan was created on
Jan. 11, 1805, Detroit was chosen as its capital.

Bagley's Corner was the original name of Bloomfield Hills.

The world's only marble lighthouse is
located on Belle Isle. (Livingston Lighthouse)

Hog's Hollow was the original name of Utica, Mich.

There are over 11,500 lakes in Michigan .

The home offices of Life Savers Candy, Beech-Nut Gum,
and Squirt soft drinks are in Holland , Michigan

In 1870, Detroit became the nation's first
telephone customers to have phone numbers
assigned to them.

Charles A Lindbergh was born in Detroit on Feb. 4,1902.

The Stars and Stripes first flew over Michigan
soil on July 11, 1796.

In Sept. 1908, William C Durant organized
several independent automobile plants into what was to
become General Motors.

Michigan began charging an annual license fee of
50 cents in 1915 for Autos

Michigan 's first police woman began walking
the beat in Detroit in 1893.

In 1942, the Davison Freeway in Detroit was
completed and became the world's first urban freeway.

The first soft drink, (Vernor's Ginger Ale)
was introduced by a Detroit Pharmacist, James A
Vernor, in 1866. Note: There were several
'elixirs' on the market at that time, including what would
later be called Coca Cola. These contained alcohol,
whereas Vernor's didn't. Thus the name 'soft' drink

The intersection of Woodward Avenue and Grand
Avenue in Detroit proudly displayed the world's first
traffic light in 1915, leaders of 19 countries
and 26 States came to check it out in the first six months.

In 1688, Father Jacques Marquette founded
the first permanent settlement in what
would later become Michigan .

The world's first shopping mall (Northland Mall),
opened in the Detroit suburb of Southfield in
1954. Newspapers from overseas as well as
this country wrote that it would never catch on......Duh?

The world's first painted highway center
lines were featured in Trenton, MI in 1911. They were
used in other towns and was how Center Line, MI
got its name.

Michigan ranks Number 1 nationally in the
production of dog sleds.

The nation's largest indoor/outdoor museum
complex is Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village .

Opened in 1904, the nation's oldest
freshwater aquarium (was) the Belle Isle Aquarium.

The onion is Michigan 's largest fresh-market vegetable crop.

YOU'RE AN OLD DETROITER (OR JUST OLD) IF........

.... You took a 'moonlight cruise' to Bob-Lo with Captain Bob-Lo or
went to Edgewater Amusement Park .

.... You shopped at Hughes and Hatcher,
B Siegel, Peck and Peck, Himelhochs, Robert Hall, Crowley's,
Shoppers Fair, EJ Korvettes or Federals.

.... You rode the elevator at J. L. Hudson's, which was 'run'
by an elevator operator.

..... You remember a Winkleman's and Sanders store in your neighborhood..

.... You remember the 'Big Snow', Buffalo Bob,
Howdy Doody, Clarabelle, Phineas T. Bluster, Princess
Summer-Fall-Winter-Spring..

.... You remember Twin Pines Dairy delivered milk and
juice to the chute on the side of your house and
Milky the Clown performed magic with the magic words 'Twin Pines.'

You remember the Good Humor man in a white
uniform, ringing the bells as he drove down your street.

.... You remember Olympia Stadium.

..... You remember when Vernors was made on Woodward Ave.,
and a bearded troll was on the bottle.

..... Your Mom got groceries at Great Scott, Food Fair,
Wrigley's or Chatham.

.... Your Mom saved Holden Red Stamps, S&H Green stamps, or Gold Bell
Gift stamps, and you licked them into those little books.

... Kresge's and Woolworth's were 'Dime Stores.'

... You had an uncle in the furniture business (Joshua Door).

..... You know who Bill Kennedy is..

....... You saw the Detroit Lions play football in Tiger Stadium(Briggs).

.... You remember Black Bart and the Faygo song. Or how
about 'Which way did he go? He went for Faygo, old fashion root beer.'

.. You watched Rita Bell's! prize movies in the morning..

.... You remember Jack LeGoff and Van Patrick & Wolf-Man Jack.

..... You remember Milky the Clown, Soupy Sales, Johnny Ginger, Poopdeck
Paul, Captain Jolly, Sagebrush Shorty and maybe even Sergeant Satko Salute..

..... You visited the Wonder Bread Bakery and got to
take home a mini loaf of bread.

.... Your address had a two-digit 'zone' before
there were zip codes. Detroit 19, Michigan .

.... You remember 'Get on the right track at 9 mile and Mack, to get the
best deal in town. Roy O'Brien. it's the best deal in town.'

... You remember a laundry chute and a milk chute and a coal chute.

... You remember going to Detroit Edison with your Mom
to exchange burned out light bulbs for new ones.