Michigan: The Wolverine State

• Alternate Nicknames: Great Lakes State
• Capital: Lansing
• Major Cities:
  • Detroit
  • Grand Rapids
  • Flint
  • Saginaw
  • Ann Arbor
  • Sault Ste. Marie
  • Sterling Heights
• Major Geographical Features
  • Upper Peninsula
  • Lower Peninsula
  • Lake Superior
  • Lake Huron
  • Lake Michigan
  • Lake Erie
  • Grand River
  • Saginaw Bay
  • Green Bay
  • Mackinac Strait
  • Hiawatha National Forest
• National Parks: Isle Royale National Park
• 1796: Britain finally agrees to give up Michigan following the American Revolution (they had previously refused
• 1837: Michigan becomes the 26th state
• 1903: Henry Ford establishes the Ford Motor Company in Detroit
  • Michigan is the United States' leading auto producer
• 1906: Kellogg's is founded in Battle Creek, Michigan
• 1997-2003: Michigan attracts 10,229 business projects (best in the nation)
• 2013: Detroit becomes the largest city in the United States to file for bankrupcy
• Motto: "If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look around you."
• Name Meaning: "Great Lake" in Ojibwa
• Industries
  • Automobiles
  • Dairy
  • Cereal
  • Minerals
• 2nd longest coastline (after Alaska)
• Borders all the Great Lakes except for Lake Ontario
• Mackinac Bridge connects the Upper and Lower Peninsulas and is one of the longest suspension bridges in the world
• Lake Michigan is the only Great Lake completely within the United States
• 500,000 jobs in Michigan are connected to motor vehicles
• The Upper Peninsula is primarily lakes and forests
• Famous People
  • Henry Ford
  • Magic Johnson
  • W. K. Kellogg
  • Jack Kevorkian
  • Charles Lindbergh
  • Kid Rock
  • Mitt Romney
  • Chris Van Allsburg