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MICHIGAN

Great Lakes State, Wolverine State
Origin of state's name: Based on Chippewa Indian word "meicigama" meaning "great water" and refers to the Great Lakes
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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.
Entered Union: January 26, 1837; 26th State
Capital: Lansing
Motto: Si Quaeris Peninsulam Amoenam Circumspice (If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you)
Flower: Apple blossom
Bird: Robin
Tree: White pine
Song: Michigan, My Michigan

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A LITTLE HISTORY

French fur traders and missionaries visited the region in 1616; set up a mission at Sault Ste. Marie in 1641; and a settlement there in 1668. The whole region went to Britain in 1763. Anthony Wayne defeated their Indian allies at Fallen Timbers, Ohio in 1794. The British returned in 1812 and seized Ft. Mackinac and Detroit. Oliver H. Perry's Lake Erie victory and William H. Harrison's troops, who carried the war to the Thames River in Canada in 1813 freed Michigan once more.
FACTS AND TRIVIA ABOUT MICHIGAN

The Saginaw River in Michigan is the shortest river in the world.
The Michigan state fishes are the Trout and Brook trout, state gem is the Isle Royal Greenstone, state stone is the Petoskey Stone, and the state tree is the White pine.
The Mackinac Bridge, which connects the Upper and Lower Peninsulas of Michigan, is one of the world's longest suspension bridges.
Michigan leads the nation in the production of motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts.
Michigan is famous for its cherry and apple production,
Michigan was the first state to have roadside picnic tables.
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