nPostednon July 24, 2014
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Frenchnexplorer Antoine de La Mothe-Cadillac founded a trading post that hennamed Fort Pontchartrain on the straits between two of the GreatnLakes. (A strait is a narrow passage of water that connects two seasnor other large bodies of water.) n
Frenchnexplorer Antoine de La Mothe-Cadillac founded a trading post that hennamed Fort Pontchartrain on the straits between two of the GreatnLakes. (A strait is a narrow passage of water that connects two seasnor other large bodies of water.) nn
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nInnFrench, the phrase “on the straits” is “de detroit.” n
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nCadillac’sntrading post began on this date in 1701, but it was devastated justntwo years later. However, eventually the trading post grew into antown, which grew into the city of Detroit. n
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n…Thencity where Cadillac cars are manufactured!
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nDetroitnis…
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- MotornCity….the automotive capital of the world. Henry Ford built hisnfirst automobile in a rented workshop in Detroit, and he laternfounded the Ford Motor Company there. In addition, other automobilenpioneers took advantage of Detroit’s position as a transportationnhub..including William C. Durant, the Dodge brothers, the Packards,nand Walter Chrysler.
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nDetroitnis so linked in people’s minds with American automobilenmanufacturing, people often refer to the entire industry asn“Detroit.”
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- Motown…anhugely popular and influential record company founded in Detroit bynBerry Gordy, Jr. The Motown sound played an important role in racialnintegration of popular music, as it enjoyed success with all sorts ofnaudiences. Some of the biggest names in Motown were Diana Ross &nThe Supremes, The Four Tops, The Jackson 5, Stevie Wonder, MarvinnGaye, and The Temptations.
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- ThenFirst in Roads…Detroit builtnthe first mile of concrete highway in the world, installed the firstn4-way 3-color traffic light, built the first traffic tunnel betweenntwo nations (as the tunnel punched through the US/Canada border), andnbuilt the first urban freeway.
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- Homenof the Only Floating Post Office in the U.S….Thenvessel J.W. Westcott II is America’s only floating zip code. ThenWestcott Company was originally formed to inform passing vessels ofnchanges in orders, but now it delivers mail and freight and even thenoccasional mid-river pizza.
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- Birthplacenof Techno… Motown isn’t thenonly contribution Detroit has made to music. The electronic sound ofntechno was originated in the 1980s by three young men who werenfriends in a Detroit high school. Techno gained success in Europenbefore it did in the U.S. – but it started here.
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- ThenSports Capital of the Midwest…Withnteams like the Pistons, the Lions, and the Tigers, Detroit is home tonsome great sports. But one of Detroit’s nicknames is Hockeytown—andnthe Red Wings hockey team has appeared in many Stanley Cup playoffsn(including 28 out of the last 30 seasons) and has won more StanleynCup championships than any other team based in the U.S.
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nAlsonon this date:
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nChildren’snDay in Vanuatu
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nSimonnBolivar Day
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nPlannahead:
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