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ID: 7007520
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Record Type: administrative |
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Michigan (state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 44 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 44.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 085 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -85.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Inhabited by Ojibwa, Ottawa, Potawatomi and others when French arrived in 18th cen.; taken by England in 1760s, by USA in Revolution and again in War of 1812; most Amerindians were forced west in 19th cen.; pro-Union in Civil War, noted for African regiment. |
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| Michigan (preferred,C,V)
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............ | derived from Amerindian word for "big lake," area was named after tribe known by this name |
| MI (C,V,USPS)
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| state (preferred, B) |
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since January 26, 1837 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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