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Detroit (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 42 19 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 42.3167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 083 02 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -83.0333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Detroit river; French established fort & fur-trading post here in 1701; captured by British in French and Indian Wars in 1760; passed to US in 1796; destroyed by fire in 1805; city was rebuilt and flourished after introduction of steamboats. |
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| Detroit (preferred,C,V,English-P)
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............ | this shortened version of the French name was first used by the British |
| דטרויט (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Fort Pontchartrain Détroit (H,V)
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| Fort-Pontchartrain-du-Détroit (H,V)
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............ | a variant name of original settlement, Pontchartrain was the name of the patron of the founder |
| Ville d'Étroit (H,V)
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............ | original French name, meaning "city of the strait [i.e., of the short Detroit river that joins 2 large lakes]" |
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Wayne (county) (P) |
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Detroit (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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Amerindians lived in the area prior to arrival of Europeans; post founded by Frenchman Antoine de Lamothe Cadillac in 1701 |
| city (C) |
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incorporated in 1824 |
| county seat (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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developed after Civil War, especially known for automobile production that was initially encouraged by Henry Ford |
| transportation center (C) |
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for major water traffic from Lakes Erie to St. Clair since 1818, today also for rail, road & air traffic |
| agricultural center (C) |
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has long been center for processing & forwarding agricultural produce, especially noted for flour-milling |
| university center (C) |
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for Wayne State, University of Detroit, also center for Cranbrook Academy of Art, Institute of Art & other institutions |
| cultural center (C) |
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has museums of art & transportation, symphony orchestra; noted for development of music including rhythm & blues, & jazz |
| capital (H) |
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of Michigan Territory, from 1805; of Michigan state, from 1837 until the capital was transferred to Lansing in 1847 |
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