Different people remember the decade of the 1970s for different reasons.For some, it was the decade The Beatles disbanded and Led Zeppelin dominated the airwaves. For others it was Star Wars, The Godfather, Jaws and Rocky bringing millions to the box office.Still, others remember it for Watergate and the resignation of President Nixon.Regardless of what stands out for each individual, there is no doubt that the decade left an indelible mark on the nation — and the world.In Lenawee County,
Different people remember the decade of the 1970s for different reasons.For some, it was the decade The Beatles disbanded and Led Zeppelin dominated the airwaves. For others it was Star Wars, The Godfather, Jaws and Rocky bringing millions to the box office.Still, others remember it for Watergate and the resignation of President Nixon.Regardless of what stands out for each individual, there is no doubt that the decade left an indelible mark on the nation — and the world.In Lenawee County,
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Geographical, Historical, And Statistical Map Of Michigan Territory. Michigan Territory. No. 36. Drawn by J. Finlayson. Engraved by Young & Delleker.
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) It would take another 32 years and some growing and shrinking of its landmass for Michigan to achieve statehood, but on January 11, 1805 the Michigan Territory was established. It was part of an act signed by President Thomas Jefferson.
An historical article on Michigan Day By Day produced through Michigan State University details the timeline that led from the Michigan Territory establishment to Michigan’s eventual statehood:
When Ohio became a state in 1803, the present-day state of Michigan became part of the Indiana Territory. Since the territorial capital was in Vincennes â a long distance (350 miles and no roads) from Michiganâs population center of Detroit â Michiganders lobbied for their own
Jeremiah Lay: Mover, shaper
Dean Karau
A successful Wisconsin merchant made his way to Wethersfield in early 1854. He had read with fascination the plans for the Central Military Tract Railroad to connect Iowa with Chicago, cutting across Illinois prairies which would become rich farmland. He saw an opportunity to speculate in land, to turn the profits he made in Wisconsin into even greater profits. The entrepreneur did not shirk from the possibilities before him. As a result, he helped shape the fledgling village of Berrien, soon to be renamed Kewanee.
Jeremiah Nelson Lay was born to Jeremiah and Sally Lay in Saybrook, Connecticut, in 1812. His family moved to Oneida Lake, New York, in 1824.
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