industries. about a span of 200 years. the city of detroit itself was founded by the french in 1701. detroit is a french name. it represents the straight of water being the detroit river. it separates the united states from canada now. at that time, it was one region of land that was inhabited by the various native american people. this is a representation of what it may have looked like around 1701 when the french settled this area. there s a long history that took place before this. human habitation began in this area as far back as 2000 years ago with the cultures that we sometimes referred to as mound builders that came out of the mississippi river area. they came up to this region and left us these large burial mounds. at one point, there was six of them at least in the city. now there is only one that remains on the grounds of historic fort wayne down at the detroit river. several of the tribes that were living here would ve been the chippewa, the pottawatomie, the uron
a industries. the city of detroit itself was founded by the french in 1701. detroit is a french name. it represents the straight of water being the detroit river. it separates the united states from canada now. when at that time, it was one region of land that was inhabited by the various native american people. this is a representation of what it may have looked like around 1701 when the french settled this area. there s a long history that took place before this. human habitation began in this area as far back as 2000 years ago with the cultures that we sometimes refer to as mount builders that came out of the mississippi river area. they came up to this region and left us these large burial mounds. at one point, there was six of them at least in the city. now there is only one that remains on the grounds of historic fort wayne down at the detroit river. several of the tribes that were living here would ve been the chippewa, the pottawatomie, the ottawa, the hereon. these p
road to feature an american city. continuing our look at detroit, we will go back into the cities tour to learn how it went from farmland to one of the greatest industrial hubs in america by the turn of the 20 century. welcome to the detroit historical museum. we are at the frontiers factory exhibit. this shows us the history of detroit from basically before the city was settled, the actual city of detroit, up through the rise of the barrett industry that takes place in the city. about the span of 200 years. the city of detroit itself was founded by the french in 1701. detroit is a french name. it means the straight, which means the straight of water being the detroit river that separates the united states from canada. at that time, it was all one region of land that was inhabited by the various native american people. this is a representation of what it may have looked like around 1701 when the french settled this area. there is a long history that took place before this.