This shows the history from detroit from basically before the city was settled, the actual city of detroit, up through the rise of the various industries. About a span of 200 years. The city of detroit itself was founded by the french in 1701. Name. T is a french rait,ans that st representing the strait of water through the Detroit River. This is a representation of what it may have looked like. There is a long history that took place before this. Human habitation began in this ago withst 2000 years that we sometimes refer to as mountain builders that came out of the Mississippi River area. They came to this region and left us these large burial pounds. At one point there were six of them in the city. Now there is only one that remains. That is on the grounds of historic fort wayne at the river. Several of the tribes living here would have been the chippewa, pottawatomie, the huron as well. These people lived a prosperous life year for such a long time before european habitation. They
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. Theres 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 wouldve been the chippewa, the pottawatomie, the uron. A, the h t
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. Theres 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 wouldve been the chippewa, the pottawatomie, the ottawa, the hereon. These people lived
Our city store visits detroit, michigan to learn more about its unique history and literary life. For eight years now, we have traveled to u. S. Cities, ringing the literary scene and Historic Sites to our viewers. You can watch more of our visits at the span. Org beauty store tour. Org cities air at the Detroit Museum and we are about to walk into an exhibit called americas motor city. Detroit has been. The motor city capital of the world since at least 1915 when there were over 42 Companies Making cars and another 75 Companies Making parts. While other towns build cars, we built lots of cars. The detroit area enjoyed a wealth of strong manufacturing, a lot of it based in the building of carriage bodies but also in building iron stoves, building Railroad Cars, realworld wheels and the rails that go with them. Understood the manufacturing process but also how to deal with steel, iron, rubber. They had all the engineers, designers and toolmakers and the tools they needed to make an auto
Busiest in all of the country. It is not just the link of two cities. It is the link of two nations. The bridge behind me in the tunnel under the Detroit River annect 16 billion in trade year for both countries. Rely on this network of transportation and international trade, so it is a tremendously important part of our history and has been since precivil war. During prohibition, detroit brings in 75 of all the illegal alcohol brought into this years ofor the 14 prohibition. Detroit the 1800s in was the cigar capital of america. They were days when you had seven to 10,000 Railroad Cars waiting to be trends or did they could not get across the river because they would come in to detroit and then have to wait for fairies to take them across to canada. That backlog made the conversation about either a tunnel or a bridge take the forefront. Something had to be done because we had storehouses filling up waiting for this transportation because very slow ferries can only transport 60 time, no