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100 unusual facts about Michigan


2011–12 Toledo Walleye season

Rauch, a native of the Toledo suburb of Temperance, Michigan, had previously played for two of Toledo's junior hockey clubs, the Toledo Cherokee of the Central States Hockey League (2003–04) and the Toledo IceDiggers of the North American Hockey League (2004–05), before playing collegiate hockey under former Toledo Storm defenceman B.J. Adams at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York.

27th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment

The 27th Michigan Infantry was mustered into Federal service at Port Huron, Ovid, and Ypsilanti, Michigan on April 10, 1863.

4432 McGraw-Hill

Originally erected at Stinchfield Woods near Dexter, Michigan, in July 1969, the telescope was moved to its current location in 1975 through the generous financial support of McGraw-Hill Incorporated and the Sloan Foundation.

Al Pscholka

Prior to his election to the state legislature he worked as District Director for Congressman Fred Upton; fostered partnerships between business and education through his work at Cornerstone Alliance; served eight years on the Lincoln Charter Township, Michigan Board of Trustees; as well as serving seven years on the Southwest Regional Water and Sewer Authority.

Albert H. McGeehan

Albert H. McGeehan (born October 1944), was mayor of Holland, Michigan from 1993–2009.

Aldo Vagnozzi

He represented the 37th District, which is located in Oakland County and includes the cities of Farmington Hills and Farmington, from 2002 until 2006.

Alpheus Felch

Felch Township, Michigan is named in his honor, as are Felch Streets in Ann Arbor, Detroit, and Holland, Michigan.

Archibald B. Darragh

Bard was born in La Salle Township, Michigan, and attended the common schools and a private academy in Monroe.

Arthur F. Lederle

Born in Leland, Michigan, Lederle graduated from Eastern Michigan College in 1909, and received an LL.B. from Detroit College of Law in 1915, an LL.M. from the University of Detroit School of Law in 1923, and an LL.D. from Wayne State University in 1952.

Arthur Redner

He retired again in 1955 and moved with his wife to Calumet, Michigan.

Åtvidaberg

At the end of the 19th century almost one third of the population of Åtvidaberg Municipality in Sweden emigrated to Ishpeming, Michigan in the United States as copper mines in the Åtvidaberg area closed down.9

August William Edwins

He graduated from Augustana Seminary in 1902 and was ordained that year at the Synod convention held in Ishpeming, Michigan.

Austin E. Lathrop

Lathrop was born in 1865 in Lapeer County, Michigan to Eugene Lathrop and Susan Miriah Parsons Lathrop.

Bobby Higginson

Higginson is now a partner in a limousine company in Oakland County, Michigan and divides his time between Michigan and Florida.

Business routes of U.S. Route 131

Business US Highway 131 (BUS US 131) is a business route running through downtown Constantine.

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There are six business routes of US Highway 131 in the state of Michigan.

Cam Brainard

Cam "Buzz" Brainard (born May 21, 1962) is an American voice actor, narrator, and radio personality, originally from Clio, Michigan.

CJAM-FM

The desire to switch channels is due to various factors, such as interference to WUOM-FM 91.7 in Ann Arbor, Michigan; and a new Smile FM station on 91.5, licensed to China Township, Michigan, in southern St. Clair County.

Clarence W. Avery

He taught at a rural school for a year, and then, in 1902, became the head of manual training in the Battle Creek public schools.

Conservative Mennonite Conference

Representatives of these congregations met in conference in Pigeon, Michigan, on November 24–25, 1910, and adopted the name Conservative Amish Mennonite Conference.

Daniel W. McCarthy

Daniel William McCarthy (born 1955, Onekama, Michigan) is an orchestral, band, percussion, vocal, and chamber music composer.

David Kool

Kool is currently the head men's basketball coach at Jenison High School in Jenison, Michigan.

Defer Elementary School

Defer Elementary School is a school building located at 15425 Kercheval in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan.

Delmart Vreeland

Delmart "Mike" Vreeland (born March 20, 1966), near Grosse Pointe, Michigan became notable for claiming to predict the events of September 11, 2001.

Detroit Race Course

The Detroit Race Course was a horse racing facility in Livonia, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.

Don R. Pears

He also served as register of deeds and later as clerk of Berrien County.

Earl Morrall

Morrall led Muskegon High School in Muskegon, Michigan, to a state football championship in 1951, setting off a determined recruiting effort by the University of Michigan, the University of Notre Dame and Michigan State University.

East Ann Arbor, Michigan

East Ann Arbor was an incorporated city to the east of Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, beginning in 1947.

East Ypsilanti, Michigan

East Ypsilanti, Michigan was a village along the east side of the Huron River in Washtenaw County, Michigan from 1844 until 1858.

Ekdahl–Goudreau Site

The Ekdahl–Goudreau Site is an archaeological site located just west of Seul Choix Point in Schoolcraft County, Michigan.

Frank W. Wheeler

In 1864, he moved with his parents to East Saginaw, Michigan and attended the Saginaw High School and the Ypsilanti State Normal School (now (Eastern Michigan University).

George Griswold

He was register of deeds from 1837 to 1841 and clerk of Wayne County from 1843 to 1847.

Glenn Duffie Shriver

When his parents separated in 1983, he moved with his mother to Jenison, Michigan.

Global Engine Alliance

Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance LLC, or GEMA is the manufacturing arm of the Global Engine Alliance and consisted of five factories worldwide; two in Dundee, Michigan, United States, two in South Korea and one in Shiga, Japan.

Great Lakes passenger steamers

During the period between 1910 and 1931, crowds would gather at the Glen Haven docks on Saturdays and Sundays.

Grosse Ile High School

Grosse Ile High School (often abbreviated GIHS) is a public high school located in Grosse Ile Township, Michigan serving ninth through twelfth grades.

Guest House

The one in Rochester, Minnesota is for priests and male religious and the other, in Lake Orion, Michigan, is for women religious.

Harry Bennett Anderson

Born in Van Buren County, Michigan, Anderson received a Ph.B. from the University of Chicago, an A.M. from Christian Brothers College, followed by an LL.B. from Columbia Law School in 1904.

History of the Polish Americans in Metro Detroit

Many Poles had moved from Hamtramck, and Troy became the center of the Polish-American community.

James Kuhn

James Kuhn (born November 19, 1961) is a visual artist from Three Oaks, Michigan known for his face painting and performance pieces.

Jane Briggs Hart

She attended the Academies of the Sacred Heart in Detroit, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, and Torresdale, Pennsylvania, and Manhattanville College in New York.

Jeffrey Gorton

Jeffrey Wayne Gorton (born November 1, 1962) is an American murderer and rapist, who was convicted in 2002 of the rape and murder of flight attendant Nancy Ludwig on February 17, 1991 at the Hilton hotel in Romulus, Michigan.

Jeffrey Marc Monforton

Monforton served as pastor of St. Therese of Lisieux Parish in Shelby Township, Michigan from 2005–2006 and rector of Sacred Heart Seminary from 2006–2012.

John Kelsey

John Kelsey, an American judge and state representative from Michigan

John S. Barry

In 1834, Barry moved to Constantine, Michigan and opened a general store in that village's first frame-built building.

John Tyler Rich

In 1846, he moved with his parents to Addison County, Vermont, and two years later they moved to Elba Township, Michigan.

Jonathan Arking

However, a chance encounter with Dick Kernan from the Specs Howard School of Broadcast Arts led him to take the News Director position at WTWR-FM in Monroe, Michigan.

Joseph L. Hooper

He was circuit court commissioner of Calhoun County, 1901–1903; prosecuting attorney of Calhoun County, 1903–1907; and city attorney of Battle Creek, 1916–1918.

Kalkaska

Kalkaska, Michigan, a village in Kalkaska Township and county seat of Kalkaska County

Keewaydinoquay Peschel

She lived in Ann Arbor, Milwaukee, Leland, and most notably at her heart's home, Miniss Kitigan—Garden Island.

Kherbet Rouha

North America also has many citizens from Kherbet Rouha that live in other cities such as Lac La Biche, Windsor, Woodstock, London, Toronto and Dearborn, Michigan.

Lem Barney

Lem Barney is currently an associate minister at Hope United Methodist Church in Southfield, Michigan.

Lewis Reimann

He also ran unsuccessfully as a Democratic Party candidate for the office of Mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1951, and for a seat in the Michigan State Senate in 1954.

Little Brown Jug of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan

The Little Brown Jug of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan is a trophy awarded each year to the winner of the high school football game played between Sault Ste. Marie and Newberry.

Margaret A. Brewer

Born in Durand, Michigan in 1930, Brewer received her primary education in Michigan but graduated from the Catholic High School in Baltimore, Maryland, prior to entering the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

Margaret Hayes Grazier

She then took a position at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek, Michigan as a temporary library consultant, until she eventually ended back up at the University of Denver in 1946.

Marquette Iron Rangers

Marquette Iron Rangers were a semi-pro senior ice hockey team from Marquette, Michigan that played in the United States Hockey League from 1964-1976 where they were five-time champions (three league and two playoffs).

Mary Beth Kelly

She was previously a trial court judge on Michigan's Third Circuit Court in Wayne County.

Melon heads

The melon heads of Michigan are said to reside around Felt Mansion, although they have also been reportedly seen in in southern forested areas of Ottawa County.

Michigan's 18th congressional district

It also included Romeo, Washington Township, Shelby Township and Bruce Township in Macomb County.

MotorCities National Heritage Area

These counties comprise the Detroit metropolitan area as well as Saginaw, Flint, Lansing, Ann Arbor, Battle Creek, Jackson and Kalamazoo.

Mount Arvon

Mount Arvon, elevation 1,979 feet (603 m), located in L'Anse Township, Baraga County, is the highest natural point in the U.S. state of Michigan.

Neill Sanders

He was a professor in Kalamazoo, Michigan and founded a chamber ensemble and a festival there.

Nicole Tieri

Tieri is a native of Hudsonville, Michigan but moved to New York City in 1999 after graduating from Unity Christian High School.

Northern Arrow

The train was frequented by northbound travelers to popular Northern Michigan destinations north of Grand Rapids, Michigan, such as Petoskey, Mackinaw City and Mackinac Island.

Patrick Roger Cleary

The children went from New York and to Hubbardston, Michigan and then completed grade school and high school within a total of four years.

Paul W. Whear

He also taught composition courses at the National Music Camp in Interlochen, Michigan.

Powerhouse Gym

Powerhouse Gym was founded in 1975 by Jeffrey Severin and two brothers William and Norman Dabish in Highland Park, Michigan.

Quebecor World

It began its expansion outside of Canada in 1985, when it bought Pendell Printing, a Midland, Michigan-based company.

Randy Awrey

Awrey was the head football coach for the Saginaw Valley State Cardinals located in University Center, Michigan.

Richard Horner Thompson

Returning from overseas, he was assigned as Commander of the Defense Logistics Service Center, Battle Creek, Michigan, until July 1973.

Richard R. Murray

Richard R. Murray (born February 3, 1956 in Bay City, Michigan) is the founder of Equity Schools Inc. and has extensive experience in education and real estate.

Robb LaKritz

The eldest of three siblings and only son of a prominent Michigan attorney and former kindergarten teacher, LaKritz moved to Bloomfield Hills, Michigan at age 13 and attended Andover High School.

Robert Teeter

Born in Coldwater, Michigan, Teeter worked in various capacities for four presidents, and numerous governors and senators.

Rockland the Opera

It is based on a long-forgotten miners' strike at the town of Rockland in Upper Peninsula of Michigan's Ontonagon County.

Rollin

Rollin Township, Michigan, a civil township of Lenawee County, Michigan, U.S.

Ron Tripp

Ron Tripp (born April 1953) Battle Creek, Michigan, is a World Sambo and Judo champion and the current general secretary of USA Judo.

Seth C. Moffatt

Seth Moffatt was a resident of Northport and is interred at Oakwood Cemetery of Traverse City.

Shelldrake River

The Shelldrake River flows generally west-to-east towards its mouth in Shelldrake, Michigan on Whitefish Bay of Lake Superior.

Shimizu, Hokkaido

ALT's working for the towns board of education are hired from Michigan, and work at the towns elementary and junior high schools.

Sidney Brownsberger

The following year (1873), Adventist church leaders invited him to head the fledgling school that had been established in Battle Creek, Michigan.

Springfield, Michigan

:There are also two Springfield Townships in Michigan.

Temperance Towns

Temperance, Michigan, was named by two of its earliest settlers, Lewis and Martha Ansted.

The Bottle Deposit

Newman and Kramer quickly argue whether to deliver their mail and empty bottles to Saginaw, Michigan as they had planned, or to pursue Jerry's stolen car as it exits the highway in Ohio, to which Kramer agrees.

Top of Troy

The Top of Troy stands at 755 West Big Beaver Road, in Troy, Michigan.

Vicki Barnett

Vicki Barnett (born July 8, 1954) is the House Minority Whip of the Michigan State House of Representatives, and former mayor of Farmington Hills, located in Oakland County.

Vincent Meli

He was named by former Detroit mobster Nove Tocco and retired federal agents as an associate of Michael Bane, president of Pontiac, Michigan's Teamster Local 614, during federal investigations into labor union corruption.

Wanda Young

As of 2013, Wanda, now 70 years old, lives with her daughter in the western Detroit suburb of Westland, Michigan.

Wayne County Airport Authority

Prior to the authority's founding, these two airports were operated directly by Wayne County.

Wayne County RESA

The Wayne County Regional Educational Service Agency or Wayne RESA is a regional educational service agency for schools in Wayne County, Michigan.

WBKB-TV

In addition, WFQX's full-powered satellite WFUP in Vanderbilt served areas around greater Alpena although not in the city proper.

WFRN-FM

WGNC, licensed to Constantine, Michigan and broadcasting with 15,000 watts of power, offers a format of "family-friendly" country music.

WHNE-LD

On December 28, 2011, the station returned to the air, broadcasting from a transmitter tower near Holly, Michigan at the East Holly Road and Interstate 75 (Exit 98) interchange, on UHF 26, and with a PSIP of 26.1 along with four sub channels.

William F. Badè

After short pastoral appointments at Unionville, Michigan, and Chaska, Minnesota, he returned to Moravian College as instructor of Greek and German, earning his PhD from that institution in 1898 with a thesis on the Assyrian flood legends.

William Garvelink

Garvelink was born in Holland, Michigan and graduated from Calvin College (B.A.) in 1971 and the University of Minnesota (M.A.); along with post-graduate studies at the University of North Carolina in Latin American history, but ran out of money before earning his Ph.D.

William Ratigan

Ratigan made his home in Charlevoix, Michigan where he operated a small used bookstore in a fish shanty called The Dockside Press. In his latter years, he would spend winters in Dunedin, Florida.

William Tocco

William "Black Bill" Tocco (February 12, 1897 – May 28, 1972) was an Italian-American mobster from Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan and a founding member of the Detroit Partnership of La Cosa Nostra.

Winston Freer

In the 1930s, Freer worked at Abbott's Magic in Colon, Michigan and performed under the name Alladin and later Doc Maxam.

WSMH

This began airing on April 24 from WNEM's studios on North Franklin Street in Downtown Saginaw.

WXON-LP

It had a construction permit to increase power to 150 kW from a location near Otisville, which would have covered Flint and northwestern Genesee County with its directional beam; however, the construction permit expired in February 2008, and was not renewed.


1973 Ohio State vs. Michigan football game

Gil Chapman, Michigan's punt returner returned OSU's ensuing kick-off all the way to the OSU 27-yard line.

2006 Michigan State vs. Northwestern football game

The comeback was thought to save John L. Smith's career at Michigan State, but on November 1, 2006 the university announced that Smith would not be brought back after the season as the Spartans finished with four more losses after this game.

Abrams Planetarium

Talbert Abrams was born on August 17, 1896 in Tekonsha, Michigan.

Barrie Leslie Konicov

Konicov's Libertarian political leanings eventually led him to a 1994 bid for Michigan district 3 seat in the United States House of Representatives.

Barton Kyle Yount

Wayne, Michigan, Fort Sheridan, Illinois, on a mapping detail along the Canadian border, and with 4th Brigade, 2nd Division in Texas City, Texas.

Bob Osgood

Osgood enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1934 where he ran track under renowned Michigan Track Coach Charles B. Hoyt.

Capital City Airport

Capital Region International Airport, formerly Capital City Airport, in Lansing, Michigan, United States (FAA: LAN)

Cedric Smith

Cedric C. Smith (1895–1969), All-American football player for the University of Michigan and the Buffalo All-Americans

Clint Hurdle

When Hurdle was four years old, the family moved from Michigan to Florida so his father could take a job at the Kennedy Space Center.

Craig Huffer

In October 2011 turned professional joining the Very Nice Track Club to train under Ron Warhurst in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

David E. Rutledge

Michigan's 54th House district covers the eastern portion of Washtenaw County, and includes Superior Township and Ypsilanti Township, as well as the City of Ypsilanti.

Edwin Wood

Edwin Orin Wood (1861–1918), Democratic state chair from Flint, Michigan in 1904

Erik Bakich

Bakich was most noted for his quote, "We want to catch that softball program" meaning Michigan's softball program, and showed great praise for head Michigan Softball coach Carol Hutchins.

Fort Wayne Freedom

He had worked previously as an assistant coach at the University of St. Francis, an NAIA institution, and NCAA Division II Hillsdale College in Michigan.

Frances Perkins Building

Senator Carl Levin of Michigan also played a significant role in the notion.

Frank Bohn

Frank P. Bohn (1866-1944), Republican Congressman from Michigan

George Waldbott

He was president of the Michigan Branch of the American College of Chest Physicians, Chairman of the Air pollution Committee and of the American Academy of Allergy.

Grand Rapids Community Foundation

Grand Rapids Community Foundation, located in Grand Rapids, Michigan serves all of Kent County and is Michigan's oldest community foundation.

Henry M. Youmans

In the general election of 1890, Youmans ran as the candidate of the Democratic Party and defeated incumbent Republican Aaron T. Bliss to be elected from Michigan's 8th congressional district to the 52nd United States Congress, serving from March 4, 1891 to March 3, 1893.

Highland Park Community College

Among the alumni of Highland Park Community College is Michigan State Senator Martha G. Scott.

Hildenbrand

Dave Hildenbrand, Assistant minority leader of the Michigan Senate

Jerome Pathon

He gained 1,299 yards receiving that year, an average of 108.3 yards per game, including 4 receptions for 54 yards in the Huskies' 51-23 victory over Michigan State in the 1997 Aloha Bowl.

Jim Brandstatter

In 2008, its name was changed to Inside Michigan Football (in honor of the retirement of coach Lloyd Carr).

John C. Ketcham

Ketcham was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 4th congressional district to the 67th United States Congress and to the five succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1921 to March 3, 1933.

John Corliss

John Blaisdell Corliss (1851–1929), U.S. Representative from Michigan, 1895–1903

John Harbaugh

In 2004, he was mentioned as a possible candidate to replace Gary Darnell as the head football coach at Western Michigan, where he had earned a master's degree and was an assistant football coach from 1984–1987.

John P. Kirk

His only son, Bernard Kirk, was an All-American football player who played for both Notre Dame University and the University of Michigan.

Jon Petrovich

Petrovich began as a reporter for WHAS-TV in Louisville, Kentucky before moving on to become assistant News Director for WDIV-TV in Detroit, Michigan.

Justice Brennan

Thomas E. Brennan, former Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court and founder of the Thomas M. Cooley Law School

Kasey Studdard

As a redshirt sophomore, Studdard was the starter for a Longhorn team that was second in the nation in rushing and went on to win its first Bowl Championship Series game, against Michigan at the 2005 Rose Bowl.

Kenneth Thorpe Rowe

Across the span of six decades at Michigan, he taught and inspired legions of notable students, including Josh Greenfeld, Lawrence Kasdan, Dennis McIntyre, Robert McKee, Arthur Miller, Davi Napoleon (aka Davida Skurnick), Betty Smith, and Milan Stitt.

Kit Cartwright

He was the position coach for future NFL quarterbacks Tom Brady and Brian Griese while at Michigan.

Louise Gerrish

Joined by Olympians Francie Kraker and Micki King, Louise Gerrish was one of several world-class sportswomen to represent the Michigammes Athletic Club of Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Marshall Purnell

After attending Ottawa Hills High School and playing on its state high school championship winning basketball team, he went on to earn a Bachelor of Science in Architecture & Urban Planning and a Master of Architecture from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Mattress World of Michigan

Mattress World was, according to a Furniture Today article, the apparent high bidder for six Mattress Discounters stores in Metro Detroit; Mattress Discounters was exiting the Michigan market.

Michigan Department of Transportation

These freeways became the start of Michigan's section of the Interstate Highway System.

Nothingman

"Nothingman" was first performed live at the band's March 20, 1994 concert in Ann Arbor, Michigan at Crisler Arena.

Patricia Hogan

Prior to becoming a Professor at Northern Michigan University, Hogan was an Assistant Professor and Assistant Research Scientist at New York University (from 1981–83; then again 1985-91) in New York City, New York.

Reactions to the Northwest Airlines Flight 253 attack

The international flight originated in Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in Amsterdam, Netherlands and made an emergency landing at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Detroit, Michigan, United States.

Roy O. Woodruff

In 1912, Woodruff defeated incumbent Republican U.S. Representative George A. Loud to be elected as the candidate of the Progressive Party from Michigan's 10th congressional district to the 63rd Congress, serving from March 4, 1913 to March 3, 1915.

Scott Dreisbach

In Lloyd Carr's debut as Michigan head coach, the Wolverines trailed 17–0 at home in the fourth quarter before the redshirt freshman Dreisbach engineered three scoring drives, the last culminating with a touchdown pass to Mercury Hayes as time expired for a 18–17 Michigan victory.

Somerset Mall

Somerset Collection (formerly Somerset Mall), an upscale mall in Michigan

Southgate, Michigan

The city of Southgate features the Splash Park/Downriver YMCA (also called Southgate Fun & Fitness Centre), as well as the Michigan headquarters for the Sonic Drive-In fast food restaurant chain.

The Pingry EP

The EP features various rough demos of songs that would later be featured on their first full-length album, Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum, as well as two live tracks recorded at The Blind Pig in Ann Arbor, Michigan (one of which was merely a banter track), and one recorded live on the Mitch Albom Show on WJR Radio in Detroit, Michigan.

Thomas J. Ramsdell

Thomas Jefferson Ramsdell (1833-1917), entrepreneur and Michigan State Representative in 1861

Traverse Bay

Traverse Bay may refer to two bays off Lake Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan

Victor A. Knox

Knox was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 11th congressional district to the 83rd United States Congress and to the five succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1953 to January 3, 1965.

Violence Against Women Act

However, several of them, including Steve King (R-Iowa), Bill Johnson (R-Ohio), Tim Walberg (R-Michigan), Vicky Hartzler (R-Missouri), Keith Rothfus (R-Pennsylvania), and Tim Murphy (R-Pennsylvania), later claimed to have voted in favor of the act.

WBHC

WBHC-LP, a low-power radio station (96.5 FM) licensed to Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States