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Traverse
City, Michigan
Nestled along the shores of Lake Michigan,
Traverse City is lively and affordable and boasts great outdoor
recreation, scenic beauty, a low crime rate and a top medical
facility.
The State of Michigan
The population of Michigan is about 10,121,000 people.
Native Americans lived in the area when the first Europeans
arrived in 1618. The first settlement was created in 1668 at
Sault St. Marie. Great Britain booted out France in 1763, after
the Indian & French Wars. The U.S. got most of the region
after the Revolutionary War, but there was constant conflict
between the British and Americans, and both sides' Indian allies,
until the end of the War of 1812.
Michigan has borders on four of the Great Lakes and is divided
into two parts -- Upper and Lower. The Mackinac Bridge connects
these two halves and it is one of the world's longest suspension
bridges. Up North, the Sault St. Marie canals connect Lake
Superior and Lake Huron. Michigan is first in the U.S. for motor
vehicle and parts production, and leads in other areas like
machine tools, cereals, refrigerators, airplane parts, furniture
and hardware.
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