Moving to Michigan - Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo
The
subject of relocating, or relocation can be intimidating to some folks
who have to move for one reason or another. A large relocation company,
when relocating a family can not always give the kind of personal relocating
services that we can. We hope that when searching for us with a
search engine you use some of the following keywords: estate, real
estate, home, homes, house, housing, realtor, escrow, mortgage, finance,
financing, refinance, refinancing, for sale, property, properties, mover,
movers, relocation, relocate, marketing, advertising, appraisal,
Arizona, Arkansas, California, New York, Florida, District of Columbia,
Illinois, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware,
Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana,
Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina,
North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico,
Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont,
Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming. If you are reading
this, thanks for coming.
Moving to/arizona alabama arkansas california colorado connecticut delaware district of columbia florida georgia idaho illinois
indiana iowa kansas kentucky louisiana maine maryland massachusetts michigan minnesota mississippi missouri montana nebraska nevada new hampshire new jersey new mexico new york north carolina north dakota ohio oklahoma oregon pennsylvania Rhode Island South carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah
Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming.
The state of Michigan is made up of two peninsulas formed
by the Great Lakes--the larger mitten-shaped Lower Peninsula and the smaller
Upper Peninsula--plus numerous islands located within the Great Lakes.
The state has land borders with Ohio, Indiana, and Wisconsin; water forms
part of the state boundary with Wisconsin and all of it with Illinois
and Minnesota. Canada and Michigan are joined for 1,160 km (720 mi) along
the international boundary.
Michigan ranks 11th among the U.S. states in total area, with 250,466
sq km (96,705 sq mi). Michigan's area of Great Lakes water area responsibility
is about 98,917 sq km (38,192 sq mi), and the state participates with
the International Joint Commission (USA-Canada) in Great Lakes water management
decisions. Its Great Lakes shoreline is 5,299 km (3,288 mi), including
islands and connecting waters.
The name Michigan is derived from two Algonquian/Anishnabeg words, michi
("large") and gami ("lake"). The state's early economy was dominated by
the fur trade centered at the Straits of Mackinac and Detroit. Agriculture,
timber, and mining developed during the 19th century, whereas motor vehicle
manufacturing, mineral processing, and the leisure-time industries have
been most important during the 20th century.
LAND AND RESOURCES
The Michigan Basin bedrock underlying Michigan dates from the Precambrian
and Paleozoic eras (3.9 billion to 225 million years ago). The present
shape of both the Great Lakes and Michigan's peninsulas was formed about
2,500 years ago as a result of glacial ice and meltwater action and elevation
changes of the lakes' outlets.
The Upper Peninsula, with its Keweenaw Peninsula, extends for about 500
km (310 mi) in an east-west direction; its northern shore lies along Lake
Superior, and the southern shore is along Lake Michigan. The Upper Peninsula
upland covers its western half. The Porcupine Mountains reach 597 m (1,958
ft), and Mount Arvon in the Huron Mountains, at 603 m (1,979 ft), is the
highest point in the state. The Upper Peninsula lowland, in the east,
has an average elevation of about 213 m (700 ft).
The Lower Peninsula topography consists of lowland areas punctuated with
glacial uplands. Lowlands formed from former glacial lake beds are located
in the southeast, around Saginaw and Muskegon. Glacial moraines form the
thumb upland and the northern upland, which rises to 518 m (1,700 ft)
near Cadillac. When the Pleistocene glaciers melted 10,000 to 16,000 years
ago, glacial till was deposited throughout the peninsula, forming hilly
moraines, plains, and wetlands.
Soils
Three soil types are found in Michigan: podzols, gray brown podzolics,
and mixed organic bog soils. The podzols, the least fertile of the three,
are mostly found in the Upper Peninsula and the northern two-thirds of
the Lower Peninsula. The productive gray brown podzolics are found in
the southern Lower Peninsula. The widely distributed mixed organic bog
soils were created when inland lakes filled in with rich nutrients. The
bog soils are especially well adapted for vegetable and sod production.
Remains of ice-age mastodons and other extinct animals are sometimes found
in the former bogs.
Rivers and Lakes
Michigan has more than 11,000 natural inland lakes, which are an important
resource for recreation. Houghton Lake is the largest, with an area of
80 sq km (31 sq mi). The total length of Michigan's rivers is 58,162 km
(36,140 mi). Most of the rivers are relatively short but are useful for
hydroelectrical power generation, some freight shipping, and recreation.
Numerous attractive waterfalls are found in the Upper Peninsula. The Grand
is the longest river and flows 418 km (260 mi) in southwestern Michigan.
The Saginaw River system drains an area of nearly 15,540 sq km (6,000
sq mi). In the late 1980s, Zebra mussels, native to the Black and Caspian
seas, became established in the fresh waters of the Great Lakes with unknown
environmental impact to the state's lakes and streams.
Climate
Michigan is situated within the humid continental climate region. The
presence of the Great Lakes, however, makes Michigan unique within that
climatic zone, because the lakes influence the temperature, the number
of frost-free days, and the ratio of sunshine to cloudy days. Average
annual temperatures vary between 10 degrees C (50 degrees F) at Detroit
in the southeast and 4 degrees C (39 degrees F) at Marquette in the north
central Upper Peninsula. The greatest range in annual temperatures occurs
in the northern Lower Peninsula, with a record high of 44.4 degrees C
(112 degrees F) and a record low of - 46.1 degrees C ( - 51 degrees F).
Frost- free periods range from 170 to 180 days in the south and from 60
to 70 days in the interior of the Upper and Lower Peninsulas. An average
of 787 mm (31 in) of precipitation falls annually in the state. Snow,
sleet, hail, and ice storms are common, and tornadoes and blizzards sometimes
occur. Snowfall averages range from 762 mm (30 in) in the southeast to
4572 mm (180 in) in the Keweenaw Peninsula in the northern Upper Peninsula.
Heavy cloud cover in the fall and early winter is common because the Great
Lakes rarely freeze totally. The cool summer lake water, however, helps
to provide 70 percent of possible sunshine.
Vegetation and Animal Life
Pioneer settlers removed most of the native vegetation consisting of northern
hardwood and coniferous forests and grasses of the treeless prairies.
Throughout southern Michigan, hardwood species are regenerating in the
original forest associations of oak, hickory, and walnut on well-drained
land and of maple, beech, and birch or elm, ash, and cottonwood on moist
land. Mixed forests of both deciduous and coniferous trees were common
in the Upper Peninsula and the northern Lower Peninsula. Most prized by
early lumbermen were stands of white pine. Other commercial trees include
ash, aspen, cherry, hemlock, spruce, cedar, and replanted red pine.
Several species of animals are native to the region, including whitetail
deer, black bear, moose, raccoon, red fox, bobcat, woodchuck, squirrel,
beaver, muskrat, rabbit, skunk, porcupine, and the reintroduced elk. Eagle,
osprey, and the endangered Kirtland's warbler are less often seen; the
wolverine, fisher, marten, and wild bison have vanished. Several species
of fish have become rare, including whitefish, sturgeon, herring, muskellunge,
and lake trout. Sport fish found in the state include bluegill, crappie,
perch, large and smallmouth bass, pike, and salmon. Common birds include
the great blue heron, kingfisher, several duck species, geese, and gulls.
Game birds inhabiting the area are the partridge, quail, pheasant, and
turkey.
Mineral Resources
The major resources deposited during the Precambrian Era (600 million
to 3.9 million years ago) were copper and iron ore, both located in the
western Upper Peninsula. Small reserves of zinc, lead, nickel, cobalt,
platinum, gold, silver, and uranium were also laid during the Precambrian.
The mineral resources of the Paleozoic Era (600 million to 225 million
years ago) include limestone, rock salt and brines, gypsum, and coal.
Reserves of natural gas and petroleum are found at several locations in
Lower Michigan.
PEOPLE
Michigan's population grew from 31,639 in 1830, to 1,184,000 in 1870 and
to 8,875,083 in 1970. The population at the time of the 1990 census was
9,295,297, an increase of only 33,219 in the decade from 1980 to 1990.
Most of Michigan's population live in urban areas, with about half of
the state's inhabitants in the Detroit-Ann Arbor metropolitan area. Detroit
is the largest city in the state, and Grand Rapids, Warren, Flint, Lansing,
Sterling Heights, Ann Arbor, and Livonia all have between 100,000 and
200,000 residents.
Between 1980 and 1990 Michigan had a very slow rate of growth-- with an
increase of less than half of 1 percent during the decade. Contributing
to the stagnant growth was significant out -migration. While Michigan
historically has experienced a net gain from migrations into the state,
since the mid-1970s a net out-migration has taken place. Most pioneer
settlers migrated from New England, New York, and Pennsylvania. Black
migration from the southern United States was high from the pre-Civil
War era and reached its peak during World War II and immediately after.
In the post-World War II period, people from Lithuania, Mexico, the Philippines,
Korea, Cuba, India, and the Arab nations joined the migration flow. The
racial-ethnic composition in 1990 was 7,756,086 whites, 1,291,706 blacks,
55,638 American Indians, 104,983 Asian and Pacific Islanders, and 201,596
Hispanics. Asians are the state's fastest-growing ethnic group.
The Protestant religious denominations are most numerous in Michigan.
The Roman Catholic church is the oldest denomination; the French established
churches at the state's oldest communities, Sault Sainte Marie (1668),
Saint Ignace (1671), and Mackinaw City (1681). There is a fairly sizable
minority of Jewish people residing in several communities statewide, with
a majority in the greater Detroit area.
Education and Culture
Since passage of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 with its requirement
to "encourage education," Michigan has become a leader in public education.
In 1837 the nation's first state primary school fund was created, and
tuition-free primary schooling was enacted in 1869. With the landmark
Kalamazoo Case of 1874 the state supreme court established the legality
of the use of local taxes for the creation of high schools. An eight-
member elected board of education supervises Michigan's public school
system. The state has a particularly distinguished public higher-education
system, the history of which stretches back to the period before statehood
was granted (see Michigan, state universities of).
Michigan's museums include the Detroit Institute of Arts and Detroit Historical
Museum; the Henry Ford Museum (of transportation and technology exhibits)
located at Greenfield Village in Dearborn; a historical museum at Lansing;
the University of Michigan Museum of Art and the Gerald R. Ford Presidential
Library, both in Ann Arbor; and the Gerald R. Ford Museum in Grand Rapids.
The Cranbrook Foundation, in Bloomfield Hills, is the site of a well-known
art school. The National Music Camp at Interlochen and the Detroit Symphony
are both well known throughout the country.
Michigan's historic sites include Fayette State Park near Manistique,
which contains a deserted early iron manufacturing town; Mackinac Island,
located in the Straits of Mackinac, which is the site of a fortress built
by the British in 1780; and Norton Indian Mounds in Grand Rapids (built
between 110 BC and AD 280). The towns of Frankenmuth (German) and Holland
(Dutch) maintain their European heritage with numerous activities.
Communications
The state is served by numerous Sunday, daily, weekly, and semiweekly
newspapers. The leading daily newspapers are the Detroit News and the
Detroit Free Press. In 1986 the Gannett Company acquired the Detroit News,
thus ending 112 years of family ownership of the News by descendants of
its founder, James E. Scripps. The Free Press, in financial difficulties,
subsequently moved to combine its business operations with those of the
News. Detroit area radio stations WWJ (1920) and WJR (1922) are two of
the nation's pioneering commercial broadcast stations. In 1941, WWJ initiated
FM operations; it originated state telecasts in 1947.
Recreation and Sports
Michigan's many lakes, especially the Great Lakes, are the state's greatest
recreational resource. Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is an area of
dramatic sandstone cliffs along Lake Superior; Sleeping Bear Dunes National
Lakeshore extends for 55 km (34 mi) along the shores of Lake Michigan.
Isle Royale National Park is a wilderness island in Lake Superior, nearly
80 km (50 mi) long, with an area of about 2,313 sq km (893 sq mi). The
state park system comprises dozens of land and underwater parks.
Major league sports teams are found in Detroit (baseball and hockey),
at the Pontiac Silverdome (football), and Auburn Hills Palace (basketball).
Competitive powerboat and motor vehicle (Grand Prix) racing are popular
in Detroit, while the huge Michigan International Speedway is located
in Cambridge Junction. The world's largest wooden sports dome is in Marquette.
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
Although Michigan (specifically, Detroit) is closely identified with the
motor vehicle industry, the state earns a good deal more from service
industries (including retail and wholesale trade; finance, insurance,
and real estate; government; and transportation, communication, and utilities)
than from the-- nonetheless important--manufacturing industries. A critical
economic problem for the state is developing industrial diversification
to moderate auto-related unemployment cycles and permanent job losses.
Significant 1990s plant modernization has occurred in Detroit (General
Motors in Poletown and the Jefferson Avenue Chrysler complex).
Agriculture
Although Michigan was formerly an agricultural state, it is now dominated
by industry. The trend since 1945 has been the steady loss of farmland
and a decline in the number of farms. Michigan nonetheless ranks in the
midrange nationally in agricultural output, with most production concentrated
in the southern half of the Lower Peninsula. A significant fruit-growing
belt is located in the west along Lake Michigan, and the thumb region
is a leading producer of beans and sugar beets. Michigan is a national
leader in the production of tart cherries, cucumbers, dry beans, and blueberries.
Other major crops grown include apples, carrots, celery, corn, wheat,
soybeans, potatoes, hay, and table vegetables. Dairy and beef cattle,
hogs, and laying chickens lead livestock production. Mint, red cloverseed,
bedding flowers, and grapes for wine are specialty crops.
Forestry and Fishing
Michigan's commercial timberlands cover 7 million ha (17.3 million acres)
and are among the largest in the nation. The dollar value of the state's
fisheries industry did not vary greatly after the opening of the St. Lawrence
Seaway in 1959, although the size (in pounds) of the commercial fish harvest
has declined considerably. Since the opening of the Seaway, sea lamprey
have been reduced and salmon have been introduced to help control alewife
(a species of herring) and to create a sport-fishing industry in the state.
Mining
Mining roughly matches agriculture in economic importance in Michigan.
The most valuable minerals are petroleum, iron ore, and natural gas. Fuels
are tapped in the Lower Peninsula, and metallic ores mined in the Upper
Peninsula. Michigan is a leading producer of iron ore. Nonmetallic resources
such as limestone, natural salines, sand, and gravel contribute importantly
to mining revenue. Michigan no longer leads the nation in copper production,
but the remaining low-grade deposits may be the largest in the nation.
A little gold is mined. The state is the leading producer of peat in the
United States.
Manufacturing and Energy
Approximately one-third of Michigan's industrial workers produce transportation
equipment, including cars, trucks, and tractors. Motor vehicles are manufactured
in Dearborn, Flint, Lansing, and Pontiac, as well as the Detroit metropolitan
area. Parts manufacturing and auto-related research are provided mostly
at Kalamazoo, _Jackson, Saginaw, and Grand Rapids. Michigan is also an
important producer of nonelectric machinery, fabricated metal products,
and primary metals. Other leading industries are cereal and food processing,
especially in Battle Creek, chemicals and drug production, centered in
Midland, furniture manufacturing in Muskegon and Grand Rapids, and home-cleaning
products in Ada, near Grand Rapids.
Until the late 19th century wind, sun, native wood, and coal met the state's
basic energy needs. In 1886, Michigan's first petroleum well was drilled
near Port Huron, and natural gas was tapped in 1927. Although new fields
have continued to be productive, they are grossly inadequate for the state's
needs. Michigan's power is generated largely by plants using coal, oil,
or gas. There are also nuclear-powered energy installations and a few
hydroelectric plants, notably the pump- storage plant at Ludington.
Tourism
Tourism, professional sports, and other leisure-time activities are linked
to numerous businesses that employ many thousands of people. Out-of-state
visitors are attracted by Michigan's plentiful outdoor recreation opportunities;
water resources, including the Great Lakes and the thousands of inland
lakes and streams, are particularly appealing for sports and nature enthusiasts.
Golf and skiing are also popular.
Transportation
In 1909 the world's first paved concrete road was laid in Detroit. Today
the transportation network consists of an extensive road and freeway system
with few railroads. Michigan and Canada are linked by bridges at Detroit,
Port Huron, and Sault Sainte Marie. The Mackinac Bridge, linking the Upper
and Lower Peninsulas and completed in 1957, was the world's longest suspension
bridge when constructed and has a main span of 1,158 m (3,800 ft). Tunnels
for railroad and auto use are located at Detroit and Port Huron. Detroit
and several other cities have port facilities for ocean vessels, and freighters
are used on the Great Lakes for the transport of bulk commodities. The
Zilwaukee Bridge (Interstate 75) over the Saginaw River is the world's
longest of slip-concrete form construction.
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
Michigan has been governed by constitutions of 1835, 1850, 1908, and currently
1964 as amended. The chief officer, the governor, is teamed with a lieutenant
governor; they are elected to 4-year terms of office. Michigan's bicameral
legislature is composed of a Senate, whose 38 members serve 4- year terms,
and a House of Representatives, whose 110 members are elected every 2
years. Local government comprises 83 counties, which are divided into
townships as well as incorporated villages and cities. In 1968, 14 planning
and development regions were established to facilitate administration
of local, state, and federal cooperative programs. Public schools (K-12)
are administered by about 560 consolidated local district citizen boards.
Whether the Republican party was established in 1854 at Jackson, Mich.,
"under the oaks," or at Ripon, Wis., may never be settled. Nevertheless,
up to 1932 the state was a "citadel of Republicanism." Since then, neither
major party has dominated state politics. After World War II, however,
the Democratic party increased its influence significantly. In 1974, Gerald
R. Ford, a Republican Congressman from Grand Rapids (served 1948-73),
became the 38th President of the United States.
HISTORY
Pre-European Settlement
Material from the oldest dated archaeological site in Michigan suggests
that Paleo-Indian hunters inhabited the area north of Detroit about 11,000
years ago. After 500 BC the Hopewellian Mound Builders moved into the
state and brought with them a rich culture, long-distance trade, and the
burial cult for which they are named. Subsequently the state was inhabited
by three Algonquian/Anishnabeg tribes: the Ojibwa, a fishing culture centered
in the eastern Upper Peninsula; the Ottawa, "the traders" located in the
western Lower Peninsula; and the Potawatomi, found in the southwest. The
Wyandot (Huron), an Iroquoian-speaking tribe, were formerly concentrated
in the southeast.
Colonial Period
The first European to explore the area that is present-day Michigan was
Etienne Brule, who visited the Upper Peninsula about 1620. In 1668, Father
Jacques Marquette founded the first permanent settlement, Sault Sainte
Marie. Throughout this early period fur trading with the Indians dominated
the activities of the Euro-Americans; missionary efforts were also prevalent.
Forts Michilimackinac (1715) and later Mackinac (1780; both now reconstructed)
became renowned as the center of fur trade. In 1701, Antoine de la Mothe
Cadillac established Fort Ponchartrain, which subsequently came to control
the fur trade in the Lower Peninsula. In 1760, near the end of the French
and Indian War between the British and French, the British gained control
of the area and governed it until 1796. During this period the British
built Fort Lernoult (1779) at Detroit and Fort Mackinac (1780), neither
of which American forces were powerful enough to seize during the Revolution.
In hope of controlling part of the Great Lakes region, the Spanish entered
the Lower Peninsula briefly in 1781.
The American Pioneer Period
In 1787 the area became part of the Northwest Territory; subsequently
fighting broke out between Indians in the area (with British support)
and the United States. After the victory of Gen. Anthony Wayne at Fallen
Timbers (1794), Indian resistance was broken, and the British peacefully
relinquished (1796) Detroit and Fort Mackinac under the terms of Jay's
Treaty. Michigan Territory was established in 1805. During the War of
1812, Michigan was temporarily lost to the British.
Michigan's pioneer land boom came in the 1830s and 1840s. It was spurred
by the completion of the Erie Canal (1825), road building, and the spread
of favorable reports concerning the agricultural quality of the land.
In 1835, Michigan residents ratified a constitution for statehood. Admission
to the Union, however, was delayed because of a border dispute with Ohio
over control of Toledo. The dispute was resolved by awarding Toledo to
Ohio and part of the Upper Peninsula to Michigan, which received statehood
on Jan. 26, 1837. The mining boom in the Upper Peninsula began in the
mid-1840s with the modern-era discovery of copper and iron ore (Indians
had previously known of them). The demand for lumber in the Midwest and
Plains laid the foundation for Michigan's nation-leading logging boom
during the last half of the 19th century. The state's virgin forests were
depleted because cutting rates were astonishingly high in comparison to
present-day harvests. In the 1870s loggers cleared about 13,400 ha (33,000
acres) yearly, and they doubled that rate in the peak years of the 1890s.
During the Civil War and later years, Michigan farms became known for
the production of wheat, potatoes, hops, and sheep.
Industrial Development
During the Civil War, 23 percent of the state's male population (more
than 90,000 persons) fought, and almost 14,000 died. Because of the wartime
labor shortages and the trend to create labor-saving devices, the innovative
foundation was laid for the evolution of the automobile industry. As early
as 1886, R. E. Olds drove a steam car in Lansing. Henry Ford (see Ford,
family ) established his company in 1903. The assembly-line production
of about 15 million low-cost Model T cars between 1908 and 1927, coupled
with Ford's $5-per-day minimum-wage policy set in 1914 (considered a high
wage at the time), revolutionized Michigan's economy. In 1926 the General
Motors Corporation sales reached a billion dollars, a milestone in its
progress toward becoming (for many years) the world's largest corporation.
The Depression of the 1930s led to statewide economic hardship and also
a labor-relations crisis of lasting magnitude. In 1935 the United Auto
Workers union (UAW) was formed. Between 1935 and 1941, in a series of
violent strikes involving the major automobile plants, the UAW won the
right to negotiate company- wide labor contracts. With the outbreak of
World War II, automobile production was halted and the plants were rapidly
converted for war production. Michigan received more wartime defense contracts
than any other state and produced a diversity of motor-related armaments
as well as guns, artillery, and ammunition. The Willow Run B-24 Bomber
Plant employed 42,000 persons and produced 8,685 aircraft, more than any
other plant in the nation. Following World War II automobile production
began again and soon reached record levels. Employment in the motor vehicle
industry, however, dropped significantly after the Korean War, partly
because of automation and decentralization of the industry.
Throughout the 20th century black and white unskilled workers from the
South relocated in Detroit and other industrial cities. Blacks became
increasingly concentrated in the central cities while whites moved to
suburban areas. Although interracial riots had occurred in 1863 and 1943,
the worst instance of civil strife took place in Detroit in 1967 when
a riot resulted in dozens of deaths and huge property losses.
Revitalization and Prospects for the Future
Since the urban turmoil and women's equality movements of the 1960s, several
black and women leaders have gained political power, university presidencies,
and prominence in the arts. Mall projects in city centers have resulted
in uneven (modest) downtown revitalization, with most economic development
continuing at suburban sites. Urban sprawl and agricultural land loss
have continued.
The cities of Grand Rapids and Lansing have built thriving community colleges
in downtown renewal locations, coupled with civic-center complexes. Detroit,
in persistent attempts to revitalize, has constructed the riverfront Renaissance
Center, People Mover, Science Center, and the Joe Louis Arena, with other
projects continuing into the 1990s. Muskegon's innovative wastewater spray
irrigation system and numerous other local projects are helping to reduce
lake and stream contamination. Neutralizing hazardous sites, along with
recycling efforts, may provide a growth industry into the 21st century.
Somewhat curtailing economic development is Michigan's near- bottom state
rank in per-capita return of tax dollars as federal revenue spending in
the state. Michigan has moved to strengthen its share of the global economy
and has established trade offices on four continents; it ranks among the
top five states in export income. State automobile manufacturers are investing
with foreign motor-vehicle firms in joint projects.
Michigan maintains its tradition of support for socially responsible welfare
programs. Continuing important challenges include greater economic diversity
and the adaptation of the economy to a low-growth or stable population,
revitalization of the environment, expansion of the leisure-time segment
of the economy, the creation of innovative agricultural products, and
rebalancing the support of education within the total economy after the
severe cuts of the 1980s.
Richard A. Santer
Bibliography:
GENERAL: Federal Writer's Project, Michigan (1941; repr. 1981); Hathaway,
Richard J., ed., Michigan: Visions of Our Past (1989); Pyle, S. N., ed.,
Most Superior Land (1983); Santer, Richard A., Michigan: Heart of the
Great Lakes (1977).
ECONOMICS: Brazer, H. E., and Laren, D. S., eds., Michigan's Fiscal and
Economic Structure (1982); Fosler, R. S., The New Economic Role of American
States (1988); Sobotka, S. P., Profile of Michigan (1963).
GEOLOGY, GEOGRAPHY, AND ARCHAEOLOGY: DeLorme Map Company Staff, Michigan
Atlas and Gazetteer (1991); Dorr, John A., and Eschman, D. F., Geology
of Michigan (1970); Fitting, James E., The Archaeology of Michigan (1975);
Press, Charles, et al., Michigan Political Atlas (1984); Sommers, Lawrence,
Michigan: A Geography (1984).
HISTORY: Anderson, J. M., and Smith, I. A., eds., Ethnic Groups in Michigan
(1983); Bald, F. C., Michigan in Four Centuries rev. ed. (1961); Catton,
Bruce, Michigan (1976); Cleland, Charles E., A Brief History of Michigan
Indians (1975); Dunbar, Willis F., and May, George S., Michigan: A History
of the Wolverine State, 3d ed. (1995); Gilpin, Alec R., The Territory
of Michigan, 1805-1837 (1970); Great Pages of Michigan History from the
Detroit Free Press (1987); Hubbard, Bela, Memorials of a Half-Century
in Michigan and the Lake Region (1888; repr. 1978); Katzman, D. M., Before
the Ghetto: Black Detroit in the Nineteenth Century (1973); Kestenbaum,
J. L., ed., Making of Michigan Eighteen Twenty to Eighteen Sixty (1990);
May, George, Michigan (1987); Vander Hill, C. Warren, Settling the Great
Lakes Frontier (1970).
POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT: Babson, Steve, Working Detroit (1984); Carr,
Robert, The Government of Michigan rev. ed. (1967; repr. 1990); Lewis,
F. E., and McConnell, D. B., State and Local Government of Michigan, 9th
ed., rev. (1984); Stollman, G. H., Michigan (1978); Weeks, George, Stewards
of the State (1987).
(c) 1996 Grolier, Inc.
The subject of relocating,
or relocation can be intimidating to some folks who have to move for one
reason or another. A large relocation company, when relocating a family
can not always give the kind of personal relocating services that we can.
We hope that when searching for us with a search engine you use some of
the following keywords: estate, real estate, home, homes, house,
housing, realtor, escrow, mortgage, finance, financing, refinance, refinancing,
for sale, property, properties, mover, movers, relocation, relocate, marketing,
advertising, appraisal, Arizona, Arkansas, California, New York,
Florida, District of Columbia, Illinois, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado,
Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon,
Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota,
Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia,
Wisconsin, Wyoming. If you are reading this, thanks for coming.
Moving to/arizona alabama arkansas california colorado connecticut delaware district of columbia florida georgia idaho illinois
indiana iowa kansas kentucky louisiana maine maryland massachusetts michigan minnesota mississippi missouri montana nebraska nevada new hampshire new jersey new mexico new york north carolina north dakota ohio oklahoma oregon pennsylvania Rhode Island South carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah
Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming.
|