Indiana

There are 24 Indiana state parks, nine man-made reservoirs and hundreds of lakes in the state. Detroit has several sister cities, including. Many other astronauts, including Neil Armstrong and Gene Cernan, were graduates of Purdue University in West Lafayette ([1] (http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/history/space_program/hoosier_astronauts.html)). Neil Armstrong's Purdue class ring may be the only such object that has ever traveled to the moon and back. For a more extensive list see People from Detroit. Indiana is the home state of a disproportionately large number of Astronauts, including such notables as "Gus" Grissom, and Frank Borman. Detroit has been home to luminaries from virtually every major sport, including boxing Joe Louis, baseball (Ty Cobb and Al Kaline of the Detroit Tigers), hockey (Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings), basketball Isiah Thomas of the Pistons) and football (Barry Sanders of the Lions). Counties would remain under their current time zones, but the bill also asks the federal Department of Transportation, which has jurisdiction over time zones, to reconsider whether more counties should switch to the Central zone. Durant and the Dodge Brothers.

On April 28, 2005, the state legislature voted 51-46 for the entire state to observe daylight saving time starting April, 2006. The auto industry has spawned its own cast of significant names, particularly such pioneers as Henry Ford, William C. More recently, support has begun to grow for returning Indiana to the Central time zone with Central time zone DST, but this has not been popular enough to implement. Artists such as Eminem and Aaliyah are among the celebrities who have kept the musical pipeline flowing. In the past several years, there have been attempts to place the entirety of Indiana in the Eastern time zone, with Eastern DST, but these have proved impossible to implement. Detroit's rich musical heritage has produced a vast roster of hit makers, from R&B artists such as Smokey Robinson and Aretha Franklin to rockers such as Bob Seger and Ted Nugent. Eventually, a long-fought battle in the Indiana state legislature led to the current compromise. Detroit also has a light rail system known as the People Mover, providing a 2.9 mile loop in the downtown area. Although it has faced massive criticism for its lack of punctual service and high cost, the People Mover continues to operate daily.

However, many parts of the state stayed on Central DST the entire year. In recent years the Southeast Michigan Transportation Authority has been established with the goal of expanding and integrating the transit systems located in the Detroit Metro area. When DST was formally adopted, Indiana was in the Central time zone. Service in the suburbs is provided by Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART). The history of this unique arrangement is fairly convoluted. Transit services in the City of Detroit are provided by the Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT), they provide an extensive, if not erratic, bus service throughout the city and very near suburbs. Several counties in the northwestern corner of Indiana, near Chicago, and several counties in the southwestern corner of Indiana are in the Central time zone and remain subject to daylight saving time. Also the city has two international border crossings, the Ambassador Bridge and the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, both linking Detroit to Windsor, Ontario on the Canadian side by crossing the Detroit River.

The area that is within the Eastern time zone is legally exempt from daylight saving time; some counties within this area, particularly Floyd, Clark, and Harrison counties near Louisville, Kentucky, and Ohio and Dearborn counties near Cincinnati, Ohio, observe daylight saving time unofficially and illegally by local custom. Detroit is the crossroads for six major Interstate Highways, including I-75, I-94, I-96, I-696, I-275, and I-375. Most of Indiana has historically exempted itself from the observation of daylight saving time (DST). Because of its gateway between the United States and Canada and its major industrial status — along with its major highways, rail connections and international airport — Detroit has been an important transportation hub. The three largest Protestant denominations in Indiana are: Baptist (17% of the total state population), Methodist (10%), Lutheran (5%). Comerica Park will host the 2005 MLB All Star Game in July 2005, and Ford Field will host Super Bowl XL in February 5, 2006. Indiana's percentage composition by religious affiliation is as follows:. CART continued downtown until 1992, when the race was moved to another temporary course on Belle Isle where the race remained through 2001.

Indiana is home to a significant proportion of Mennonite and Amish Christians. Detroit was also the former home of a round of the Formula One World Championship, holding a race on the streets of downtown Detroit from 1982 until 1987, after which the sanction moved from Formula One to Indycars. The Catholic presence is perhaps better known than its size would imply due to the existence of the University of Notre Dame in the state. It is the world's only cross-national marathon. Religiously, Indiana is predominantly Protestant, although there is also a moderate-sized Roman Catholic population. Detroit is home to the Detroit International Marathon, which crosses the border into Canada via the Ambassador Bridge and returns to the United States through the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel. The five largest ancestries in the state are: German (22.7%), American (12%), Irish (10.8%), English (8.9%), African American (8.4%). A world record was set on December 13, 2003, when the largest crowd in basketball history — 78,129 — packed Ford Field to watch the University of Kentucky defeat Michigan State University, 79–74.

Racially, the state is:. In college sports, the University of Detroit Mercy has a NCAA Division I program, and Wayne State University has both NCAA Division I and II programs. Its largest city and capital is Indianapolis, where the nation's most famous auto race, the Indianapolis 500, is held each year. A Red Wings marketing campaign in the late 1990s launched the nickname Hockeytown, a city moniker subsequently embraced by local fans and national media. Indiana is a state of mostly small towns and midsize cities. Detroit is perhaps the most fervent hockey hotbed in the United States. As of 2003, the population of Indiana was 6,195,643. Like many industrial cities, Detroit is known for its avid fans, particularly in such blue-collar sports as football (Detroit Lions) and hockey (Detroit Red Wings).

Like most Great Lakes states Indiana has small to medium operating petroleum fields; the principal location of these today is in extreme southwest Indiana in an area somewhat confusingly called the " Illinois Field"". There are three active major sports venues in the city: Comerica Park for baseball, Ford Field for football and Joe Louis Arena for ice hockey. One of the many public buildings faced with this stone is The Pentagon, and after the attack of September 11, 2001, a special effort was made by the mining industry of Indiana to replace those damaged walls with as nearly identical type and cut of material as the original facing. There are also large coal mines in the southern portion of the state. cities with teams from four major sports.). In mining Indiana is probably best known for its decorative limestone fron the southern, hilly portion of the state. All but one play within the city of Detroit (basketball's Detroit Pistons play in suburban Auburn Hills). (See also: U.S. ( Source for basic manufacturing facts in the above two paragraphs is generally McCoy and McNamara, "Manufacturers in Indiana", Purdue University Center for Rural Development, Research Paper 19, July 1998 ). Detroit is home to professional teams representing the four major sports in North America.

In other words, firms often see in Indiana a chance to obtain higher than average skills at lower than average wages for those skills, which often makes location in the state desirable. Once the home of the University of Michigan, which was founded in Detroit in 1817 then later moved to Ann Arbor in 1837, Detroit has several universities and colleges within its borders, including:. This makes it possible for firms to offer, and labor accept, somewhat lower wages for these skills than would normally be paid. In 2004, following numerous scandals and legal decisions, a court-ordered reorganization of the Detroit Police Department was underway with supervision of the FBI. Second, Indiana's labor force is located primarily in medium-sized and smaller cities rather than in very large and expensive metropolises. He has also been criticised for his lack in improving the city. First, much of the heavy manufacturing, such as industrial machinery and steel, requires highly skilled labor, and firms are often willing to locate where hard-to-train skills already exist. Since taking office, however, the mayor and his administration have found themselves dogged by ongoing accusations of scandal and impropriety. Detroit's major media have relentlessly pursued the stories, including reports of wild parties involving strippers at the mayoral mansion [3] (http://www.freep.com/news/locway/probe15_20030515.htm), though the mayor has strongly denied accusations of wrongdoing.

The explanation appears to be certain factors in the labor market. Widely considered a hot rising political star when he won election in 2001, Democratic Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been dubbed "America's hip-hop mayor" because of his fond appreciation for black youth culture. However, Indiana has been much less hit by declines in traditional Rust Belt manufactures than many of its neighbors. No Republican has been elected mayor of Detroit in the past 40 years. Like most interior states, Indiana is poorly located with respect to emerging coastal markets and new overseas sources of raw materials for manufacturing. Democratic Party. Surprisingly, in view of the large agricultural sector, comparatively little food processing occurs in the state. As with most large urban centers in the United States, Detroit consistently supports the U.S.

In addition, Indiana has the international headquarters of the Eli Lilly and the US headquarters of the Roche pharmaceutical companies. See also List of mayors of Detroit, Michigan. Indiana's other manufactures include electrical equipment, transportation equipment, chemical products, rubber, petroleum and coal products, and factory machinery. The current mayor is Kwame Kilpatrick. The Calumet region of northwest Indiana is the largest steel producing area in the USA, and this activity also requires that very large amounts of electric power be generated. Municipal elections are held every year congruent to 1 modulo 4 (e.g., 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, ...). In the state industry tends to be concentrated in its northern half. The city is run by the mayor and a nine member city council, elected at large on a nonpartisan ballot.

A high percentage of Indiana's GDP comes from manufacturing, and much of this activity is heavy manufacturing. Instead of just locking criminals behind prison bars, Detroit is beginning to realize that community ties, dealing with poverty and educating the youth are the most effective methods of prevention. Many isolated parcels of woodland remain, and much of the southern, hilly portion is heavily forested ( a condition which supports a local furniture-making sector in that part of the state). Despite its high crime rates, the local communities and the government are working together to curb the street crimes and are working into the local neighborhoods to provide better housing and economic conditions. It should be remembered that while the state is in the Corn Belt, the original land was not prairie and had to be cleared of deciduous trees. Most of the suburbs mentioned are predominantly white and have contrasting demographics. Specialty crops include melons ( southern Wabash Valley), tomatoes (concentrated in central Indiana), grapes, and mint ( Source: USDA crop profiles). They include Farmington Hills, Troy, and Sterling Heights.

The state's nearness to large urban centers, such as Chicago also assures that much dairying, egg production, and specialty horticulture occur. Sharply contrasting the dangerous streets of Detroit, many of the suburbs to the north of 8 Mile Road in Oakland and Macomb counties are among the 25 safest cities in the United States with a population of 75,000 or above. Soybeans are also a major cash crop. The various street gangs which patrol the streets have caused much of the violence and crime. Indiana is located well within the Corn Belt, and the state's agricultural methods and principal farm outputs reflect this: a feedlot-style system raising corn, to fatten hogs and cattle. Major crimes in Detroit include burglary, theft, carjacking, robbery, rape, assault, and homicide. Indiana's Per Capita Income was $28,783 as of 2003. Many of these problems can be blamed on the widespread urban decay, poverty, de facto segregation of African Americans, and unemployment that has struck Detroit.

The total gross state product in 2003 was $214 billion. Listed as the second most dangerous city by the Morgan Quitno Corporation's statistics [2] (http://www.morganquitno.com/) (after Camden, New Jersey), Detroit has been one of the most crime-ridden cities in the United States. See also: List of Indiana counties, Watersheds of Indiana. City has looming budget deficit estimated at $214 to $400 million, and default or rising of taxes is expected. The 475 mile long Wabash River bisects the state from northeast to southwest and has given Indiana two themesongs, the state song On the Banks of the Wabash as well as The Wabash Cannonball. In addition to property tax, the city levies an income tax of 2.65% on residents, 1.325% on non-residents, and 1.6% on corporations. Indiana is one of the Great Lakes states. Other major industries include advertising, computer software and casino gambling.

Indiana is bounded on the north by Lake Michigan and the state of Michigan, on the east by Ohio, on the south by Kentucky with which it shares the Ohio River as a border, and on the west by Illinois. Metro Detroit is also home to the national pizza chains Domino's and Little Caesars. See: List of Indiana Governors, Indiana General Assembly. Including the Big Three, there are 17 Fortune 500 companies headquartered in metro Detroit, including Kmart Corporation, Borders Books and Music, Comerica Inc., Federal-Mogul, Kelly Services and Lear Corporation. Lugar (Republican). According to one saying, "When the auto industry hiccups, Detroit coughs, and when the auto industry catches a cold, Detroit gets pneumonia.". Evans "Evan" Bayh III (Democrat) and Richard G. But there's a flip side to the automotive dominance: Because of its almost singular dependence on the auto industry, Detroit is more acutely vulnerable to economic cycles than most large cities.

senators are B. It is not uncommon in Detroit to hear radio ads or to spy billboards in which multimillion-dollar auto corporations make insider sales pitches to one another. The state's U.S. Detroit and its suburbs constitute a manufacturing powerhouse, most notably as home to the American automobile industry and the Big Three auto companies. General Motors is based in Detroit, Ford Motor Company in nearby Dearborn, and one of the two world headquarters for DaimlerChrysler in Auburn Hills (the other is in Stuttgart, Germany). Dotting the Detroit landscape are countless offices and plants in the automotive support business: parts, supplies, electronics, and design. The current governor of Indiana is Mitch Daniels, whose campaign slogan was "My Man Mitch," elected on November 2, 2004. In 2004, Men's Fitness magazine named Detroit the fattest city in the U.S. The area was claimed for New France in the 17th century, handed over to the Kingdom of Great Britain as part of the settlement at the end of the French and Indian War, given to the United States after the American Revolution, soon after which it became part of the Northwest Territory, then the Indiana Territory, and joined the Union in 1816 as the 19th state. Out of the total population, 34.5% of those under the age of 18 and 18.6% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.

The specific Native American tribes that inhabited this territory at that time were primarily the Miami and the Shawnee. 26.1% of the population and 21.7% of families are below the poverty line. 100-400CE). It was part of the Mississippian culture from roughly 1000CE up to the conventional end of Mississippian dating ("contact with Europeans"). The per capita income for the city is $14,717. The area of Indiana has been settled since before the development of the Hopewell culture (ca. Males have a median income of $33,381 versus $26,749 for females. USS Indiana was named in honor of this state. The median income for a household in the city is $29,526, and the median income for a family is $33,853.

A resident of Indiana is called a Hoosier and it is also the mascot for Indiana University, located in Bloomington, in southern Indiana. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 83.5 males. postal abbreviation for the state is IN. For every 100 females there are 89.1 males. The U.S. The median age is 31 years. Its capital is Indianapolis. In the city the population is spread out with 31.1% under the age of 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 10.4% who are 65 years of age or older.

Indiana, meaning the "Land of the Indians", is a state of the United States. The average household size is 2.77 and the average family size is 3.45. State tree: Tulip tree. 29.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 9.2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. State stone: Salem limestone. There are 336,428 households out of which 33.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 26.7% are married couples living together, 31.6% have a female householder with no husband present, and 35.1% are non-families. State river: Wabash. 4.96% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

State poem: Indiana (http://www.in.gov/sic/about/emblems/state_poem.html), by Arthur Franklin Mapes. The racial makeup of the city is 81.55% Black or African American, 12.26% White, 0.33% Native American, 0.97% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 2.54% from other races, and 2.32% from two or more races. State motto: "The Crossroads of America". There are 375,096 housing units at an average density of 2,703.0/mi² (1,043.6/km²). State flower: Peony. The population density is 6,855.1/mi² (2,646.7/km²). State bird: Cardinal. As of the census² of 2000, there are 951,270 people, 336,428 households, and 218,341 families residing in the city.

Non-Religious – 8%. Some of the Current and historic neighborhoods in Detroit include: Black Bottom, Brush Park, Corktown, Chaldean Town, Cultural Center, Del Ray, East English Village, Eastern Market, Greektown, Indian Village, Mexicantown, New Center, Old Redford, Palmer Woods, Poletown, Rosedale Park, Springwells, and Warrendale. Other Religions – 1%. 100,545) has been described in news reports as "the whitest American city" as the 2000 census revealed that 97 percent of its population identified themselves as white. Other Christian – 1%. Detroit is more than four-fifths African-American, while nearby Livonia (pop. Roman Catholic – 20%. On the east side, the aptly (although unintentionally) named Alter Road separates Detroit from affluent Grosse Pointe.

Protestant – 67%. While less prevalent than in the 1970s and 1980s, perceptions of racial segregation continue to provoke criticism and soul-searching in the Detroit area. 8 Mile Road, the boundary between the city and suburban Oakland and Macomb counties, is more than a line on a map; it is often held up by politicians and sociologists as a symbolic dividing wall between blacks and whites. 1.2% Mixed race. The Michigan Chronicle, the state's largest black-owned newspaper, is based in Detroit. 0.3% American Indian. Other communities with large black populations include Southfield, Pontiac and Oak Park, which are all north of the former segregation boundary 8 Mile Road. 1% Asian. About three-fourths of them live within the city limits.

3.5% Hispanic. African Americans are a major racial group in the area, numbering more than 1 million. 8.4% Black. The southwest side of the city contains a large Mexican American community, while significant populations of Chinese, Indian, Korean and Filipino ancestry are found in Oakland County, notably in Troy. 85.8% White. Recently, the area has witnessed the growth of Asian American and Hispanic communities. Detroit is also home to large Chaldean and Arab American populations, and suburban Dearborn is home to the country's largest concentration of Arab Americans.

Detroit's ethnic communities are largely the descendants of those Poles, Irish, Italians and Greeks who made their way to the city during its early 20th-century industrial boom. Traces of the Southern accent can still be heard in these areas, mingling with the more nasal Midwest accent to create a distinctive pattern of speech. Metro Detroit residents with Southern origin possibly comprise a majority of the region's population; they most certainly do in suburban sectors such as Downriver, where newcomers established communities upon their arrival. Detroit's population increased more than sixfold during the first half of the 20th century, thanks largely to a massive influx of Southern migrants—both white and black—who came to the area for the burgeoning automobile industry jobs.

Throughout the city, French colonial influence is found prominently in place names (Gratiot Ave., Beaubien St., Cadieux Rd., Chene Park), though only a small percentage of area residents are descended from 18th-century French settlers. In 2003, the three-day number was 117. 29–31 period, according to city officials, representing a 30 percent decline in total fires and a 41 percent decline in suspicious fires. The Angel's Night campaign, launched in the late 1990s, draws thousands of volunteers to patrol the streets during Halloween week. The effort has largely squelched Devil's Night arson: In 2002, there were just 110 fires during the Oct.

The city faced hundreds of arsons, often in the city's many abandoned homes, each year on Devil's Night, the evening before Halloween. For a more extensive list, see: Detroit in the movies. Detroit is a setting and/or filming location for several Hollywood feature films including as well as some television series:. Detroit (and its suburbs) is the setting for a number of novels and short story collections, including:.

Information on the Nain Rouge and other Detroit oddities has been compiled at the Web site Mythic Detroit (http://www.davidaspitzley.org/MythicDetroit). Detroit is said to be home to the Nain Rouge, the red dwarf who is said to attack people and bring bad luck to the city. The nearby city of Hamtramck is noted for its pączkis. On the festival of Fat Tuesday (also known as Pączki Day, though traditionally celebrated by Poles on Fat Thursday), occurring on the last Tuesday before Lent, many metro Detroiters join in the festivity by indulging in jelly-filled donuts called pączkis.

Founded in 1907 by two Russian immigrant brothers in Detroit, Faygo soda remains a Detroit tradition, and is sold internationally. The sculpture, commissioned by Sports Illustrated magazine and executed by Robert Graham, is a 24-foot-long arm with a fisted hand suspended by a 24-foot-high pyramidal framework. A memorial to Joe Louis at the intersection of Jefferson and Woodward Avenues was dedicated on October 16, 1986. Other cultural centers include the Motown Historical Museum, Detroit Historical Museum, Museum of African American History, Detroit Science Center, Tuskegee Airmen Museum, Historic Fort Wayne, Dossin Great Lakes Museum and the Belle Isle Conservatory.

Other city recreational facilities include municipal golf courses (William Rogell, Rouge, Belle Isle, Palmer Park), Northwest Activities Center, Detroit Zoo and the Belle Isle Aquarium (though unfortunately, the Belle Isle Aquarium and Zoo are closed as of April 2005, though there is a movement to reopen them). Major parks include Belle Isle, Palmer Park, River Rouge Park, Chene Park and Campus Martius Park. Major theaters include the Fox Theatre, Masonic Temple Theatre, Fisher Theatre, State Theatre, Music Hall, and the Detroit Repertory Theatre. The city is home to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Detroit Opera House.

The Detroit Institute of Arts houses what is considered to be one of the most prominent American collections outside New York City, and features showcase pieces by Diego Rivera, Picasso and Van Gogh along with such hometown artists as Charles McGee. Detroit is also considered the birthplace of techno music, and hosts a large electronic music festival in Hart Plaza each Spring. In recent years, Detroit has assumed a kind of gritty, hip cachet around the world, thanks largely to such modern ambassadors as the White Stripes, Eminem, the Electric Six, and Kid Rock. Notable 1970s and 1980s rock music performers hailing from the Detroit area include the Stooges, the MC5, and the Romantics.

The city is also regarded as the quintessential Rock 'n Roll town, due to its receptive and enthusiastic rock music audiences. until 1972, was home to some of the most popular recording acts in the world, including Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, and Detroit area natives Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross & the Supremes, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, The Four Tops, and Martha Reeves & the Vandellas. The label, founded in Detroit by Berry Gordy, Jr., and housed at the "Hitsville U.S.A." building on West Grand Ave. One of the highlights of Detroit's musical history was the success of Motown Records during the 1960s and early 1970s.

Music has been the dominant feature of Detroit's nightlife since the late 1940s, and both city and suburbs teem with live music venues. Sister arena The Palace of Auburn Hills typically ranks in the top three, often ahead of such high-profile venues as New York's Madison Square Garden. 1 summer concert venue in the United States in both attendance and box office gross, according to Pollstar and Billboard magazines. In 2004, as in most previous years, DTE Energy Music Theater in nearby Clarkston, Michigan was the No.

Within the entertainment industry, Detroit is widely regarded as one the country's strongest markets—perhaps the strongest in per capita terms—particularly in live music and theater. Detroit is sometimes called Murda-Town or The D by locals, notably those within the hip-hop community. Detroit sits atop a large salt mine[1] (http://info.detnews.com/history/story/index.cfm?id=17&category=business).
. Also notice the three systems of roads: the oldest French roads running perpendicular to the river, radial roads from a Washington, D.C.-inspired system and true north-south roads from the Northwest Ordinance township system.

Clair (northernmost) and Lake Erie. In the satellite photograph [left], the two large bodies of water are Lake St. The total area is 2.92% water. 359.4 km² (138.8 mi²) of it is land and 10.8 km² (4.2 mi²) of it is water.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 370.2 km² (142.9 mi²). Detroit completely encircles the cities of Hamtramck and Highland Park. It lies north of Windsor, Ontario—Detroiters sometimes quip that Canada is "our neighbor to the south." Detroit features two public border crossings, the Ambassador Bridge and Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, with a railroad tunnel also connecting the two countries. Clair, in southeastern Michigan.

Detroit is located on the north bank of the Detroit River, between Lake Erie and Lake St. Many downtown centers draw partons and host activities; Greektown, Eastern Market and the Michigan State Fairgrounds and the new Campus Martius Park. Significant landmarks such as the Fox Theater and the Gem Theater have been restored and now host concerts, musicals and plays. The 2004 opening of the Compuware Center gave downtown Detroit its first significant new office building in a decade.

In 2000, Comerica Park replaced historic Tiger Stadium as the home of the Detroit Tigers—a move that brought some controversy—and Ford Field (2002) brought football's Detroit Lions back into Detroit from suburban Pontiac. In 1996 a state referendum paved the way for three Detroit casinos—MGM Detroit, Motor City Casino and Greektown Casino—with the goal of increasing tourism and stemming the flow of gambling dollars to nearby Windsor, Ontario. "Renaissance" has been a perennial buzzword among generations of city leaders, particularly during the construction and completion of the Renaissance Center, but it was not until the 1990s that Detroit enjoyed something of a bona fide revival, much of it centered downtown. Though those figures have decreased in recent years, the crime rate remains high.

During the latter half of the twentieth century, Detroit's crime figures were often among the highest in the country. Recent urban renewal efforts have led to the demolition or renovation of several abandoned skyscrapers and large buildings, the razing of old houses for new housing developments, and an expedited process to remove abandoned homes near schools. Large numbers of buildings and homes were abandoned, with many remaining for years in states of decay. The city's population has plummeted since 1950 as residents have moved to the suburbs, particularly following the 12th Street Riot in 1967.

Detroit has endured a painful decline during the past several decades, and is often held up as a symbol of Rust Belt urban blight. The labor activism established during those years, which brought fame and notoriety to hometown union leaders such as Jimmy Hoffa and Walter Reuther, remains a key feature on the city's cultural and political landscape. With the factories came high-profile labor strife, climaxing in the 1930s as the United Auto Workers initiated bitter battles with Detroit's auto manufacturers. Durant, the Dodge brothers and Louis Chevrolet, solidified Detroit's status as the world's car capital, and the blossoming industry spurred the city's spectacular growth during the first half of the 20th century.

Ford's manufacturing innovations as well as significant contributions from many other automotive pioneers such as William C. A thriving carriage trade set the stage for the work of Henry Ford, who in 1899 built his first automobile factory in Highland Park, an independent city within Detroit. The city grew steadily during the 1830s, and subsequent decades saw substantial growth in the shipping, shipbuilding and manufacturing industries. Situated strategically on a strait along the Great Lakes waterway, Detroit emerged as a key transportation center.

Detroit was incorporated as a city in 1815. William Henry Harrison in 1813. Though Detroit fell to the British for a short time during the War of 1812 (see: Battle of Detroit), it was recaptured by Gen. In 1796 Detroit and its surrounding areas passed to the United States, and from 1805 to 1847 the town was the territorial and state capitol of Michigan.

The British gained control of the area in 1760 and thwarted an Indian attack three years later during Pontiac's Rebellion. Clair and Erie. Originally the settlement was called Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit after the comte de Pontchartrain, minister of marine under Louis XIV and for the river that connects Lakes St. French officer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founded a fort and settlement at the site of Detroit in 1701.

"Detroit" is sometimes used as shorthand for the Metro Detroit region, which is also unofficially referred to as "Southeast Michigan." Residents are generally known as "Detroiters.". Detroit is the United States' 10th most populous city, with 951,000 residents in 2000, according to United States Census Bureau. The Interstate 75 corridor running through Oakland County has been nicknamed by civic leaders as Automation Alley. "River of the Strait" — and across from the Canadian city of Windsor, Ontario, the city is the seat of Wayne County and the center of a tri-county industrial zone (including Oakland and Macomb counties) that is among the most significant in the American Rust Belt.

Located along the Detroit River — French: Rivière du Détroit, i.e. Established in 1701 by French fur traders, today it is best known as the world's automotive center and an important music capital — legacies celebrated by the city's two familiar nicknames, Motor City and Motown.
Detroit (IPA: /dɪˈtʰɹɔɪt/; French: Détroit, pronounced /detʀwa/) is a city in Wayne County in the state of Michigan, in the Midwest region of the United States. Turin, Italy.

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Coleman A. Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County International Airport (DTW), the Detroit area's principal airport is located in nearby Romulus, Michigan and is a hub for Northwest Airlines and Spirit Airlines. 2006 MISL expansion franchise. Detroit Demolition, National Women's Football Association.

Detroit Shock, Women's National Basketball Association. Detroit Red Wings, National Hockey League. Detroit Pistons, NBA (although the name holds, the Pistons play in suburban Auburn Hills). Detroit Lions, National Football League.

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Lewis College of Business. Marygrove College. Wayne State University. University of Detroit Mercy.

Assult on Precinct 13 (2004). Home Improvement (TV) (1991-99). Tiger Town (TV) (1983). Scarecrow (1973).

RoboCop (1987) and sequels. Presumed Innocent (1990). Hoffa, (1992). The Crow (1994).

Beverly Hills Cop (1984). 8 Mile (2002). Harold Robbins, The Betsy 1971. Joyce Carol Oates, Them 1968.

Elmore Leonard, City Primeval: Detroit at High Noon 1980. Kienzle, The Rosary Murders 1979. William X. Arthur Hailey, Wheels 1971.

Jeffrey Eugenides, The Virgin Suicides 1993 and Middlesex 2002. Jim Ray Daniels, Detroit Tales 2003. Harriette Arnow, The Dollmaker 1954. America's Thanksgiving Parade (Thanksgiving).

Woodward Dream Cruise (August). Concert of Colors diverse music festival (Summer). Ford Detroit International Jazz Festival (September). Detroit Thunder Fest hydroplane race (July).

Comerica Tastefest (July). Windsor-Detroit International Freedom Festival (June–July). DEMF/Movement/Fuse-In electronic music festival (May). Downtown Hoedown country music festival (May).

North American International Auto Show (January).