Interesting Facts about Michigan

• Chief Black Hawk passed through Detroit after the Black Hawk War, and the whole city turned out to see the well-dressed leader in a Fourth of July celebration.
• Michigan history took a peculiar turn when Mormon leader James Strang proclaimed himself King of Beaver Island. He was assassinated in 1856, and mainland forces took over the Mormon properties.
• Disguised as a man, Sarah Emma Edmonds fought through four major Civil War campaigns before her identity was discovered.
• Michigan's shoreline of 3,177 miles is second only to that of Alaska.
• Ann Arbor's name came from the habit of two wives named Ann chatting under a grape arbor. Their husbands named the town for them.