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Detroit is a town in Lamar County, Alabama, United States.It was incorporated in 1955. [3] At the 2010 census the population was 237, down from 247 in 2000. The prior name of the town was Millville due to the many mills built in the late 1800s.
The Detroit News is one of the two major newspapers in the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan. The paper began in 1873, when it rented space in the rival Detroit Free Press 's building. The News absorbed the Detroit Tribune on February 1, 1919, the Detroit Journal on July 21, 1922, and on November 7, 1960, it bought and closed the faltering Detroit ...
The Detroit Automobile Company (DAC) was an early American automobile manufacturer founded on August 5, 1899, in Detroit, Michigan. [1] It was the first venture of its kind in Detroit. [ 2 ] Automotive mechanic Henry Ford attracted the financial backing of twelve investors; Detroit Mayor William Maybury , William H. Murphy and others.
The Detroit Free Press (commonly referred to as the Freep) is a major daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, United States.It is the largest local newspaper owned by Gannett (the publisher of USA Today), and is operated by the Detroit Media Partnership under a joint operating agreement with The Detroit News, its historical rival.
Briggs Detroit plants (supplying Ford) were the centers of strike action by United Auto Workers in 1933 and 1937 where UAW was successful. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Other well-known brands that fitted Briggs' bodies were: Lincoln, Chrysler, Packard , Hudson, Pierce Arrow, Tucker, and Marmon [ 1 ]
DTE's earliest direct corporate ancestor, the Edison Illuminating Company of Detroit, was founded in 1886. By the turn of the century, it split responsibility for commercial electric power in the fast-growing city of Detroit with the Peninsular Electric Light Company; the latter company controlled the city's electric distribution network.
Gilbert was born to a Jewish [4] [5] family in Detroit, Michigan. [6] He grew up in Southfield, Michigan, where he attended Southfield-Lathrup High School. [7] He earned his bachelor's degree from Michigan State University and a Juris Doctor from Wayne State University Law School, and he is a member of the State Bar of Michigan. [8]
University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-4720-3092-7. Fisher, Dale (2003). Building Michigan: A Tribute to Michigan's Construction Industry. Grass Lake, Mich: Eyry of the Eagle Publishing. ISBN 978-1-8911-4324-3. Hill, Eric J.; John Gallagher (2002). AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture.