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Known as Mr. Hockey, Gordie Howe scored his first professional goal in his 1946 National Hockey League debut. Howe established the most records by any athlete in any sport, including 2,589 career points, 1,071 goals and 29 all-star appearances. He…
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Eero Saarinen grew up in Finland and the United States surrounded by art and design. He taught design at Cranbrook Academy of Art and worked in his father's architectural firm. His independent artistic vision was first revealed in the simple, dram…
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Chemical pioneer H.H. Dow developed new processes for extracting bromine, chlorine, calcium, magnesium and sodium compounds from Midland's underground deposits of brine (salt water). During World War I, Dow's company replaced Germany as a supplier…
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Fannie Richards helped initiate the fight for educational equality that led to a landmark 1869 Michigan Supreme Court decision abolishing segregation in the Detroit public schools. She began her 50-year teaching career as a Detroit teacher in 1865…
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In December 1877 twenty-four county sheriffs met in Lansing and formed the Michigan State Sheriffs Association—committed to devising ways and means for assisting each other in the detention, arrest and conviction of criminals. In 1893 the gr…
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George E. PalmerGeorge E. Palmer (1862 - 1944) served Lansing as a truant officer, police officer and superintendent of buildings for the Lansing Public Schools. Beginning in 1900 as a truant officer, Palmer worked with students who were not atten…
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Following Flint's example, Lansing Amalgamated United Auto Workers Local 182 concluded a successful sit-down strike at Reo in April 1937. A subsequent effort to organize Capital City Wrecking Company resulted in the firing of workers, picket lines…
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Ransom Eli OldsBorn in Geneva, Ohio, Ransom E. Olds came to Lansing in 1880. He worked in his father's machine and repair shop, where he experimented with small steam engines. In 1887, Olds drove for a distance of one block, Lansing's first automo…
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Upon its completion in 1931, the Capital Bank Tower was hailed by newspapers as the tallest building in the state beyond Detroit. Industrialist and Capital Bank president Ranson E. Olds commissioned the three hundred-foot skyscraper, which housed …
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Daniel's career took off when he won a 1982 OBIE Award for his performance in the one-man Off-Broadway play "Johnny Got His Gun," Known for his varied movie roles, he is also a director, playwright and entrepreneur.
Remaining Michigan b…