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  2. Timeline of Detroit - Wikipedia

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    Ford was the first company to sign a contract with them, again showing the impact that the Ford Motor Company has had throughout Detroit's history. Detroit Tigers baseball team win 1935 World Series defeating the Chicago Cubs 4 games to 2. The season was their 35th since they entered the American League in 1901. It was the first World Series ...

  3. 1796 in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Timeline of United States history (1790–1819) ... The United States takes possession of Detroit from Great Britain under the terms ... 1794-1796. Pennsylvania ...

  4. Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit - Wikipedia

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    Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit or Fort Detroit (1701–1796) was a French and later British fortification established in 1701 on the north side of the Detroit River by Antoine Laumet de Lamothe Cadillac. A settlement based on the fur trade, farming and missionary work slowly developed in the area.

  5. Demographic history of Detroit - Wikipedia

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    Indeed, the 2020 U.S. census showed that the non-Hispanic white population of Detroit increased by 5,000 people between 2010 and 2020. Though this was a small amount relative to Detroit's overall population, it was the first measurable population growth in decades. [citation needed]

  6. History of Texas - Wikipedia

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    Indigenous people lived in what is now Texas more than 10,000 years ago, as evidenced by the discovery of the remains of prehistoric Leanderthal Lady.In 1519, the arrival of the first Spanish conquistadors in the region of North America now known as Texas found the region occupied by numerous Native American tribes.

  7. Ghost signs of Detroit: Faded ads reveal city’s forgotten ...

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    In 2015, former Detroit Free Press journalist Robert Allen took a deep dive into the history and significance of ghost signs, ultimately publishing his book "Fading Ads of Detroit" in 2018.

  8. How a young man from Glen Rose, Texas wound up saving Detroit ...

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    The idea of Daniel Campbell in 6-man football creates images of The Terminator walking amid strewn bodies on a field. Campbell could have attended nearby Meridian high school, which back then was ...

  9. History of Detroit - Wikipedia

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    Approximately 1,400,000 of the 1,600,000 white people in Detroit after World War II left the city for the suburbs. [184] Beginning in the 1980s, for the first time in its history, Detroit was a majority-black city. [185] This drastic racial demographic change resulted in more than a change in neighborhood appearance.