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Michigan's rich rich soil, mineral resources, timber, wildlife, as well as borders touching four of the five Great Lakes, attracted native tribes, the French, the British, and later Americans. | Michigan's rich rich soil, mineral resources, timber, wildlife, as well as borders touching four of the five Great Lakes, attracted native tribes, the French, the British, and later Americans. | ||
<ref>''Michigan Resources''. Ancestry Learning Center: Ancestry.com, 2016.[https://www.ancestrycdn.com/support/us/2016/11/michigan.pdf Michigan Resources]. </ref> | <ref>''Michigan Resources''. Ancestry Learning Center: Ancestry.com, 2016.[https://www.ancestrycdn.com/support/us/2016/11/michigan.pdf Michigan Resources]. </ref> | ||
Beginning about 1620, the French began exploring the area that became Michigan. In 1668, Jesuit missionary Père Jacques Marquette established the first permanent settlement of Europeans and named it Sault Ste. Marie. In 1671, Marquette also founded St. Ignace. From both Sault Ste. Marie and St. Ignace, the Jesuits missionaries extended their work with local Native Americans. | |||
The French built Fort Michilimackinac at present-day Mackinaw City in 1715 as a base for trade but lost the area during the French and Indian War with the British. The United States of America technically obtained the land of Michigan following the American Revolution but didn’t gain control of the area until 1796. | |||
In 1840, immigrants moved to Michigan from Cornwall, Scandinavia, Italy, Germany, and the Netherlands. Eastern Europe immigrated to Detroit in large numbers during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. | |||
== Local Histories == | == Local Histories == | ||