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Contents How Did Michigan Get Its Name? Chapter 1: Land Great Lakes and wild weather, trumpeter swans and wildlife conservation Chapter 2: The First Michiganders Moundbuilders and dream catchers, canoe-making and village life Chapter 3: Exploration and Settlement Missions at Sault Ste. Marie and the Straits of Mackinac, the fur trade and freedom from Great Britain Chapter 4: Growth and Change Fighting the War of 1812 and becoming a state, the Underground Railroad and facing Civil War Chapter 5: More Modern Times Ending the Great Depression and fighting World War II, labor unions and the Great Migration Chapter 6: People Big cities and small towns, how Michiganders talk and eat, singers and writers, artists and athletes Chapter 7: Government Legislature in Lansing, Youth in Government, and the state flag and seal Chapter 8: Economy Running farms and making breakfast cereal, building cars and booming business Chapter 9: Travel Guide The Upper and Lower Peninsulas, museums and Mackinac Island Project Room Timeline Glossary Fast Facts Biographical Dictionary Resources Index Author's Tips and Source Notes
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Michigan -- Juvenile literature.