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Ephraim Shay was a merchant, entrepreneur and self-taught railroad engineer who designed the revolutionary and game changing Shay locomotive.

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SS Carl D. Bradley was an American self-unloading Great Lakes freighter that sank in a Lake Michigan storm on November 18, 1958.

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Alvin Wood Chase was a traveling physician, salesman, author and self-made man. After settling in Ann Arbor, he compiled and published Dr. Chase's Recipes, a best selling book that would become a staple in U.S. homes.

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Elizabeth Sparks Adams was an American historian who worked tireless as an advocate for Michigan history. She served for 54 years on the Michigan Historical Commission, making her the longest-serving public official in Michigan history, and the first woman president of the Commission.

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"Mr. Selfridge," a British period drama television series about Harry Gordon Selfridge and his department store, a man who grew up in Jackson, Michigan.

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The of how a kind gesture by two young girls from Kalamazoo, Ella and Josephine May, would lead to the nationally recognized Memorial Day.

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During a period in history when segregation, discrimination and racism was the norm, Dukes’ Happy Holiday Resort was a favorite vacation spot for many African-American families.

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Fordite, also known as Detroit agate or motor agate, was formed from the buildup of layers of enamel paint slag on tracks and skids on which cars were hand spray-painted, which have been baked numerous times.

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The Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad became one of Michigan's longest and most successful railways with a quick expansion to 529 miles.

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The Toledo War (1835–36), also known as the Michigan–Ohio War or the Ohio–Michigan War, was an almost bloodless boundary dispute between the U.S. state of Ohio and the adjoining territory of Michigan over a 10 mile stretch of land known as the Toledo Strip.