This episode takes you from when Michigan was part of the New France territory founded in 1534 by explorer Jacques Cartier.  Prior to that, the land was occupied exclusively by the First Nation people.  France ceded the territory to Britain and Spain under the Treaty of Paris in 1763, and eventually the region was formed into the Northwest Territory by the United States Government following the Revolutionary War.  This territory again changed to the Indiana Territory after Ohio achieved Statehood, and eventually was separated into the Michigan Territory in 1805.  

The episode covers that journey, and much more as the wilderness region was settled with pioneers, and took the steps to become the 26th State in the Union.  It also covers the organization of the earliest Eastern, Southern and Southwestern Counties and how they were named.  

To watch my video on this topic on YouTube: The Journey of Michigan from Territory to Statehood & How the First Counties were Named

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