Tag: Michigan

Michigan is a state located in the Great Lakes region of the Midwestern United States. The name Michigan derives from the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa “great waters” or “great lake”. Michigan is best known for being the birthplace of the automotive industry: General Motors, Ford Motor Company and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US […]

Dearborn Dearborn, suburb of the car city of Detroit, Michigan, USA; 98,200 residents (2010). Here is the headquarters of the Ford Motor Company, founded in 1903 by Henry Ford. Among the sights are the huge (5 ha) Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, a large collection of historic buildings that Ford had rebuilt in its […]