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Dearborn is a city in the U.S. state
U.S. state

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 of Michigan
Michigan

Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
. It is located in the Detroit metropolitan area
Metro Detroit

The Detroit metropolitan area, often referred to as Metro Detroit, is the United States metropolitan area located in Southeast Michigan Michigan centered on the city of Detroit....
 and Wayne County
Wayne County, Michigan

Wayne County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, its population was 2,061,162....
, and is the tenth largest city in the U.S. state
U.S. state

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 of Michigan
Michigan

Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
. As of the 2000 census, it had a population of 97,775. The city is the hometown of Henry Ford
Henry Ford

Henry Ford was the United States founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of modern assembly lines used in mass production. His introduction of the Model T History of the automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry....
 and the world headquarters of the Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company

The Ford Motor Company is an United States multinational corporation and the world's List of automobile manufacturers#World Motor Vehicle Production by Manufacturer based on worldwide vehicle sales, following Toyota, General Motors, and Volkswagen Group....
. It has a campus of the University of Michigan as well as Henry Ford Community College
Henry Ford Community College

Henry Ford Community College is a public school community college located in Dearborn, Michigan. The school, established in 1938, is accredited by North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and the Michigan Commission on College Accreditation....
.

Dearborn area was first settled by Europeans in 1786. The village
Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban area neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon....
 of Dearborn was established in 1836, named after patriot Henry Dearborn
Henry Dearborn

Henry Dearborn was an American physician, statesman and veteran of both the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. Born to Simon Dearborn and Sarah Marston in North Hampton, New Hampshire, he spent much of his youth in Epping, New Hampshire, where he attended public schools....
, a General in the American Revolution and Secretary of War
United States Secretary of War

File:Swearing in of Secretary Dwight Davis.jpgThe Secretary of War was a member of the United States President of the United States United States Cabinet, beginning with George Washington's administration....
 under President
President of the United States

The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition....
 Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson

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.






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Dearborn is a city in the U.S. state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
 of Michigan
Michigan

Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
. It is located in the Detroit metropolitan area
Metro Detroit

The Detroit metropolitan area, often referred to as Metro Detroit, is the United States metropolitan area located in Southeast Michigan Michigan centered on the city of Detroit....
 and Wayne County
Wayne County, Michigan

Wayne County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, its population was 2,061,162....
, and is the tenth largest city in the U.S. state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
 of Michigan
Michigan

Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
. As of the 2000 census, it had a population of 97,775. The city is the hometown of Henry Ford
Henry Ford

Henry Ford was the United States founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of modern assembly lines used in mass production. His introduction of the Model T History of the automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry....
 and the world headquarters of the Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company

The Ford Motor Company is an United States multinational corporation and the world's List of automobile manufacturers#World Motor Vehicle Production by Manufacturer based on worldwide vehicle sales, following Toyota, General Motors, and Volkswagen Group....
. It has a campus of the University of Michigan as well as Henry Ford Community College
Henry Ford Community College

Henry Ford Community College is a public school community college located in Dearborn, Michigan. The school, established in 1938, is accredited by North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and the Michigan Commission on College Accreditation....
.

History

The Dearborn area was first settled by Europeans in 1786. The village
Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban area neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon....
 of Dearborn was established in 1836, named after patriot Henry Dearborn
Henry Dearborn

Henry Dearborn was an American physician, statesman and veteran of both the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. Born to Simon Dearborn and Sarah Marston in North Hampton, New Hampshire, he spent much of his youth in Epping, New Hampshire, where he attended public schools....
, a General in the American Revolution and Secretary of War
United States Secretary of War

File:Swearing in of Secretary Dwight Davis.jpgThe Secretary of War was a member of the United States President of the United States United States Cabinet, beginning with George Washington's administration....
 under President
President of the United States

The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition....
 Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence , and one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States for his promotion of the ideals of republicanism in the United States....
. Its origins as a city trace back to a January 1929 consolidation vote that established its present-day borders by merging Dearborn and neighboring Fordson (previously known as Springwells), which feared being absorbed into Detroit. The area between the two towns was, and still remains in part, undeveloped.

Once farm land, this was bought by Henry Ford for his estate, Fair Lane
Fair Lane

Fair Lane was the name of Henry Ford and Clara Ford's estate in Dearborn, Michigan. It was named after an area in County Cork where his adoptive grandfather, Patrick Ahern, was born....
 and the Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company

The Ford Motor Company is an United States multinational corporation and the world's List of automobile manufacturers#World Motor Vehicle Production by Manufacturer based on worldwide vehicle sales, following Toyota, General Motors, and Volkswagen Group....
 World Headquarters. Later developments in this corridor were the Ford airport
Ford Airport (Dearborn)

Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan was one of the first modern airports in the world. The airport operated from 1925 to 1947, and the site is now part of Ford Motor Company Ford Proving Grounds....
 (later converted to the Dearborn Proving Grounds
Ford Proving Grounds

Ford Motor Company operates several proving grounds worldwide, for development and validation testing of new vehicles.For Ford/Mazda Proving Grounds in Japan see Mazda Proving Grounds...
), other Ford administrative and development facilities, the Henry Ford
The Henry Ford

The Henry Ford, a National Historic Landmark, , in the Metro Detroit suburb of Dearborn, Michigan, Michigan, United States, is the nation's "largest indoor-outdoor history museum" complex....
 Village and Museum, the Henry Ford Centennial Library, Fairlane Town Center, and the Dearborn Civic Center. Some of the land remains open as of 2005. It is planted with sunflower
Sunflower

The sunflower is an annual plant in the family Asteraceae and native to the Americas, with a large flowering head . The stem can grow as high as 3 meters , and the flower head can reach 30 cm in diameter with the "large" seeds....
s and often with Henry Ford's favorite soybean
Soybean

The soybean or soya bean is a species of legume native to East Asia. The plant is classed as an oilseed rather than a Pulse . It is an annual plant that has been used in China for 5,000 years as a food and a component of drugs....
s. The crops are never harvested.

Into the late 20th century, some believe that municipal policies to restrict use of Dearborn parks and leasing of facilities such as the civic center to residents were racially motivated. Historically, the city has had a very small African American
African American

African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the Black people populations of Africa....
 population.

In the 2000 census, Arab American
Arab American

An Arab American is a United States citizen or resident of Arab cultural and linguistic heritage and/or identity whose ancestry traces back to any of various waves of immigrants originating from one or more of the twenty-three countries comprising the Arab World ....
s comprised 30% of Dearborn's population. More Iraqi immigrants have been arriving since the continued war in their country. The majority of more recent Arab immigrants are Muslim
Muslim

:A Muslim , , is an adherent of the religion of Islam. The feminine form is Muslimah . Literally, the word means "one who submits "....
s, in contrast to the predominately Christian Arabs who immigrated to Metro Detroit in the first half of the twentieth century. Lebanese Americans are still the largest proportion of Arab Americans in Dearborn.

Dearborn's sister city is Qana
Qana

Qana also spelled Cana is a village in southern Lebanon located southeast of the city of Tyre and north of the border with Israel. The 10,000 residents of Qana are primarily Shiite Islam although there is also a Christianity community in the village....
, Lebanon.

Historical timeline


European exploration and colonization

  • 1603 French lay claim to unidentified territory in this region, naming it New France.
  • July 24, 1701 Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
    Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac

    Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac was a prominent figure in the history of New France. He was christened Antoine Laumet but upon arriving in what is now Canada in 1683 at the age of 25, he changed his identity to sieur Antoine de Lamothe-Cadillac....
     and his soldiers first land at what is now Detroit
    Detroit, Michigan

    Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Wayne County, Michigan. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwestern United States of the United States....
    .
  • November 29, 1760 The British
    Kingdom of Great Britain

    The Kingdom of Great Britain, also known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain, was a country in North-West Europe, in existence from 1707 to 1801....
     take control of the area from France.
  • 1780 Pierre Dumais clears farm near what is today's Morningside Street in Dearborn's South End. First non-Native American activity in present-day Dearborn.


Early U.S. history

  • 1783 By terms of the Treaty of Paris
    Treaty of Paris (1783)

    The Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783, ratified by the Congress of the Confederation on January 14, 1784 and by the King of Great Britain on April 9, 1784 , formally ended the American Revolutionary War between the Kingdom of Great Britain and United States, which had rebelled against British rule starting in 1775....
     ending the American Revolutionary War
    American Revolutionary War

    The American Revolutionary War , also known as the American War of Independence, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and Thirteen Colonies on the North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers....
    , Great Britain
    Great Britain

    Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population....
     cedes territory south of the Great Lakes
    Great Lakes

    The St. Lawrence River Great Lakes are a chain of fresh water lakes located in eastern North America, on the Canada ? United States border. Consisting of Lakes Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario, they form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth....
     to the United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , although the British retain practical control of the Detroit area and several other settlements until 1797.
  • 1786 Agreed year of first permanent settler in present-day Dearborn.
  • 1787 Territory of the US north and west of the Ohio River
    Ohio River

    The Ohio River is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River. It is approximately 981 miles long and is located in the eastern United States....
     is officially proclaimed the Northwest Territory
    Northwest Territory

    The Northwest Territory, formally known as the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, was a governmental region within the early United States....
    .
  • December 26, 1791 Detroit environs become part of Kent County
    Kent County, Ontario

    Kent County area is a Historic counties of Ontario in the Canada province of Ontario.The county was created in 1792 and named by John Graves Simcoe in honour of the England Kent....
    , Ontario
    Ontario

    Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
  • 1795 James Cissne becomes first settler in what is now west Dearborn.
  • 1796 Wayne County
    Wayne County, Michigan

    Wayne County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, its population was 2,061,162....
     is formed by proclamation of the acting governor of the Northwest Territory. Its original area is 2 million square miles, stretching from Cleveland
    Cleveland, Ohio

    Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, the most populous county in the state. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border....
    , Ohio
    Ohio

    Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....
     to Chicago
    Chicago

    Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
    , Illinois
    Illinois

    The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....
     and northwest to Canada
    Canada

    Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
    .
  • May 7, 1800 Indiana Territory
    Indiana Territory

    Indiana Territory was an organized territory of the United States from 1800 to 1816, created by United States Congress and signed into law by President John Adams on May 7, 1800, effective on July 4....
    , created out of part of Northwest Territory
    Northwest Territory

    The Northwest Territory, formally known as the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, was a governmental region within the early United States....
    , although the eastern half of Michigan including the Dearborn area, was not attached to Indiana Territory until Ohio
    Ohio

    Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....
     was admitted as a state in 1803.
  • January 11, 1805 Michigan Territory
    Michigan Territory

    Michigan Territory was an organized territory of the United States in the early 19th century, between June 30, 1805 and January 26, 1837, at which point it became Michigan, the 26th U.S....
     officially created out of a part of the Indiana Territory
    Indiana Territory

    Indiana Territory was an organized territory of the United States from 1800 to 1816, created by United States Congress and signed into law by President John Adams on May 7, 1800, effective on July 4....
    .
  • June 11, 1805 Fire destroys most of Detroit.
  • November 15, 1815 Current boundaries of Wayne County drawn, county split into 18 townships.
  • January 5, 1818 Springwells Township established by Gov. Lewis Cass
    Lewis Cass

    Lewis Cass was an United States military officer and politician. During his long political career, Cass served as a governor of the Michigan Territory, an American ambassador, and a United States Senate representing Michigan....
  • October 23, 1824 Bucklin Township created by Gov. Lewis Cass. The area ran from Greenfield to approximately Haggerty and from Van Born to Eight Mile.
  • 1826 Conrad Ten Eyck builds Ten Eyck Tavern at Michigan Avenue and Rouge River.
  • 1827 Wayne County's boundaries changed to its current .
  • April 12, 1827 Springwells and Bucklin townships formally organized and laid out by gubernatorial act.
  • October 29, 1829 Bucklin Township split along what is today Inkster Road into Nankin
    Nankin Township, Michigan

    Nankin Township, Michigan, is a former civil township of Wayne County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan.The township was first organized in 1827 as "Bucklin Township" and included what is now the cities of Westland, Michigan, Livonia, Michigan, Garden City, Michigan, Inkster, Michigan, Wayne, Michigan, Dearborn, Michigan, Dearborn Hei...
     (west half) and Pekin
    Redford Township, Michigan

    Redford Township is a charter township in Wayne County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 51,622 at the United States Census 2000....
     (east half) townships.
  • March 21, 1833 Pekin Township renamed Redford Township
    Redford Township, Michigan

    Redford Township is a charter township in Wayne County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 51,622 at the United States Census 2000....
    .
  • March 31, 1833 Greenfield Township
    Greenfield Township, Michigan

    Greenfield is a former civil township of Wayne County, Michigan, Michigan which was completely annexed into the Detroit, Michigan, Michigan and the Highland Park, Michigan....
     created from north and west sections of Springwells Township, including what is now today east Dearborn.
  • April 1, 1833 Dearborn Township created from southern half of Redford Township south of Bonaparte Avenue (Joy Road).
  • 1833 Detroit Arsenal built.
  • October 23, 1834 Dearborn Township renamed Bucklin Township.
  • March 26, 1836 Bucklin Township renamed Dearborn Township.
  • January 26, 1837 Michigan admitted to the Union as the 26th state. Stevens T. Mason
    Stevens T. Mason

    Stevens Thomson Mason , also known as Stevens T. Mason, Tom Mason, The Boy Governor, and lesser known nicknames Young Hotspur and The Stripling, was the territorial governor of the Michigan Territory, and later governor of the state of Michigan....
     is first governor.
  • 1837 Michigan Central Railroad
    Michigan Central Railroad

    The Michigan Central Railroad was originally incorporated in 1846 to establish rail service between Detroit, Michigan and St. Joseph, Michigan. The railroad later operated in the states of Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois in the United States, and the province of Ontario in Canada....
     extended through Springwells Township. Hamlet of Springwells rises along railroad.
  • April 5, 1838 Village of Dearbornville incorporates. Village later unincorporated on May 11, 1846.
  • 1849 Detroit annexes
    Annexation

    Annexation is the legal incorporation of some territory into another geo-political entity . Usually, it is implied that the territory and population being annexed is the smaller, more peripheral, and weaker of the two merging entities....
     Springwells Township east of Brooklyn Street.
  • April 2, 1850 Greenfield Township annexes another section of Springwells Township.
  • February 12, 1857 Detroit annexes Springwells Township east of Grand Boulevard
  • March 25, 1873 Springwells Township annexes back section of Greenfield Township south of Tireman
  • May 28, 1875 Postmaster general changes name of Dearbornville post office to Dearborn post office, hence changing the city's name.
  • 1875 Detroit Aresenal closed.
  • 1875 Detroit annexes another section of Springwells Township.
  • 1876 William A. Nowlin writes The Bark Covered House in honor of country's 100th birthday.
  • June 20, 1884 Detroit annexes Springwells Township east of Livernois.
  • 1889 First telephone installed in Dearborn at St. Joseph's retreat


Incorporation as village


  • March 24, 1893 Village of Dearborn incorporates.
  • 1906 Detroit annexes another section of Springwells Township.
  • 1916 Detroit annexes more of Springwells Township, forming Dearborn's eastern boundary.
  • 1917 Rouge "Eagle" Plant opens.
  • November 1, 1919 The first house numbering ordinance in Dearborn starts. Residents required to place standard plate number on right side of the main house entrance five feet up.
  • December 9, 1919 Springwells Township incorporates as village of Springwells.
  • October 16, 1922 Springwells Township annexes small section of Dearborn Township east of present-day Greenfield Road.
  • December 27, 1923 Voters approve incorporation of Springwells as a city. It officially became a city April 7, 1924.
  • September 9, 1924 Village of Warrendale incorporates.
  • November 1924 Ford Airport opens.
  • April 6, 1925 Warrendale voters and residents of remaining Greenfield Township approve annexation by Detroit.
  • May 26, 1925 Village of Dearborn annexes large portion of Dearborn Township.
  • December 23, 1925 Springwells changes name to city of Fordson.
  • February 15, 1926 First U.S. airmail
    Airmail

    Airmail is mail that is transported by aircraft. It typically arrives more quickly than surface mail, and usually costs more to send. Airmail may be the only option for sending mail to some destinations, such as overseas, if the mail cannot wait the time it would take to arrive by ship, sometimes weeks....
     delivery made, going from Ford Airport
    Ford Airport (Dearborn)

    Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan was one of the first modern airports in the world. The airport operated from 1925 to 1947, and the site is now part of Ford Motor Company Ford Proving Grounds....
     in Dearborn to Cleveland.
  • September 14, 1926 Election approves incorporation of village of Inkster
    Inkster, Michigan

    Inkster is a city in Wayne County, Michigan of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city population was 30,115....
    . Unincorporated part of Dearborn Township split into two unconnected sections.
  • October 11, 1926 Only dirigible
    Airship

    An airship or dirigible is a aerostat that can be steered and propelled through the air using rudders and propellers or other thrust. Unlike other aerodynamics aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters, which produce lift by moving a wing, or airfoil, through the air, aerostatic aircraft, such as airships and Balloon , stay...
     to ever moor in Dearborn docks at Ford Airport
    Ford Airport (Dearborn)

    Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan was one of the first modern airports in the world. The airport operated from 1925 to 1947, and the site is now part of Ford Motor Company Ford Proving Grounds....
    .


Reincorporation as city

  • February 14, 1927 Village of Dearborn residents approve vote to become a city.
  • June 12, 1928 Voters in Dearborn, Fordson and part of Dearborn Township vote to consolidate into one city.
  • January 9, 1929 Clyde Ford elected as first mayor of Dearborn.
  • 1929 Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
    The Henry Ford

    The Henry Ford, a National Historic Landmark, , in the Metro Detroit suburb of Dearborn, Michigan, Michigan, United States, is the nation's "largest indoor-outdoor history museum" complex....
     opens.
  • July 1, 1931 Dearborn Inn opens as one of first airport hotels in world.
  • 1936 John Carey becomes mayor of Dearborn.
  • June 19, 1936 Montgomery Ward
    Montgomery Ward

    Montgomery Ward is an online retailer that is somewhat connected to the former American department store chain, founded as the world's first mail order business in 1872 by Aaron Montgomery Ward....
    s opens in Dearborn.
  • May 26, 1937 Harry Bennett's
    Harry Bennett

    Harry Bennett , a former boxer and ex-Navy sailor, was an executive at Ford Motor Company during the 1930?s and 1940?s. His reputation of doing Henry Ford's "dirty work" is what most people remember, and his Bennett's Lodge was built with some strange additions....
     Ford "service" men beat United Auto Workers
    United Auto Workers

    The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, better known as the United Auto Workers , is a trade union which represents workers in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico....
     (UAW) official Richard Frankensteen
    Richard Frankensteen

    Richard "Dick" Frankensteen was the first president of the Automotive Industrial Workers Association.He attended Central High School, playing in the all-city and all-state high school football teams and earned the All-American honors in his senior year at University of Dayton....
     in the Battle of the Overpass
  • June 21, 1941 Ford Motor Company
    Ford Motor Company

    The Ford Motor Company is an United States multinational corporation and the world's List of automobile manufacturers#World Motor Vehicle Production by Manufacturer based on worldwide vehicle sales, following Toyota, General Motors, and Volkswagen Group....
     signs its first union contract.
  • January 6, 1942 Orville L. Hubbard
    Orville L. Hubbard

    Orville Liscum Hubbard was the wise mayor of Dearborn, Michigan for 36 years from 1942-1978. Sometimes referred to as the "Dictator of Dearborn", Hubbard was the most outspoken segregationist north of the Mason-Dixon line....
     takes office as mayor of Dearborn for first time.
  • April 7, 1947 Henry Ford
    Henry Ford

    Henry Ford was the United States founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of modern assembly lines used in mass production. His introduction of the Model T History of the automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry....
     dies.
  • October 20, 1947 Dearborn City Council approves purchase of land near Milford
    Milford, Michigan

    Milford is a village in Oakland County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 6,272 at the United States Census, 2000. The village is located within Milford Township, Michigan....
    , Michigan
    Michigan

    Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
     for what would become Camp Dearborn. First section of camp opens following year.
  • October 21, 1947 Ford Airport officially closes.
  • 1950 First Pleasant Hours senior citizen group formed.
  • 1950 Dearborn Historical Museum formally established.
  • January 1952 Oakwood Hospital formally opened and dedicated.
  • April 22, 1958 Election held to annex part of South Dearborn Township to Dearborn. Proposal fails.
  • 1959 University of Michigan (Dearborn Campus) opens.
  • April 6, 1959 Election held to annex part of North Dearborn Township to Dearborn. Proposal fails.
  • 1962 St. Joseph's retreat closed and razed
  • 1962 New Henry Ford Community College
    Henry Ford Community College

    Henry Ford Community College is a public school community college located in Dearborn, Michigan. The school, established in 1938, is accredited by North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and the Michigan Commission on College Accreditation....
     campus dedicated.
  • November 9, 1962 Ford Rotunda burns down
  • 1967 Dearborn Towers in Clearwater
    Clearwater, Florida

    Clearwater is a city located in Pinellas County, Florida, USA, nearly due west of Tampa, Florida and northwest of St. Petersburg, Florida. As of the 2000 census , the city had a total population of 108,787; however, according to the 2005 U.S....
    , Florida
    Florida

    Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
     opens.
  • March 2, 1976 Fairlane Town Center opens.
  • 1978 John B. O' Reilly, Sr. becomes mayor of Dearborn
  • November 6, 1981 Cable Television reaches first home in Dearborn, on Abbot Street.
  • December 16, 1982 Orville Hubbard dies.
  • 1986 Michael Guido becomes mayor of Dearborn.
  • 1993 Michael Guido is the first mayor to run unopposed.
  • 2006 Michael Guido dies at the age of 52 during his 6th term, the only mayor to die in office.
  • 2006 John B. O'Reilly, Jr. is to become temporary Mayor. O'Reilly's father was the mayor who had preceded Mayor Guido.
  • 2007 John B. O'Reilly, Jr. is elected mayor of Dearborn winning 93.97% of the vote.
  • 2008 John B. O'Reilly, Sr. dies at the age of 89; he was Mayor of Dearborn (1978-1985) and also served as Chief of Police for 11 years.
  • July 27, 2008 Police Chief Michael Celeski dies from a massive heart attack at the age of 49.


Geography


According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
, the city has a total area of 24.5 square miles (63.3 km²), of which, 24.4 square miles (63.1 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km²) of it (0.37%) is water. The River Rouge
River Rouge (Michigan)

The River Rouge, also known as the Rouge River, is a river in the Metro Detroit area of southeastern Michigan. It flows into the Detroit River at Zug Island, which is the boundary between the cities of River Rouge, Michigan and Detroit, Michigan....
 runs through the city with an artificial waterfall/low head dam on the Henry Ford estate to power his powerhouse. The Upper, Middle, and Lower Branches of the river come together in Dearborn. The river is widened and channeled near the Rouge Plant to allow freighter access.

Dearborn is among a small number of municipalities that owns property in other cities (Camp Dearborn in Milford
Milford, Michigan

Milford is a village in Oakland County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 6,272 at the United States Census, 2000. The village is located within Milford Township, Michigan....
, Michigan
Michigan

Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
) and is possibly unique in holding property in another state (the Dearborn Towers apartment complex in Clearwater
Clearwater, Florida

Clearwater is a city located in Pinellas County, Florida, USA, nearly due west of Tampa, Florida and northwest of St. Petersburg, Florida. As of the 2000 census , the city had a total population of 108,787; however, according to the 2005 U.S....
, Florida
Florida

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). These holdings are considered part of the city of Dearborn, and revenues generated by camp admissions and rent collected are used to bolster the city's budget.

Demographics


As of the census
Census

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 of 2000, there were 97,775 people, 36,770 households, and 23,863 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density

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 was 4,013.2 per square mile (1,549.7/km²). There were 38,981 housing units at an average density of 1,600.0/sq mi (617.8/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 86.86% White
White American

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, 1.28% African American
African American

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, 0.26% Native American
Native Americans in the United States

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, 1.47% Asian
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, 0.01% Pacific Islander
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, 0.73% from other races, and 9.38% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino
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 of any race were 3.00% of the population.

33.4% were of Arab
Arab

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 ancestry, 10.3% Polish
Poles

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, 9.9% German
Germans

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, 6.5% Irish
Irish people

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, and 6.0% Italian ancestry according to Census 2000. 61.9% spoke English
English language

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, 29.3% Arabic
Arabic language

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, 1.9% Spanish
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, and 1.5% Polish
Polish language

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 as their first language.

There were 36,770 households out of which 31.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.0% were married couples
Marriage

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 living together, 9.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.1% were non-families. 30.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.42.

In the city the population was spread out with 27.8% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 29.2% from 25 to 44, 19.1% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 99.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $44,560, and the median income for a family was $53,060. Males had a median income of $45,114 versus $33,872 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income

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 for the city was $21,488. About 12.2% of families and 16.1% of the population were below the poverty line
Poverty threshold

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, including 24.4% of those under age 18 and 7.6% of those age 65 and over.

Dearborn's population includes 30,000 Arab American
Arab American

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s. It has the largest proportion of Arab Americans for a city of its size (about 100,000). The first Arabs who immigrated here in the early to mid-1900s to work in the automotive industry were chiefly Lebanese Christians. Since then, Arab immigrants from Iraq, Yemen, and the Palestinian Authority, most of whom are Muslim have joined them. Lebanese Americans are still the most numerous group. In January 2005, a new Arab American National Museum
Arab American National Museum

The Arab American National Museum, located in Dearborn, Michigan, is the first of its kind and opened May 52005.The museum features two permanent exhibits....
 opened to mark the ethnic group's history and contributions to this country. The city is also the location of the Islamic Center of America
Islamic Center of America

The Islamic Center of America is a mosque in Dearborn, Michigan, opened in 2005, that claims to be the largest in North America. It caters mainly to the Shi'a Muslim congregation; however, all Muslims may attend the mosque....
, the largest mosque in North America, and the Dearborn Mosque
Dearborn Mosque

Dearborn Mosque is a Mosque belonging to the American Muslim Society in Dearborn, Michigan. It was built in 1937 by the nascent Islamic community , and was only the second mosque constructed in the United States....
. The Arab American population has settled primarily on the city's eastern side, though in recent years it has expanded west.

As of the 2006 estimate, Dearborn's population was thought to have fallen to 92,382, a decrease of 5.5% since 2000. Over the same period, though, SEMCOG, the local statistics agency of Metro Detroit
Metro Detroit

The Detroit metropolitan area, often referred to as Metro Detroit, is the United States metropolitan area located in Southeast Michigan Michigan centered on the city of Detroit....
 Council of Governments, has estimated the city to have grown to 99,001, or an increase of 1.2% since 2000. The Census Bureau estimates the 2005 proportion of African Americans to be 4.1% of the total population of the city.

Dearborn is the site of the Ford River Rouge Plant, built by Henry Ford to make Ford Model T
Ford Model T

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 components, and later the former production line of the Ford Mustang
Ford Mustang

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. It now produces Ford F150
Ford F-Series

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 trucks. At one time, the plant employed 120,000 people and produced finished vehicles from iron ore
Iron ore

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 and sand
Sand

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. Dearborn constructed Fordson High School
Fordson High School

Fordson High School is a secondary school located in Dearborn, Michigan, Michigan, United States. It was completed in 1928 on a parcel of land which was then the village of Fordson, named for Henry Ford and his son Edsel Ford....
, the first million-dollar high school within the nation.

Historically, Dearborn has had large communities of mid to late 19th and early 20th century European immigrants and their descendants: Irish
Irish American

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, German
German American

German Americans are citizens of the United States of Germans ancestry, with traditions and self-identity based on German language and culture....
, and Polish
Polish American

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. Dearborn also is the center of a large Armenian
Armenians

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-American community, who are Christian. Most of their ancestors immigrated as refugees in the early 20th century during the breakup of the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire

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.

Rail transportation

Amtrak
Amtrak

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, the national passenger rail system, provides service to Dearborn, operating its Wolverine
Michigan Services

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 three times daily in each direction between Chicago
Chicago

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, Illinois
Illinois

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 and Pontiac
Pontiac, Michigan

Pontiac is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan named after the Ottawa Chief Pontiac. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a total population of 66,337....
, Michigan
Michigan

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 via Detroit
Detroit, Michigan

Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Wayne County, Michigan. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwestern United States of the United States....
. Baggage cannot be checked at this location; however, up to two suitcases in addition to any "personal items" such as briefcases, purses, laptop bags, and infant equipment are allowed on board as carry-ons. Currently there are two rail stops in Dearborn - the ordinary Amtrak station and a rarely used station at Greenfield Village
The Henry Ford

The Henry Ford, a National Historic Landmark, , in the Metro Detroit suburb of Dearborn, Michigan, Michigan, United States, is the nation's "largest indoor-outdoor history museum" complex....
.

Education

Dearborn residents, along with a small portion of Dearborn Heights
Dearborn Heights, Michigan

Dearborn Heights is a city in Wayne County, Michigan, in the Metro Detroit, in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 58,264 at the United States Census, 2000....
 residents attend Dearborn Public Schools, which operates 34 schools including 3 major high schools. Divine Child Elementary School and High School are in Dearborn as well; the high-school is the largest private coed high school in the area. Dearborn Schools operated the Clara B. Ford High School inside Vista Maria, a non-profit residential treatment agency for girls in Dearborn Heights. Clara B. Ford High School became a charter school in the 2007-08 school year.

Notable current and former residents

  • Frankie Andreu
    Frankie Andreu

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     — professional cyclist
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  • Paul Butcher
    Paul Butcher Sr.

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     — former NFL linebacker
  • Richard Cordtz
    Richard Cordtz

    Richard Webster Cordtz was an United States trade union leader. From 1980 to 1995, he was the International Secretary-Treasurer of the Service Employees International Union under John Sweeney , and was president of the union himself from October 1995 to May 1996....
     - President, Service Employees International Union
    Service Employees International Union

    Service Employees International Union is a trade union representing over 2 million workers in over 100 occupations in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico....
  • Gary Danielson
    Gary Danielson

    Gary Danielson is a former professional American football quarterback. He played for the Detroit Lions from 1976 to 1984 and for the Cleveland Browns in 1985, 1987 and 1988....
     — quarterback
    Quarterback

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     for the Detroit Lions
    Detroit Lions

    The Detroit Lions are an American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in downtown Detroit....
     of the National Football League
    National Football League

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  • William Dear
    William Dear

    William Dear is a film director. Among his credits are Harry and the Hendersons , Angels in the Outfield , and Santa Who? ....
     — director
    Film director

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     of the films Harry and the Hendersons
    Harry and the Hendersons

    Harry and the Hendersons, a 1987 United States film directed and produced by William Dear, and starring John Lithgow, Melinda Dillon, Lainie Kazan and Don Ameche, is the tragi-comic story of a family's encounter with the Cryptozoology creature Bigfoot....
     (1987), Angels in the Outfield
    Angels in the Outfield (1994 film)

    Angels in the Outfield is a 1994 in film Walt Disney Pictures film remake of the 1951 film Angels in the Outfield , starring Danny Glover, Tony Danza and Christopher Lloyd....
     (1994), and Santa Who?
    Santa Who?

    Santa Who? is a film released in 2000 in film, starring Leslie Nielsen, and directed by William Dear. The plot centers on Santa Claus developing a case of amnesia right before Christmas....
     (2000)
  • Chad Everett
    Chad Everett

    Chad Everett is an United States actor who has appeared in over 40 films and Television program but is probably best known for his role as Dr. Joe Gannon in the 1970s television drama Medical Center ....
     — actor
    Actor

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     known for his role as Dr. Joe Gannon in the 1970s television drama Medical Center
    Medical Center (TV series)

    Medical Center is a Medical drama which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976....
    .
  • Henry Ford
    Henry Ford

    Henry Ford was the United States founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of modern assembly lines used in mass production. His introduction of the Model T History of the automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry....
     — businessman, founder of Ford Motor Company
    Ford Motor Company

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    , Henry Ford Hospital
    Henry Ford Hospital

    Henry Ford Hospital is a part of the Henry Ford Health System located in Detroit, Michigan. The hospital was founded in 1915 by automotive pioneer, Henry Ford....
    , and the Henry Ford Museum
    The Henry Ford

    The Henry Ford, a National Historic Landmark, , in the Metro Detroit suburb of Dearborn, Michigan, Michigan, United States, is the nation's "largest indoor-outdoor history museum" complex....
  • Bill Freehan
    Bill Freehan

    William Ashley Freehan is a former catcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire 15-year career with the Detroit Tigers. The premier catcher in the American League for several years, he was named an Major League Baseball All-Star Game in each of the eleven seasons in which he caught at least 75 games, and was the MLB Most Valuable P...
     — Former Major League Baseball player
  • James Finn Garner
    James Finn Garner

    James Finn Garner is an United States writer and satirist based in Chicago. He is the author of Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, Politically Correct Holiday Stories, and Apocalypse Wow....
     — author
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     of Politically Correct Bedtime Stories
    Politically Correct Bedtime Stories

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     and Apocalypse Wow
  • Russ Gibb
    Russ Gibb

    "Uncle" Russ Gibb was a concert promoter and media personality from Dearborn, Michigan, Michigan, probably most famous for his role in the Paul is Dead phenomenon, a story he broke as a DJ on WKNR-FM....
     — disc jockey
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     & teacher of video and media production at Dearborn High School
    Dearborn High School

    Dearborn High School is a secondary school, founded in 1893, now located on Outer Drive in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. Dearborn High is one of the three high schools of the Dearborn City School District....
    , known for his role in the "Paul is dead
    Paul Is Dead

    "Paul is dead" is an urban legend alleging that Paul McCartney of the United Kingdom rock music band The Beatles died in 1966 and was replaced by a look-alike and sound-alike....
    " phenomenon
  • Orville L. Hubbard
    Orville L. Hubbard

    Orville Liscum Hubbard was the wise mayor of Dearborn, Michigan for 36 years from 1942-1978. Sometimes referred to as the "Dictator of Dearborn", Hubbard was the most outspoken segregationist north of the Mason-Dixon line....
     — longest serving mayor of any American city
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     at the time of his death
  • Elizabeth Jarosz, Divine Child High School
    Divine Child High School

    Divine Child High School is a private Catholic high school in Dearborn, Michigan, Wayne County, Michigan, Michigan, United States. Located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit, Divine Child offers grades 9 through 12, with an average of around 875 students....
     Class of 1991 — One of the candidates on season two of The Apprentice
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  • Al Iafrate
    Al Iafrate

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     - Retired NHL Defenseman who played for the USA at the 1984 Winter Olympics
    1984 Winter Olympics

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  • John C. Kornblum
    John C. Kornblum

    John Christian Kornblum is an United States Diplomat and [businessman]. He entered the American Foreign Service in 1964. Over the next thirty five years he served in Europe and at the State Department in Washington....
     — U.S. Ambassador
    Ambassador

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     to Germany
    Germany

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     under President Bill Clinton
    Bill Clinton

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    , 1997-2001
  • Derek Lowe
    Derek Lowe

    Derek Christopher Lowe is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Atlanta Braves. He throws and bats right-handed....
     — Major League Baseball
    Major League Baseball

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     pitcher
    Pitcher

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  • J. Edward Lundy
    J. Edward Lundy

    J. Edward Lundy was an American automobile executive who became the chief financial officer of Ford Motor Company.Lundy was one of the Whiz Kids, a group of 10 young and ambitious veterans of the United States Army Air Forces led by Tex Thornton....
     - Chief financial officer, Ford Motor Company
    Ford Motor Company

    The Ford Motor Company is an United States multinational corporation and the world's List of automobile manufacturers#World Motor Vehicle Production by Manufacturer based on worldwide vehicle sales, following Toyota, General Motors, and Volkswagen Group....
  • Bill McCartney
    Bill McCartney

    William Paul McCartney is the founder of the Promise Keepers men's ministry and a former college football coach. Currently he has come out of retirement to be the CEO and chairman of the board of Promise Keepers, after founding the Road to Jerusalem ministry....
     — college football
    College football

    College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American University, colleges, and United States military academies....
     coach and a founder of Promise Keepers
    Promise Keepers

    Promise Keepers is an international Christian organization for man, based in Denver, Colorado, Colorado, United States, self-described as "a Christ-centered organization dedicated to introducing men to Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord, helping them to grow as Christians"....
  • George Peppard
    George Peppard

    George Peppard, Jr. was an United States film and television actor.He secured a major role early in his career when he starred alongside Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's , and he played the title role of the millionaire sleuth Thomas Banacek in the early-1970s television series Banacek, but he is probably best known to youn...
     — Actor most recently known for portraying John "Hannibal" Smith on NBC's television series The A-Team
    The A-Team

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  • Joey Gaydos Jr. - Actor & Musician known as 'Zak Mooneyham' from the Movie, School of Rock
    School of Rock

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  • Brian Rafalski
    Brian Rafalski

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     — National Hockey League player, 2002 & 2006 Olympic
    Olympic Games

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     hockey team member
  • Martin P. Robinson
    Martin P. Robinson

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     - puppeteer
  • Bob Seger
    Bob Seger

    Robert Clark "Bob" Seger is an American rock musician and singer-songwriter.After years of local Detroit-area success, recording and performing in the mid-1960s, Seger achieved superstar status by the mid-1970s and continuing through the 1980s with the Silver Bullet Band....
     — singer-songwriter
    Singer-songwriter

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     of Turn the Page, Night Moves
    Night Moves (song)

    "Night Moves" is a song written and performed by heartland rocker Bob Seger, from his 1976 album Night Moves . Released as a single, it charted in late 1976 and eventually reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart....
    , and Like a Rock
    Like a Rock

    Like a Rock is the thirteenth studio album by United States singer-songwriter Bob Seger, released in 1986 . The Like a Rock is best known for being featured on Chevrolet truck commercials....
  • Eddie Slovik
    Eddie Slovik

    Edward Donald Slovik was a private in the United States Army during World War II and the only American soldier to be Capital punishment by the United States military for cowardice since the Philippine-American War....
     — only U.S. Army
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     soldier
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     executed for desertion
    Desertion

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     since the American Civil War
    American Civil War

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  • Jim Snyder
    Jim Snyder (baseball)

    James Robert Snyder was a backup second baseman for the Minnesota Twins from 1961 in baseball to 1964 in baseball. After his playing days, he became a coach, and in the 1988 in baseball, he became the interim manager for the Seattle Mariners when Dick Williams was fired after 56 games....
     — Major League Baseball player and manager
    Manager (baseball)

    In baseball, the head coach sports coaching of a team is called the manager ; this individual controls matters of team strategy on the field and team leadership....
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See also

Images of metropolitan Detroit
  • University of Michigan–Dearborn


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