Michigan Facts
It's interesting to read about some Michigan facts, and what makes it the state it is. Among the 50 states in the country, Michigan has the longest fresh water shore line. The state is named after the Lake Michigan which in itself means large water or lake (translated from French). It shares is border with all but one of the five great lakes - Lake Ontario. There are more insightful Michigan facts.
• The state bird is the American Robin.
• The state animal is the wolverine, due to which Michigan is nicknamed The Wolverine State, but the fact is that there is actually not a single wolverine in the entire state.
• The state animal is the white tailed deer. The white tailed deer is hunted every year during the annual hunting season. The white tailed deer hunting season sees around 750,000 people participate in it.
• The state’s official reptile is the painted turtle, official state fish the brook trout and official state fossil the mastodon.
• White pine is the state’s official tree, the apple blossom the state flower and the Petoskey stone the state’s official stone.
• The industrially rich state of Michigan has many of the largest facilities concerning certain industries. The largest cement plant, limestone quarry and Holstein dairy herd are all in Michigan.
• Detroit is known as the car capital of the world hence the nickname Motor City. The first air-conditioned car was in made in Detroit by the Packard Motor Car Company in 1939.
• Colon in St. Joseph County has a reputation as the ‘Magic Capital of the World’. It is the home to the grave of Harry Blackstone Sr. who was nicknamed The Great Blackstone. During the month of August each year, a magic convention is held called Abbott’s Magic Get-together, for four days which many magicians and fans of the magical arts, attend.
• The world famous Kellogg cornflakes were discovered by Dr. John Harvey Kellogg and Brother Will Keith Kellogg in Battle Creek. It was discovered when Dr. John was following a regimen of bland foods, as he was a Seventh Day Adventist. Seventh Day Adventists have a strict vegan diet routine. Dr John and Will left some cooked wheat out, only to find that it had gone stale when they came back to check on it. However, they did go ahead and processed this because they were on a diet. They thought that they would get long sheets or pieces of dough. Flakes came out instead. Thus, Kellogg’s cornflakes were discovered.
• Among the various Michigan facts, you’ll be impressed to know that the Detroit Zoo was the first zoo, which did not keep animals in cages, giving the animals more freedom to move about.
• The only floating post office in the world is in Michigan. This post office has been in service since 1874. The boat named J.W. Westcott II goes around delivering to post to boats and ships in the Great lakes and the St. LawrenceSeaway.