These clubs became the Granite Club, and in 1885, the present Detroit Curling Club was organized.

When Detroit underwent rapid industrialization at the turn of the 20th century, the Detroit River became notoriously polluted and toxic.

Following the completion of the Erie Canal in 1817, which opened up easier travel to Lake Erie from the East Coast of the United States, the Detroit River became a heavily traversed route for settlers traveling to northern Michigan, and Detroit, as well, experienced a sudden increase in population.

The Detroit River became the busiest commercial river in the world and was dubbed " the Greatest Commercial Artery on Earth " by The Detroit News in 1908.

Detroit became the leader in the illegal importation of alcohol, which found its way all over the country.

Following his sensational discovery, Howard Carter retired from archaeology and became a part-time agent for collectors and museums, including the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Detroit Institute of Arts.

Greenberg was sold to the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1947, became the very first baseball player to earn over $ 80, 000 / year in salary ( he was paid $ 100, 000, ($ today ) plus $ 25, 000 that his contract with Detroit called for in the event they sold or traded him ).

Although the white jerseys of the Minnesota Vikings at the time also had a similar striping pattern and continued as such ( as well as the throwbacks the New England Patriots wore in the Thanksgiving game against the Detroit Lions in 2002, though the Patriots later wore the same throwbacks in 2009 with truncated stripes and in 2010 became their official alternate uniform ), the Colts and most college teams with this striping pattern did not make this adjustment.

Ritchie found small-town life dull ; he became interested in rap music, learned how to breakdance and participated in talent shows in the Detroit area.

Once back in Detroit he became friends with Uncle Kracker after battling his brother in a freestyle rapping competition ; Uncle Kracker became Kid Rock's DJ.

At age 20, Cobb became the youngest player to win a batting championship and held this record until 1955 when fellow Detroit Tiger Al Kaline won the batting title when he was twelve days younger than Cobb had been.

The university was founded in 1817 in Detroit as the Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania, about 20 years before the Michigan Territory officially became a state.

In 1933, Tucker moved to Buffalo, New York and became regional sales manager for Pierce-Arrow automobiles, but after only two years he moved back to Detroit and worked as a Dodge salesman for Cass Motors.

John Kinzie ( December 3, 1763 – January 6, 1828 ) was a fur trader from Quebec who first operated in Detroit and what became the Northwest Territory of the United States.

Peter Forsberg's number 21 became the fourth jersey number retired by the Avs on opening night, a contest Colorado would lose to Detroit 3-0.

After qualifying for the post-season in 2001 and 2002 as the eighth and final seed in the Western Conference ( losing to the eventual Stanley Cup winners Colorado Avalanche and Detroit Red Wings, respectively ), the Canucks became regular contenders for the Northwest Division title.

As a result, Detroit soon became a major center of iron production, especially for use in stoves.

It became a bedroom community for Detroit workers, with most of its growth in housing from 1920-1951.

Waldron formed a partnership with two builders from Detroit, Hyman and Irving Green, who became majority owners of a group of 36 corporations.

In the early 20th century, the town became known as " Little Detroit " because of its importance to the automobile industry.

Three weeks after his mother killed his father, Cobb debuted in center field for the Detroit Tigers.

In 2001, the center of the magazine shifted from Detroit, Michigan to Liberty, Tennessee when long-time contributor Andy Smith took over the main editorial duties of the magazine, although long-time Detroit staffers like Peter Werbe remained involved.

The 1992-93 NBA season included the additions of draft choice Harold Miner of the University of Southern California as well as trading a 1st round pick ( which would turn into the No. 10 overall pick the following season ) for Detroit Pistons forward / center John Salley.

With Paxson and Jordan in the backcourt, Brad Sellers and Oakley at the forward spots, Corzine anchoring center, and rookies Pippen and Grant coming off the bench, the Bulls made major noise in the 1987 – 88 season, winning 50 games and advancing to the Eastern Conference Semifinals, where they were beaten by the eventual Eastern Conference Champions Detroit Pistons in five games.

The center of the village was nearly parallel to Biddle Avenue between Oak and Eureka streets near the river and its sandy beach, which was a welcome feature to the local tribesmen, as their main mode of transportation to the fort in Detroit was by birch bark canoe.

* starts in Lincoln Park's city center and runs along Southfield Road to Allen Park and becomes the Southfield Freeway, traveling through the west side of Detroit.

* In recent years " The Clem ", as it is familiarly nicknamed, has become a center of nightlife for Macomb County, including many bars such as The Emerald Theatre ( designed by C. Howard Crane who also designed Radio City Music Hall in New York, Orchesta Hall Detroit and Fox Theatre Detroit ), The Rock Room, Johnny G's, Cush, Madisons Pub, Hayloft, Crazy Eight's, Orleans Billiards, Montes Martini Lounge, RecBowl, Fritts ' Pub, Your Mother's, Little Lorraines, and Fast Eddie's.

Farmington Hills serves as a major business center for the greater Detroit area.

The city is located approximately northwest of the center of Detroit, and northeast of the center of Ann Arbor.

Southfield is a commercial and business center for the metropolitan Detroit area, with Southfield's of office space surpassing that of even Detroit's central business district.

Southfield is the broadcast media center for the Detroit area, boasting studios and broadcast facilities for several television stations including WXYZ-TV, WJBK, WKBD-TV, and WWJ-TV, and City Cable 15.

Hamtramck lies about from the center of Detroit.

The shopping center eventually opened in 1965, joining Northland, Southland and Eastland malls in other Detroit Metro cities.

Detroit Lakes is the county seat of Becker County, with the county courthouse and law enforcement center being located there.

A recently-built Community & Cultural Center serves Detroit Lakes, incorporating a new fitness center with the completely renovated brick building that once was the Holmes School.

Vetlanda is the birthplace of Johan Franzén, professional ice hockey center playing for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League.

The Depression hit the Barrow family hard, but as an alternative to gang activity, Joe began to spend time at a local youth recreation center at 637 Brewster Street in Detroit.

However, Young was clearly unable to cure many of the city's problems of crime and policing ; the Detroit Police Department was viewed by many residents as having a pattern of reckless use of deadly force ; in addition, by the end of his term, many city residents accused the police department of concentrating their efforts in the downtown and business areas, such as the new center, and ignoring many residential neighborhoods.

After the American Civil War, Detroit – Windsor was a center for railroads in the area.

The gym was run out of the basement of the oldest recreation center of the City of Detroit.

During Selig's terms as Executive Council Chairman ( from 1992 – 1998 ) and Commissioner, new stadiums have opened in Arizona, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Colorado, Detroit, Houston, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Arlington, St. Louis, Washington, D. C., New York City ( Flushing, Queens and the Bronx ), Minneapolis, and Miami.

The new Detroit franchise purchased the players of the folded Victoria Cougars WHL club to play for the team.

The new Detroit franchise also adopted the Cougars ' nickname in honor of the folded franchise.

For the 1927 – 28 season, the Cougars moved into the new Detroit Olympia, which would be their home rink until December 27, 1979.

The Detroit River International Crossing is a new bridge project expected to be completed in approximately 2013 ; it will directly connect Highway 401 in Canada to Interstate 75 in the U. S.

We changed clubs the way Detroit changes tailfins, every year had a new one, and last year's was junk ".

At the 1995 Detroit Auto Show, the Ford GT90 concept was shown and at the 2002 show, a new GT40 Concept was unveiled by Ford.

The Nation of Islam ( NOI ) is a syncretic new religious movement founded in Detroit, Michigan by Wallace D. Fard Muhammad in July 1930.

The migration of African Americans to the urban industrial centers of Chicago, Detroit, New York, Los Angeles and elsewhere in the 1920s and 1930s created a new market for jazz, blues, and related genres of music, often performed by full-time musicians, either working alone or in small groups.

Because of this, Detroit was less suited to new transportation projects such as canals, and later railroads, than was Toledo.

Teaching organizations include the European Board of Urology, as well as the Vattikuti Urology Institute in Detroit, which also hosts an annual International Robotic Urology Symposium devoted to new technologies.

* The National Football League adds 5 teams: the New York Giants, Detroit Panthers, Providence Steam Roller, a new Canton Bulldogs team, and the Pottsville Maroons.

As an example, new affiliates WDJT in Milwaukee and WGNX in Atlanta — both cities that are home to NASCAR races — and WWJ in Detroit, close to Michigan International Speedway, were on the UHF band ( channels 14 – 69 ), meaning that they had a significantly reduced broadcast area compared to former affiliates WITI, WAGA-TV, and WJBK, respectively.

By 1929, when Chrysler expanded with a new plant there, Oakland had become known as the " Detroit of the West.

) After Olds sold the company in 1899, it was renamed Olds Motor Works and moved to a new plant in Detroit.

As late as 1947, in Detroit, there were only 3, 000 FM receivers in use for the new band, and 21, 000 obsolete ones for the old band.

Following further improvements in 2003 T815 gets new Euro3 T3C V8 engine mated to all new 14-speed range + split gearbox as well as option for engines from other suppliers most notably CAT, Cummins, Detroit Diesel, Deutz and MTU with its " monster " 22. 5 Litre V12 and up to power output!

The new Detroit Pistons played in Olympia Stadium ( home of the NHL's Detroit Red Wings at the time ) for their first four seasons, then moved to Cobo Arena.

Trailing 90 – 83 with two minutes remaining, the Pistons rallied to tie the game, then took a 92 – 90 lead when Vinnie Johnson sank an 18 foot jumper with 00. 7 seconds left in the game ; this shot earned Johnson a new nickname in Detroit, " 007 ", to go with his original, " The Microwave ".

Along with the sale, the Lightning picked up a new top minor league affiliate ; Davidson also owned the Detroit Vipers of the now-defunct International Hockey League.

In 1927, he was invited as guest announcer to broadcast the first game from the new Detroit Olympia.

The Secretary of the Joint Board, BPR official E. W. James, went to Detroit to gain LHA support for the numbering scheme, knowing it would be hard for smaller road associations to object if the LHA publicly supported the new plan.