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Michigan Territory was founded in 1805 with Detroit as it's capital
The 47-story Penobscot was the tallest building in Michigan from its completion in 1928 until the construction of the Renaissance Center's central tower in 1977
Gushing 10,000 gallons a minute, Kitch-iti-kipi at Palms Book State Park near Manistique (pop. 3,583) is the state´s largest spring.
Started by Michael Bowerman in 1813, Willow Orchards near Romeo (pop. 3,721) is Macomb County´s oldest family-owned farm and the third oldest in the state.
Let it snow in Holland (pop. 35,048), which boasts the nation´s largest municipally run snow melting system. The system has about 60 miles of pipes that circulate warm water beneath downtown streets and sidewalks.
That lovable hunk of green clay, Gumby, was created by filmmaker Art Clokey, born in 1921 in Detroit. A photo of his dad sporting a wacky hairstyle inspired Gumby´s lopsided head. Gumby debuted on The Howdy Doody Show in 1956.
With a slope descending 641 feet, Porcupine Mountains Ski Area at the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park in Ontonagon (pop. 2,954) has the highest vertical ski drop in the state.
Built in 1887, Langley Covered Bridge near Centreville (pop. 1,579) is Michigan's longest covered bridge, stretching 282 feet across the St. Joseph River.
In 1901, Annie Edson Taylor, a teacher from Bay City (pop. 36,817), became the first person to plunge over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
Michigan ranks third (2.4 million trees in 2002) among all states in the production of real Christmas trees, but grows a larger variety (13) of Christmas trees than any other state.
Hunting is a major component of Michigan's economy. Michigan ranks first in the nation in licensed hunters (over one million) who contribute $2 billion annually to its economy.
Hottest Recorded Temperature: 112 degrees F. (at Mio, on July 13, 1936).
Coldest Recorded Temperature: -51 degrees F. (at Vanderbilt, on February 9, 1934)
The most severe earthquake ever recorded in Michigan occurred near Athens (pop. 1,111) at 2:46 a.m. Aug. 10, 1947, and measured 4.6 on the Richter scale.
Four flags have flown over Michigan - French, English, Spanish and United States.
Established in 1825, the Fort Gratiot Lighthouse in Port Huron (pop. 32,338) is the state´s oldest lighthouse, predating statehood in 1837. The tower´s original tower fell down and was replaced by a sturdier structure in 1829.
Mark and Roberta Griswold of Allen Park (pop. 31,401) kissed the world´s longest kiss of 29 hours on March 24-25, 1998. Their record was eclipsed a year later by a European couple who kissed for 34 hours and 11 minutes.
Green Meadow Farm in Elsie (pop. 1,084) is home to the world´s largest registered Holstein herd. Founded by Merle Green in 1917, the farm has about 6,500 cattle on 6,500 acres.
The state´s longest high school football rivalry in terms of games played began in 1896 between the Plainwell (pop. 3,933) Trojans and the Otsego (pop. 3,933) Bulldogs. Plainwell leads the series, 53-41-6.
Things Michigan has THE MOST of:
1. fresh water coastline
2. variety of minerals
3. number of state parks
4. number of inland lakes-- 11,000
Michigan is fourth nationally in grape production and sixth in wine making.
Michigan is a four-season tourist attraction. Tourism brings more than 25 million travelers to Michigan each year.
Things MI grows more of than any state:
1. red tart cherries
2. navy beans
3. pickling cucumbers
4. Christmas trees
The Cereal Bowl of America, Battle Creek, produces most cereal in the U.S.
Michigan's four Great Lakes make up 3,000 miles of coastline making it the longest freshwater shoreline in the world.
Michigan has more than 11,000 inland lakes and more than 36,000 miles of streams.
10,000 acre lakes or larger = 10 lakes
3,000 to 10,000 acre lakes = 18 lakes
1,000 to 3,000 acre lakes = 67 lakes
300 to 1,000 acre lakes = 273 lakes
100 to 300 acre lakes = 723 lakes
30 to 100 acre lakes = 1,860 lakes
10 to 30 acre lakes = 3,409 lakes
3 to 10 acre lakes = 7,392 lakes
1 to 3 acre lakes = 13,105 lakes
Did you know....Michigan's largest inland lake is Houghton Lake in Roscommon county:
The Upper Michigan Copper Company is the largest commercial deposit of copper in the world.
Indian River is the home of the largest crucifix in the world. It is called the Cross in the Woods.
The Great Lakes hold a fifth of Earth's surface fresh water, and they've shrunk dramatically.
Toledo was once located in Michigan, but became part of Ohio after the Ohio/Michigan War.
Installed the first mile of paved concrete road, just north of the Model T plant, on Woodward Avenue between McNichols and 7 Mile Roads in 1909
Installed the country´s first traffic light in 1915 in downtown Detroit
Built the nation´s first urban freeway, the Davison, in 1942
MI is home to the oldest state fair in the nation, first held in 1849
MI is the potato chip capital of the world, based on consumption
MIchigan is home to the largest flower-bedding market in the world ? Eastern Market
Shares the world´s first auto traffic tunnel between two nations ? the Detroit/Windsor Tunnel
Mich has the most registered bowlers in the United States
Michigan has more theater seats than any other city, east of the Mississippi River, outside New York City
Built in 1867, Whites Bridge near Lowell (pop. 4,013) is among the last covered bridges in Michigan. The 116-foot-long bridge cost $1,700 to build and still has its original wooden pegs and hand-cut square nails.
First scheduled passenger airline service in the state was Stout Air (Detroit to Grand Rapids) 1926.
Michigan has 235 airports open to public use, of which 129 are publicly owned and 106 are privately owned.
Michigan ranks first in the United States in the production of peat and magnesium compounds and second in gypsum and iron ore.
The Livingston Memorial Lighthouse on Belle Isle is the only marble lighthouse in the nation.
The first steamboat to ply the Great Lakes was the Walk in the Water in 1818. It traveled between Detroit, Mich., and Buffalo, N.Y.
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The Wolverine State has 96 state parks and recreation areas comprising 265,000 acres.
It is nearly as far as Ironwood in Michigan's Upper Peninsula to Detroit as it is from Detroit to New York City.
An estimated 3,000 shipwrecks rest on the bottom of the five Great Lakes-among them, the Edmund Fitzgerald, lost on Lake Superior in 1975, 17 miles northwest of Whitefish Point, Mich. The ship was the subject of a well-known Gordon Lightfoot song.
At 1,979 feet, Mount Arvon in Michigan´s Upper Peninsula is the highest point in the state.
Apples are Michigan´s top fruit crop. The state produced a record 29.7 million bushels of apples in 1999, ranking it third in the nation behind Washington and New York.
Michigan's land area is larger than Greece and nearly five times the size of Belgium.
The oldest surviving lighthouse in Michigan is the Fort Gratiot light, built in 1825 near Port Huron.
The first electric trolleys in Michigan began service in Port Huron in 1886.
There are 22 Michigan communities serviced by Amtrak and more than 450,000 people each year use the train.
The shortest freeway in Michigan is I 375 in Detroit. It is only 1.1 miles long.
The longest highway in Michigan is I 75 which runs 395 miles from the Ohio border to the International Bridge in Sault Ste. Marie.
The first interurban railroad in Michigan was the Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor line in 1890.
The Great Lakes are the largest group of freshwater lakes in the world, stretching more than 90 thousand square miles and covering an area larger than Minnesota or New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island combined.
Recognizing the Great Lakes´ great size and the important role they have played as the transportation hub of eastern North America, sailors and landlubbers alike have alternatively christened the Lakes the "sweet water" and "inland seas," and "America´s fourth sea coast."
The Great Lakes are an international treasure, containing 18% of the entire world´s fresh surface water supply.
The water in the Great Lakes is constantly changing: water that evaporates from the Lakes surface and flows to the Atlantic Ocean is replenished by rain, snow and surface runoff. But only 1% of Great Lakes water changes over each year. The remaining volume is effectively a gift of the last ice age, deposited as the glaciers retreated over 10,000 years ago.
Michigan has the world's highest man-made ski jump at Pine Mountain Lodge in Iron Mountain, and the only ski flying hill in the western hemisphere, Copper Peak in Ironwood.
The 19 chandeliers in Michigan;s Capitol in Lansing are "one of a kind" - designed especially for the building by Tiffany's of new York. Weighing between 800-900 pounds apiece, they are composed of Upper Peninsula copper, iron and pewter
The name Michigan comes from the Fox "mesikami", "large lake." Michigan's nicknames are the Wolverine State and the Lake State.
September 23, 1934-Detroit Lions Plays First NFL Game
January 15, 1919-First All-Woman Jury Scheduled to Determine Intoxication Case
For the first time ever in Michigan an all-woman jury was appointed. This decision was made after an all-male jury could not determine the verdict of a man charged with intoxication.
This trial took place around the time when the Prohibition Era-the outlawing of the sale of alcohol-started. The state of Michigan ratified the passing of the 18th Amendment of the Constitution just approximately weeks prior (January 2nd, 1919).
This law prohibited the sale, manufacture, and transportation, importation, and exportation of liquor. This new constitutional amendment along with the Volstead Act which prohibited the possession of alcohol was the fuel for cases such as the above-mentioned intoxication one.
Rogers City, Michigan boasts the world's largest limestone quarry
There's two square miles of water for every three square miles of land.
Did you know....
Lake Superior is the second largest natural lake in the world, surpassed in size only by the Caspian Sea.
Lakes Huron and Michigan are the fifth and sixth largest lakes in the world.
The Lake Superior region had large iron deposits. Most surface iron has now been depleted requiring the use of underground mines. In 1995-1996 only two companies were still operating in the Upper Peninsula.
Between the years 1847 and 1883, one half of the nation´s total copper production came from Michigan.
Some of the longest freight carriers in the world operate on the Great Lakes. Ore carriers 1,000 feet long use our waterways.
The Keweenaw Peninsula is the snow capital of the world. In the winter of 1978-79, 390.4 inches fell for a world record.
From 1845-1877, Keweenaw Peninsula mines produced more native copper ore than any other mining area in North America. These deposits have been exhausted and Michigan´s last copper mine closed in 1995.
Lake Michigan ranks sixth in size among the lakes of the world.
Sault Ste. Marie, established in 1668, is the oldest town between the Alleghenies and Rockies.
Forty of Michigan´s 83 counties adjoin at least one of the Great Lakes.
Michigan is the only state that touches four of the five Great Lakes.
Cattails are the incredible wetland edible! Native Americans cooked the roots (rhizomes) like potatoes, the shoots like asparagus, the flower like corn-on-the-cob and used the pollen to make pancakes.
80% of Michigan and 45% of U.S. Threatened and Endangered species, either live in or depend upon wetland habitats.
Bay City State Recreation Area is located along one mile of the Lake Huron (Saginaw Bay) shoreline. It preserves one of the largest and last r
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Michigan ranks first in the nation in growing red cherries, dried beans, blueberries, cucumbers and potted geraniums.
Maybury State park has almost 1,000 acres of gently rolling hills, open meadows, forests, a variety of wildlife and many wildflowers to enjoy.
Over 50,000 Michigan families depend on farming for their livelihood.
Each Michigan farmer produces enough food to feed him and 70 others. ng coastal Great Lakes wetlands, the Tobico Marsh. Tobico comes from an Indian word which means3;"little lake by the big one".
The windformed sand dunes along Michigan´s Great Lakes shoreline represent the largest collection of fresh water sand dunes found in the entire world. Our great lake sand dunes support plant and wildlife species found only in the Great Lakes area.
Michigan´s shoreline of 3,288 miles is more than the Atlantic Coast of the U.S
Lake Michigan is the only one of the five Great Lakes located entirely in the U.S.It is often called the All American Lake.
Michigan has 275,000 acres of sand dune formations with nearly half held in
public trust for future generations.
The Upper Falls in Tahquamenon Falls State Park is one of the largest waterfalls east of the Mississippi River.
In the spring, as much as 50,000 gallons of water per second pour over the sandstone ledges.
There are 165 waterfalls in Michigan, all but two are located in the Upper Peninsula.
19.3 million acres of tress cover 50% of the state's total land area?
during the lumbering era peak in 1882, 1 billion, 11 million board feet of lumber were processed in Saginaw?
99.5% of the forests in Michigan have been harvested at least once?
Historic discoveries at MSU include the research that led to the development of hybrid corn and the process still used for the homogenization of milk.
MSU consistently ranks as one of the three largest undergraduate study abroad programs in the nation.
MSU ranks in the top five universities for producing Peace Corps volunteers since the programs establishment in 1961.
A 4,300-pound weathervane, the world´s largest, stands 48 feet high in Montague (pop. 2,407) and honors the area´s shipping and lumber industry.
The first Michigan road map. with only three roads on it -- was published by the U.S. Congress - 1826
More than 1 million boats are registered in the state, the nation´s leader.
The J.W. Westcott II mailboat, headquartered in Michigan, delivers mail to ships on the Great Lakes. The boat is referred to as a floating post office, and has it's own ZIP code-48222.
Michigan is home to 116 lighthouses.
Michigan leads the nation in blueberry production, growing nearly 45 percent of all blueberries eaten in the United States.
Established in 1850, Raymond Hardware in Port Sanilac (pop. 658) is the state´s oldest continuously operated hardware store.
The Michigan State Police started as a temporary emergency force for the purpose of domestic security during World War I. The force became permanent in 1919.
The Rev. George Bennard wrote the popular hymn, The Old Rugged Cross, and first sang it in 1913 at the Pokagon (pop. 2,199) Methodist Episcopal Church.
Rosie´s Diner in Rockford (pop. 4,626) was featured in 1970s television ads for Bounty paper towels starring Rosie the waitress (Nancy Walker). The 1946 diner was moved from Little Ferry, N.J. (pop. 10,800), and re-opened in 1991.
Two Michiganders are famous for their cherry pit spitting abilities. Father and son "Pellet Gun" and "Young Gun" Krause routinely win the International Cherry Pit Spitting Championship.
In 1886, Detroit pharmacist James Vernor invented Vernors Ginger Ale. It remains a popular drink in Detroit, where it is mixed with ice cream to make a "Boston cooler," named after the city's Boston Boulevard.
Battle Creek, Michigan, is sometimes referred to as "Cereal City"-it is home to major cereal producers Kellogg and Post.
Michigan State University, founded in 1855, was the first of the nation's land-grant colleges, founded to give the nation's working class a practical education in agriculture, military tactics, mechanic arts and the classics.
Michigan license plates were first issued by individual cities beginning in 1903.
The Michigan Secretary of State assumed the responsibility of statewide vehicle registration in
1905 with the enactment of Public Act 196.
Michigan was not the first state to require license plates. That honor goes to New York,
which began mandating plates in 1901. On the world stage, however, it was the French who
first began issuing license plates ? called "number plates" ? in 1893.
Michigan´s early plates were much different than what we see today. From 1905 to 1909,
they were simply engraved aluminum discs, which were usually displayed on the dashboard.
A registration number was added to the disc in 1907. It was the vehicle owner´s
responsibility to put the registration number on a plate that could be hung from the rear of a
vehicle. Owners made plates out of leather, steel, wood or rubber.
• After June 28, 1907, homemade license plates were required on the front and back of a
vehicle. National mail-order companies such as Sears Roebuck were selling license plate kits
for motorists. That business enterprise lasted until Florida became the last state to issue
statewide plates in 1918.
• Michigan issued its first actual license plate in 1910. The plate was made of cast iron and had
a glazed-on porcelain-like finish. It also featured the Great Seal of Michigan, though the seal
was not officially adopted until 1911.• .
Today, the Secretary of State registers more than 9 million vehicles and trailers.
Michigan manufactures about 2 million plates a year.
There is enough pavement in Michigan roadways to build a one-lane road from the Earth to the moon.
M 185 (on Mackinac Island) is the only state highway in the nation where motor vehicles are banned.
One of the most unique bridges in Michigan is the siphon bridge carrying old US 2 over the Manistique River. The bridge deck is actually four feet below the water level, and has been featured in "Ripley's Believe it or Not!"
There is only one driveway onto a Michigan interstate freeway: a gated entrance to I 94 to allow movement of military vehicles at the former Fort Custer, west of Battle Creek.
Michigan's first automobile company got its start in 1897 in Lansing. Local investors partnered with Ransom E. Olds to create Olds Motor Vehicle Company.
The intersection of Woodward Avenue and Fort Street (or Woodward and Michigan Avenue; both sites are recorded) in Detroit was the site of the world's first four-way traffic stop, which was put there in 1920. The stoplight had twelve bulbs and was manually operated. A lieutenant at the Detroit Police Department invented the signal to reduce the need for officers directing traffic at the city's busy intersections.
There are 10,754 roadway bridges in Michigan. Of these, 4,411 are on the state highway system and 6,343 are located on county roads or city streets.
Some 300 waterfalls rush through Michigan's Upper Peninsula!
Mackinac Island was originally named "Michilimackinac" by the French!
Michigan is the leading state in ownership of recreational boats and the sale of hunting and fishing licenses!
Michigan has more than 11,000 inland lakes and more than 36,000 miles of streams!
Michigan ranks second in the U.S. behind Alaska with over 3,200 miles of shoreline!
If you stand anywhere in Michigan, you are within 85 miles of one of the Great Lakes!
Michigan's name is derived from the Indian words "Michi-Gama" meaning large lake!
There are 90 species of trees native to Michigan, more varieties than the entire content of Europe!
Michigan contains 3.9 million acres of state forestland
Detroit is known as the car capital of the world.
Alpena is the home of the world's largest cement plant.
Rogers City boasts the world's largest limestone quarry.
Elsie is the home of the world's largest registered Holstein dairy herd.
Michigan is first in the United States production of peat and magnesium compounds and second in gypsum and iron ore.
Colon is home to the world's largest manufacture of magic supplies.
The state Capitol with its majestic dome was built in Lansing in l879.
Although Michigan is often called the "Wolverine State" there are no longer any wolverines in Michigan.
Michigan ranks first in state boat registrations.
The Packard Motor Car Company in Detroit manufactured the first air-conditioned car in 1939.
The oldest county (based on date of incorporation) is Wayne in 1815.
Sault Ste. Marie was founded by Father Jacques Marquette in 1668. It is the third oldest remaining settlement in the United States.
In 1817 the University of Michigan was the first university established by any of the states.
Originally named Cathelepistemian and located in Detroit the name was changed in 1821. The university moved to Ann Arbor in 1841.
Michigan State University has the largest single campus student body of any Michigan university. It is the largest institution of higher learning in the state and one of the largest universities in the country.
Michigan State University was founded in 1855 as the nation's first land-grant university and served as the prototype for 69 land-grant institutions later established under the Morrill Act of 1862. It was the first institution of higher learning in the nation to teach scientific agriculture.
The largest village in Michigan is Caro.
Michigan's state stone, The Petoskey is the official state stone. It is found along the shores of Lake Michigan.
The Mackinac Bridge is one of the longest suspension bridges in the world. Connecting the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan, it spans 5 miles over the Straits of Mackinac, which is where Lake Michigan and Lake Huron meet. The Mighty Mac took 3 years to complete and was opened to traffic in 1957.
Gerald R. Ford grew up in Grand Rapids and became the 38th president of the United States He attended the University of Michigan where he was a football star. He served on a World War II aircraft carrier and afterward represented Michigan in Congress for 24 years. He was also was an Eagle Scout, the highest rank in Boy Scouts.
The Kellogg Company has made Battle Creek the Cereal Capital of the World. The Kellogg brothers accidentally discovered the process for producing flaked cereal products and sparked the beginning of the dry cereal industry.
The painted turtle is Michigan's state reptile.
The western shore of Michigan has many sand dunes. The Sleeping Bear Dunes rise 460 feet above Lake Michigan. Living among the dunes is the dwarf lake iris the official state wildflower.
Vernors ginger ale was created in Detroit and became the first soda pop made in the United States. In 1862, pharmacist James Vernor was trying to create a new beverage when he was called away to serve our country in the Civil War. When he returned, 4 years later, the drink he had stored in an oak case had acquired a delicious gingery flavor.
The Detroit Zoo was the first zoo in America to feature cageless, open-exhibits that allowed the animals more freedom to roam.
The Ambassador Bridge was named by Joseph Bower, the person credited with making the bridge a reality, who thought the name "Detroit-Windsor International Bridge" as too long and lacked emotional appeal. Bower wanted to "symbolize the visible expression of friendship of two peoples with like ideas and ideals."
Seul Choix Point Lighthouse in Gulliver has been guiding ships since 1895. The working light also functions as a museum, which houses early 1900s furnishings and maritime artifacts.
Michigan includes 56,954 square miles of land area; 1,194 square miles of inland waters; and 38,575 square miles of Great Lakes water area.
Sault Ste. Marie was established in 1668 making it the oldest town between the Alleghenies and the Rockies.
Michigan was the first state to guarantee every child the right to tax-paid high school education.
Isle Royal Park shelters one of the largest moose herds remaining in the United States and least visited national park
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Some of the longest bulk freight carriers in the world operate on the Great Lakes. Ore carriers 1,000 feet long sail Michigan's inland seas.
The Upper Michigan Copper Country is the largest commercial deposit of native copper in the world.
The 19 chandeliers in the Capitol in Lansing are one of a kind and designed especially for the building by Tiffany's of New York. Weighing between 800-900 pounds apiece they are composed of copper, iron and pewter.
The first auto traffic tunnel built between two nations was the mile-long Detroit-Windsor tunnel under the Detroit River.
The world's first international submarine railway tunnel was opened between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario, Canada in 1891.
The nation's first regularly scheduled air passage service began operation between Grand Rapids and Detroit in 1926.
In 1879 Detroit telephone customers were first in the nation to be assigned phone numbers to facilitate handling calls.
In 1929, the Michigan State Police established the first state police radio system in the world.
Grand Rapids is home to the 24-foot Leonardo da Vinci horse, called Il Gavallo, it is the largest equestrian bronze sculpture in the Western Hemisphere.
Agriculture:
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Michigan ranks third, nationally, in apple production with 1 billion lbs. and leads the nation in Jonathans and Northern Spys; the Apple Blossom is the state flower.
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13.2 million lbs. of fresh carrots, the third highest production in the country.
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85.5 million lbs. of celery, the second largest grower in the nation.
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185 million lbs. of cherries, with 75% of the U.S.'s red tart cherries grown in Michigan.
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Field corn (Michigan grows 2.2 million acres) is used for livestock feed, edible products, corn meal, oil, syrup and breakfast cereals.
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738 floriculture growers makes Michigan fourth in the nation in value of wholesale products.
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It takes 40-50 gallons of sap to make one gallon of 44,000 gallons of maple syrup made in Michigan.
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Redhaven peaches, which were developed at MSU in the 1940s is now the most widely planted peach in the world.
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Michigan has 2000 swine operations totaling 458 million lbs. of pork in the market.
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Meat and wool are obtained from the 32,500 sheep and lamb in the state.
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A typical 1,000 lb. steer results in 55 lbs. of round steak, 87 lbs. of T-bone, porterhouse and sirloin steaks, 100 lbs. of ground beef and the remaining in miscellaneous cuts such as rump roasts, ribs and stew meats; Michigan produces about 105,000 beef cows annually.
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43% of all cultivated blueberries in the U.S. come from Michigan; 72 million lbs.
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Michigan now has 26 commercial wineries who make wine from Native American, vitis vinifera and hybrid grape varieties.
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Michigan has 32 registered turkey growers who raise an estimated 8 million birds.
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Products that are made from the 1.95 million acres of soybeans are biodegradable and nontoxic.
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It only takes 12 sugar beets to make 1 lb. of sugar that is identical to sugar from sugar cane.
Facts about Oil and Gas in Michigan
Number of Michigan Counties with Oil and/or Gas Production
· 63 of 83 in the Lower PeninsulaMichigan's Estimated Average Daily Production
· 22,677 Barrels of Oil
· 790 Million Cubic Feet of Gas (MMCFG)Michigan's Annual Hydrocarbon Production (2000 Data)
· 8,277,840 Barrels of Oil (4% of Demand)
· 289 Billion Cubic Feet of GasTotal Oil and Gas Production Since 1920
· 1.34 Billion Barrels of Oil
· 5.9 Trillion Cubic Feet of GasTotal Number of Wells Currently Operating in Michigan
· 4,673 Oil Wells
· 6,865 Gas WellsTop Crude Oil Producing Counties
· Hillsdale - 123 Million Barrels of Oil
· Manistee - 102 Million Barrels of Oil
· Otsego - 100 Million Barrels of Oil
· Midland - 84 Million Barrels of OilTop Natural Gas Producing Counties
· Otsego - 860 Billion Cubic Feet
· Manistee - 600 Billion Cubic Feet
· Grand Traverse - 548 Billion Cubic Feet
· Kalkaska - 507 Billion Cubic Feet
Michigan's Oil & Gas Industry and the EconomyMichigan's underground industry significantly contributes to the state's economy in a variety of ways:
· Providing more than 10,000 industry-related jobs.
· Paying 14,000 private mineral owners more than $80 million in royalties annually.
· Contributing nearly $1 billion in oil and gas income (royalties, rentals, lease bonuses) to the State of Michigan since 1927.
· Paying more than $40 million in severance taxes and oil and gas fees to the State of Michigan annually.
· Contributing millions of dollars in local property taxes on oil and gas wells, pipelines and surface facilities each year.
· Providing about $7 million in privilege fees to the state annually. These fees underwrite the activities of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality's Geological Survey Division, which is responsible for monitoring and enforcing industry compliance with state and federal laws.
· Producing a total of $17.6 billion in Michigan crude oil and natural gas since 1925.
· Generating a total value of $865 million in Michigan crude oil and natural gas production annually in recent years. This, in turn, results in an additional $1.1 billion in business activity in Michigan, making oil and gas production a $2 billion industry in Michigan.
· Michigan, with the largest underground working storage capacity of any state, is a natural gas storehouse for the Northeastern United States with 600 billion cubic feet of storage capacity.
· Michigan produces about 25 percent of the natural gas in the state uses.
Michigan's Oil & Gas Industry at a GlanceCrude oil and natural gas have been found in 63 counties in Michigan's Lower Peninsula.
First Commercial Well Drilled: Saginaw Country, 1925.
Number of Wells: More than 47,300 wells drilled since 1925. 14,000 active oil and gas producing wells.
Well Depth: Ranges from a few hundred feet to approximately 12,000 feet
Biggest Production Year: Oil production reached 38.5 million barrels in
1979; gas production reached 305 Billion Cubic Feet (BCF) in 1997.Barrels of Oil Produced: Currently producing 10 million annually; 1 billion since 1925
Cubic Feet of Natural Gas Produced: Currently producing more than 300 billion annually; more than 4 trillion since 1925.Largest Mineral Rights Owner: State of Michigan, with 5.9 million mineral acres.