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Pontiac, Michigan. / 42.64611°N 83.29250°W / 42.64611; -83.29250. Pontiac ( / ˈpɒn ( t) iæk / POHN- (t)ee-ack) is a city in and the county seat of Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. [3] Located roughly 26 miles (41.8 km) northwest of downtown Detroit, Pontiac is part of the Detroit metropolitan area, and is variously ...
Pontiac, city, seat (1820) of Oakland county, southeastern Michigan, U.S., lying on the Clinton River 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Detroit. Named for Chief Pontiac of the Ottawa tribe, it was located on the Saginaw Trail and became an important wagon and carriage production centre in the 1880s. It later turned to the manufacture of automobiles ...
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UTC-5 ( EST) • Summer ( DST) UTC-4 ( EDT) Pontiac Township is a defunct charter township in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The area consisted of what is now the cities of Pontiac, Auburn Hills, and Lake Angelus. Pontiac Township was bordered on the north by Brown Road and Dutton Road, on the east by South Adams Road (including ...
He was a man of power and strength, a man of peace, a man whose word was his bond. He was Pontiac, Chief of the Ottawa Indian tribe, who lived from 1720 to 1769. Chief Pontiac was rugged, yet charismatic; strong, but gentle; a warrior, as well as a diplomat. It was Pontiac who united, for the first time, all the tribes between the Mississippi ...
Miçigen. (2020) Michigan( sqt. Miçigen) është një shtet federal i Shteteve të Bashkuara. Emri i saj është forma e galicizuar e fjalës mishigamaa në gjuhën indigjene Ojibwa, që do të thotë "ujë i madh" ose "liqen i madh". [2] Miçigani është shteti i 10-të më i populluar dhe i 11-ti për nga sipërfaqja. Kryeqyteti i tij ...
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Pontiac. Pontiac is a city in and the county seat of Oakland County, Michigan, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 61,606. A part of Metro Detroit, Pontiac is about 20 miles northwest of Detroit. Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0. Ukraine is facing shortages in its brave fight to survive.
1819-The Pontiac Company put up a saw mill at the foot of Lawrence Street by the Clinton River. 1819- Michigan Territory Governor Lewis Cass proclaimed Oakland the forth county of the Michigan territory. It was preceded by Wayne, Monroe and Macomb Counties. 1820- Pontiac was proclaimed the seat of Oakland County and the first court at Oakland ...
