USA Mega series #22; Michigan Traditional Cache

This is a one of a series of 51 caches (50 traditional (States) and a puzzle bonus (USA)) that will take you around the town of Thornbury.

All the caches are to do with the USA and will give you info on all the states.

                                               MICHIGAN        

• Origin of name: Based on Chippewa Indian word “meicigama” meaning “Great water” (the Great lakes)
• Capital: Lansing
• Largest city: Detroit
• Population: 9,895,622 (2013 est) Ranked 9th in the US.
• Nicknames: The Great lakes state; The Wolverine state.
• Highest point: Mount Arvon, 1,979 ft
• Admission to union: January 26^th, 1837 (26^th)
• State motto: If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you.
• State song: Michigan, my Michigan
• State tree: Eastern white pine
• State flower: Apple blossom
• State bird: Robin
• Area: 96,716 sq mi. Ranked 11th in the US.
  
   

Did you know……...

1) Detroit is known as the car capital of the world.

2) 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.

3) Michigan has the longest freshwater shoreline in the world.

4) The Upper Michigan Copper Country is the largest commercial deposit of native copper in the world.

5) Although Michigan is often called the "Wolverine State" there are no longer any wolverines in Michigan.