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Michigan - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | Michigan produces the bulk of the peppermint crop of the United States, and it is in the front rank as a fruit-producing state. |
 | | The population of Michigan in 1880 was 1,636,937; in 1890 it was 2,093,889, an increase of 27.9% within the decade; in 1900 it was 2,420,982, a further increase of 15.6% and in 1910, according to the preliminary returns of the U.S. census, it was 2,810,173. |
 | | Michigan was a pioneer state in creating the American educational system; she began the organization of it at the time of her admission into the Union in 1837, and has since been noted for the high standard of her schools. |
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