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	Jean François Hamtramck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1793 Hamtramck was named lieutenant colonel in the Legion of the United States led by General Anthony Wayne to secure the Northwest Territory.
		Hamtramck was cited for bravery at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794.
		Hamtramck, now a full colonel, took possession of the British Fort Lernoult and the settlement of Detroit for the United States on July 11, 1796.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jean_Francois_Hamtramck (237 words)

	Hamtramck, Michigan -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Hamtramck is named for the soldier (Click link for more info and facts about Jean Francois Hamtramck) Jean Francois Hamtramck who was the first American commander of Fort Shelby, the fortification at Detroit.
		Poletown is a neighborhood mostly in the city of Detroit and a small part of Hamtramck.
		Recently, Hamtramck's city council voted unaimously to amend the city's noise ordinance to allow loudspeaker broadcasts of the Islamic call to prayer and Christian church bells.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/ha/hamtramck,_michigan.htm (764 words)

	hamtramck :: detroit neighborhoods
		Hamtramck was originally established as a township in 1798 in what was known as the Northwest Territory.
		Hamtramck has also emerged as a great place to play (and be seen) in the music community.
		Hamtramck's newest venue, Small's has become one of the most popular Detroit rock venues and attracts the hottest up and coming bands in indie music.
	www.motorcityrocks.com /ham.htm (238 words)

	Encyclopedia: Hamtramck, Michigan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Hamtramck is a city located in Wayne County, Michigan in the United States of America.
		Hamtramck is surrounded by the city of Detroit on all sides, except for a small portion of the western border which touches the similarly surrounded city of Highland Park.
		It is sometimes confused with Poletown, a traditional Polish neighborhood which lies mostly in the city of Detroit and includes a small part of Hamtramck.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Hamtramck,-Michigan (1308 words)

	Hamtramck Rentals
		Hamtramck, also known as Hamtown, is the most culturally rich enclave in the Detroit area.
		Hamtramck’s population of 22,000 is a harmonious ethnic mix, as reflected in the city’s slogan: “A League of Nations.” It has well-established neighborhoods and boasts its own police force.
		Hamtramck is famous for many of its landmarks, festivals, restaurants, and clubs.
	www.hamtramckrentals.com (252 words)

	Hamtramck Blowout
		Hamtramck was always an oddity – a tiny little enclave of houses, churches and bars anchored by the giant assembly plants that provided much of the wealth that drove this city.
		A couple of years ago, Blender magazine selected Hamtramck as one of the top 5 rock and roll cities in the country and I was somewhat skeptical.
		Hamtramck has gone through a lot of tough times, but it just keeps rolling with the punches and coming out stronger and that in itself should be a lesson to all of us.
	www.nestorindetroit.com /hamtramck_blowout.htm (667 words)

	Hamtramck, Michigan 48212 - InfoMI.com
		On April 12, 1827, the township was organized, and its village, southeast of present-day Hamtramck Township, was given a post office on October 3, 1828, with Thomas Noxon as its first postmaster.
		Hamtramck was incorporated as a village in 1901 and as a city in 1921.
		Hamtramck lies entirely within the city of Detroit, however is politically independent.
	www.infomi.com /city/hamtramck (207 words)

	Hamtramck Online Guide
		Hamtramck is also home to many thriving community and service organizations, ethnic and cultural organizations, and churches.
		Originally established in 1798 as the township of Hamtramck, in what was then part of the Northwest Territory, Hamtramck was organized as a village in 1901.
		While a quiet farming town at the turn of the century, the population soared during 1910-20, when it was the fastest-growing community in the nation, spurred by the booming automobile industry.
	www.hamtramck.com (264 words)

	American Profile: 3/10/2002 - 3/16/2002: Hamtramck, MI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Between 1914 and 1920, Hamtramck’s population swelled from 3,589 to 45,615, in part because of the large influx of newly arrived Poles.
		Hamtramck’s Polish heritage brought Pope John Paul II to the city in 1897 and a monument to the first Polish leader of the Roman Catholic Church stands in a downtown park.
		Hamtramck also was progressive in other social issues, such as having the first school district in the United States to offer education for special needs students.
	www.americanprofile.com /issues/20020310/20020310mid_1931.asp (698 words)

	Lawrence W. Reed on Privatization & Hamtramck, Michigan on National Review Online
		For example, Hamtramck's contract with the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), the union that represents city clerical and Department of Public Works (DPW) employees, provided for annual wage increases of as much as four times the rate of inflation.
		Hamtramck was at a standstill and swimming in both garbage and red ink.
		Before the Hamtramck takeover, the city owned a fairly large amount of untapped capital in the form of idle land.
	www.nationalreview.com /comment/comment-reed030102.shtml (1180 words)

	Cultures collide in diverse Hamtramck - 04/26/04 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Hamtramck City Council is expected to give final approval next Tuesday to an amendment to the city's noise ordinance to permit the Bangladeshi al-Islah mosque in Hamtramck to sound the adhan, or traditional call to prayer, via loudspeakers five times each day.
		Loudspeakers on an old brick building in Hamtramck have become a symbol of the struggle between tolerance and tradition, and raise questions about what it means to be American.
		Hamtramck also is a city with a long and colorful history of political dissent.
	www.detnews.com /2004/metro/0404/26/a01-133933.htm (1593 words)

	Payment error likely to cost city
		Less than four months after Hamtramck's state-appointed emergency financial manager stepped down, declaring the city financially sound, the city is facing another major financial crisis.
		Wayne County officials said Thursday they want Hamtramck to refund nearly $4 million they say the county overpaid as part of a payment in lieu of taxes agreement that compensates the city for revenue lost in connection with the county jail.
		Hamtramck is prepared to sue the county to get the $867,442 balance, said William Barnett, Hamtramck's controller.
	www.freep.com /news/locway/jail22e_20050222.htm (547 words)

	Hamtramck on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Hamtramck, Mich., is Mixing the Old with the New.
		After running her salon in Hamtramck, Michigan, for 40 years, Helen Wasacz, left, decided to retire and rent it to Sandra Kramer-Shaw.
		Tiffany Amejka, 23, of Hamtramck, Michigan, washes the windows outside of her home on Tuesday, September 18, 2001 to use up nervous energy.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/H/Hamtramc.asp (811 words)

	Michigan Historical Marker: Colonel John Francis Hamtramck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In 1793 Hamtramck was named lieutenant colonel in the forces led by General Anthony Wayne.
		The next year, Hamtramck was cited for bravery in Wayne's victory at the Battle of Fallen Timbers.
		In 1796, Hamtramck, a newly appointed colonel, was further honored when he was given command of the fort at Detroit which had previously been in British hands.
	www.michmarkers.com /pages/S0252.htm (161 words)

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		The Hamtramck of today, with almost 18,000 people, differs from the Hamtramck of 30 or 40 years ago, when my husband was growing up.
		According to Walter Wasacz, a reporter with the weekly community paper, The Hamtramck Citizen, Hamtramck is "the most multicultural city in the state of Michigan." Over 65 percent of the children who attend Hamtramck public schools speak English as a second language.
		As Greg Kowalski, chair of Hamtramck's Historical Commission and author of Our Town: The Story of Hamtramck, explains, "Artists and other creative people are attracted to the city for its grittiness." In fact, Hamtramck's current mayor, Gary Zych, is a sculptor who was born in Hamtramck and raised in the suburbs.
	www.thewitness.org /archive/oct2000/hamtranck.html (2870 words)

	Robb Roy Story Page - "Hamtramck"
		The song "Hamtramck" was written about the circumstances surrounding the murder of Lauren M. Ceick, of Hamtramck.
		The song is not specifically about Hamtramck as much as the murder and the way that these events seem to be so common place.
		I attended Lili's funeral, in Hamtramck, when she passed away because like many other musicians in town we felt like she was a mother to us.
	www.robbroy.com /story/hamtramck.html (1339 words)

	Call to prayer is unsettling in Hamtramck - 05/23/04
		HAMTRAMCK — A controversial noise ordinance allowing a mosque to broadcast daily Islamic calls to prayer over loud speakers is set to go into effect Wednesday.
		The Hamtramck City Council will try to sort through the mess Tuesday in the latest round of what is becoming a lesson in democracy, freedom of speech and freedom of religion.
		The council wrote and approved an amendment to the city’s noise ordinance, sparking waves of outrage from Christian groups across the country that claimed Hamtramck was giving special rights to Muslims.
	www.detnews.com /2004/religion/0405/23/b03-160686.htm (609 words)

	Where we live: Hamtramck
		The average price of a home in Hamtramck is $52,000.
		To accommodate the large number of people moving to the city in the 1920s and 1930s, a second house was built behind the main house, in place of a garage.
		There are 26 different languages spoken in the city, and children are placed in English-speaking classrooms, which is a factor in MEAP test scores being low, Sobota says.
	www.freep.com /realestate/wayne/qhood31.htm (394 words)

	Hamtramck Star
		Bob Zwolak has lived in Hamtramck 60 years and is optimistic about the future.
		William Hood has lived in Hamtramck 52 years and has done all the things other candidates have claimed over and over again.
		While this project is in beta, summaries may include traffic from Detroit, Hamtramck, and Wayne County police and fire.
	hamtramckstar.com (1796 words)

	Polish Art Center - Hamtramck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Hamtramck Haunts describes coming of age in a working class family of Polish immigrants, bent on making a living in America.
		Hamtramck was a bustling city of 50,000 in the 1930s, completely surrounded by Detroit and still is. The personal history gives a picture of neighborhood activities where the parish church and school preserved some of the culture of village life in eastern Europe, and other community institutions aided in acculturation.
		John Francis Hamtramck helped to shape the American army in the West during the Indian wars, served with the 5th New York Regiment in 1777-1778, was part of the Sullivan expedition sent against the Iroquois in 1778-1779, and later saw service at Morristown and in Virginia.
	www.polartcenter.com /cgi-bin/shop.pl/page=hamtramck.htm (1623 words)

	HAMTRAMCK FIREFIGHTERS
		Hamtramck’s “Finest” and “Bravest” are uniting to assist those devastated by the hurricanes.
		Along with help from our friends at Knights of Columbus, we will be in their lounge at 9632 Conant on Saturday October 15th from 4pm to 9pm serving up the secret spaghetti sauce from the kitchen of the firehouse with all proceeds to benefit the Hurricane victims.
		Louie was a Hamtramck Firefighter up until a few years ago and battled several illnesses in the short time since he left the department.
	www.hamtramckfirefighters.com /index2.html (840 words)

	Hamtramck News
		In 1981, General Motors and the cities of Detroit and Hamtramck collaborated in a grand plan to bring industry back to what was perceived as a dying city, to add to the two cities' tax coffers and to keep the...
		Hamtramck Police were questioning one person Wednesday in connection with the Tuesday night murders of an off-duty Wayne County sheriff's deputy and his roommate.
		There are new details Wednesday as Hamtramck police investigate a case involving the death of an off-duty Wayne Co.
	www.topix.net /city/hamtramck-mi (1198 words)

	insideHAMTRAMCK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Hamtramck Police Officer Chris Garon featured in the local television media for his heroic actions as the city administration under EFM Louis Schimmel denies him his salary
		Hamtramck loses landmark building to devastating fire as Hamtramck firefighters are injured and Highland Park and Detroit Fire Departments pitch in and respond to the emergency call for help
		This site has been designed to inform the citizens of the city of Hamtramck and others who are interested in the local Hamtramck stories that are behind the headlines.
	www.insidehamtramck.com (1160 words)

	The Bunker - Hamtramck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		This $90,000 palace will be 3 apartments when the attic renovation is completed.
		None of the houses in Hamtramck were built as 3-units.
		Steve and I drove to Hamtramck on Sunday to get a paper and wander town a bit.
	bunker.defcode.com /index.php?cat=24 (836 words)

	Hamtramck Real Estate Agents, Hamtramck Homes For Sale, REALTORS and Hamtramck
		HomeGain provides Hamtramck, Michigan real estate information and resources to guide homeowners and homebuyers through the process of selling and buying a house, condo or other Hamtramck realty property.
		HomeGain has services to help you find a top Hamtramck real estate broker or agent, get the value of your Hamtramck home and a comparative market analysis (CMA), view Hamtramck real estate and MLS listings, prepare your home for sale, and more.
		Cuando se registre para encontrar un agente de bienes raices en Hamtramck, simplemente indique que necesita un agente que habla Español.
	www.homegain.com /local_real_estate/MI/hamtramck.html (492 words)

	ClickOnDetroit.com - News - Hamtramck Mosque Begins Call To Prayer Broadcasts
		HAMTRAMCK, Mich. -- For the first time in Hamtramck, the Islamic call to prayer was heard Friday afternoon over a loudspeaker, Local 4 reported.
		The noise of traffic outside the mosque muffled the afternoon broadcast, but Abdul Motlib, of Hamtramck, described it as "wonderful." He said the call to prayer will help Muslims to remember to take time out of their schedule to pay tribute to nearly 1,400 years of worship.
		But not everyone in the community was pleased by the unanimous decision by City Council in April to approve an amendment to Hamtramck's noise ordinance and allow the prayer broadcasts.
	www.clickondetroit.com /news/3358067/detail.html (442 words)

	Fair Price For Home, Inc. Wants To Buy Your Hamtramck, Michigan Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
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	hamtramck.michigan.webuyhouseshq.com (1257 words)

	Photographers in Hamtramck MI - Hamtramck Photographers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Hamtramck Photographers, Hamtramck Photojournalists for Hamtramck Weddings, Mitzvahs, Corporate Events and more in Hamtramck, MI Hamtramck Photographers, Photography in Hamtramck MI MI local pages
		Prem and Cheridy combine personality, quality, and artistic vision and their goal is to keep your wedding day relaxed and fun while capturing memories that last a lifetime....
		All packages include an engagement session, 300 or more color previews in an attractive album that you keep, Internet hosting of a selection of your photos, you can keep the negatives, plus we offer the finest wedding albums that are available.
	hamtramck-photographers-mi.wedj.com (3663 words)

	ClickOnDetroit.com - News - Hamtramck Residents To Hear Prayer Broadcasts
		Hamtramck residents will soon be hearing a Muslim call to prayer five times a day following a unanimous vote by the City Council Tuesday night.
		The Hamtramck City Council voted unanimously to allow a Muslim call to prayer to be broadcast from a loudspeaker five times a day.
		As for complaints of the noise pollution created by the call to prayer, Majewski said there are other noise issues because Hamtramck is an urban city.
	www.clickondetroit.com /news/3026297/detail.html (595 words)

	AllRefer.com - Hamtramck, United States (U.S. Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		The city grew quickly after the coming of the automobile industry (c.1910).
		Points of interest include St. Florian's Church (a prime example of Gothic architecture); and the memorial and grave of Col. John F. Hamtramck, first U.S. commander of the Detroit garrison.
		The city has a large Polish-American community and various Polish cultural events.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/H/Hamtramc.html (197 words)

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