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US #775 1935 3¢ Michigan Centenary - SASE
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Issue Date: November 1, 1935

Michigan held a constitutional convention in 1835 and became the 26th state of the Union in 1837. U.S. #775 commemorates the centenary of these historic events.

French Exploration and Settlement
When the first Europeans arrived in Michigan, about 15,000 Indians lived in the region. Most of these people spoke Algonquian languages, but some spoke Iroquoian. Michigan’s Upper Peninsula was sparsely populated.

Around 1620, Étienne Brulé of France explored the Upper Peninsula. Most historians believe he was the first European to visit Michigan. Brulé traveled to Michigan from Quebec, under the orders of Governor Samuel de Champlain of New France (Canada). In 1634, Champlain sent Jean Nicolet to search for a route to the Pacific Ocean. Nicolet sailed through the Straits of Mackinac and explored the Upper Peninsula. In 1660, Father René Ménard established a Jesuit mission at Keweenaw Bay. The first permanent settlement was created by Father Jacques Marquette at Sault Ste. Marie in 1668.

During the late 1600s, Father Marquette; Louis Jolliet; René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle; and many other French explorers explored Michigan, and mapped its lakes and rivers. By 1700, the French had built forts, missions, and trading posts in several locations in both the Upper and Lower peninsulas. Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founded Fort Pontchartrain in 1701. This settlement grew to become the city of Detroit.