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Created: May 31, 2007
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Location: United States
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America's High Five
MICHIGAN FACTS
State Name: Michigan
Name Origin: Derived from the Indian word Michigama, meaning great or large lake.
Nicknames: Great Lakes State, Wolverine State
Statehood: Jan. 26, 1837 (26th)
Capital: Lansing, since 1847; prior to that, Detroit.
State Motto: Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice, which translates, "If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you."
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