Detroit
celebrated its 300th anniversary in 2001. On July 24, 1701,
Cadillac and his party of French soldiers and settlers arrived at le detroit—the
strait. They came in 25 canoes, transportation adopted from the Indians.
This
Time Traveler takes a journey on some of the other forms of transportation
people in Detroit used between before the invention of the automobile.
Click on a topic at the left to begin your travel in time.
Michigan Historical and Pioneer Collections
For more memories of early Michigan, look at the Collections of Michigan
Pioneer and Historical Society at your local library or the Library of
Michigan. The memories your will read on these pages come from those books.
"Detroit—Before the Motor Car" originally appeared in the Lansing State
Journal on July 11, 2001, as part of the Lansing Newspapers In Education
(NIE) program.
