| 1701 |
Cadillac and company arrive in
25 canoes to found settlement on the shore of the Detroit River. |
| 1816 |
A road—part of today’s
Woodward Ave.—is built to link Detroit and Pontiac. |
| 1820s-30s |
Road building from Detroit to
the interior of Michigan gets attention. |
| 1825 |
The Erie Canal opens bringing
settlers to Michigan. |
| 1838 |
The
Detroit and Pontiac RR starts operating a train between Detroit and
Birmingham. Horses pull the train until a locomotive arrives in August
1839. |
| 1847 |
A horse-drawn bus route runs
along Detroit’s East Jefferson Avenue. |
| 1848 |
The Plank Road Act allows plank
toll roads to be built from Detroit to Pontiac, Saline, Erin, Howell and
Grosse Pointe. |
| 1863 |
The Detroit City Railway Company
is established. It uses horse buses placed on rails. |
| 1922 |
The
Detroit Department of Street Railways begins operating all city street
railways. |
