The wild lands we now know as Michigan were cordoned off by the American government in 1787. At that time, it was called the Northwest Territory and included all of Michigan, much of Wisconsin ...

The Northwest Ordinance drew out borders for future states within the territory. One boundary was a straight line from the southern tip of Lake Michigan to Lake Erie. Those who are good at ...

Happy birthday, Michigan! The Mitten State was granted statehood on Jan. 26, 1837 — 188 years ago today. But many chapters of ...

What do you get a state that has "everything" for its birthday? Michigan turned 188 on Sunday, and it already has matching left and right mittens. Native Americans have lived in what is now ...

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Such is student life at Karenni Medical College, a school founded two years ago in territory controlled by rebel forces. The campus, with classrooms and dorms made of thatched bamboo, was built ...