Michigan Territory
The Territory of Michigan was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from June 30, 1805, until January 26, 1837, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Michigan. Detroit was the territorial capital.
Read more about Michigan Territory: History and Government, Territorial Acquisition, Territorial Subdivisions, Territorial Population, Congressional Delegates, Territorial Evolution of Michigan
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“Size is not grandeur, and territory does not make a nation.”
—Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)