Detroit City: The Road to Bankruptcy

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Detroit, located in the US MidWest , was first inhabited in 1701. A settlement of around 100 French soldiers was established by French explorer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac later grew into what has come to be known as Detroit. Cadillac encouraged Native Americans to settle in “le Detroit” or the Strait. With time, the settlement became a small fur trading post. In 1760, the British took over Detroit from the French. By this time, the town's population had touched 2,000.. Detroit was incorporated as a city in 1802. In 1805, a great fire destroyed large parts of the city. The new city, built on the ashes of the former, was designed by Augustus B. Woodward on the lines of Washington, DC. A large park was built at the heart of new Detroit, with roads radiating from its center.....

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Irish immigration into the city began. By 1834, the city's population was around 5,000. In 1837, when Michigan was made the 26th state of the US, Detroit became its capital. In 1845, the city's population crossed 13,000. In 1848, the capital of Michigan was moved to Lansing. In 1850, shipping became Detroit's largest industry. With Scandinavian, Polish, and Italian migration into the city, Detroit's population swelled to 45,000 in 1860.In 1864, steel started to be produced in the city. This, in a way, laid the foundation for the rise of stove, automobile, and railroad manufacturing in Detroit. In 1879, Detroit became the first city in the US to assign individual telephone numbers. By 1880, it had become a multicultural city of around 116,000 people. By the end of the 19th century, Detroit was a commercial and industrial hub, with scores of manufacturing firms taking advantage of the road and rail infrastructure as well as the water connectivity provided by the Detroit River.......

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