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Happy 175th!

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January 26, 2012

From Staff Reports

Michigan is celebrating 175 years of statehood today.

To become a state Michigan bartered away the city of Toledo in exchange for the entire Upper Peninsula, a move that was controversial at the time. That was January 26, 1837.

Find some fun facts on Michigan today from the Detroit Free Press here.

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