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Founded: The city was incorporated in 1865; granted city status in 1953Population: 1,200Area: One-square mile"The Thing" Thomas Clegg and his English-born father, John, built "The Thing," the first recorded self-propelled vehicle in Michigan in 1884-85. The Thing, driven by a single cylinder steam engine with a tubular boiler carried in the rear, seated four.

 

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