In case you missed it, Michigan turned the big old 180 today. That’s right folks, 180 years of the Great Lakes and living in a state that looks like a mitten and a rabbit.
But Michigan didn’t always have its iconic look. This historic map of Michigan from 1825 (before Michigan officially became a state) shows what the Michigan territory looked like before better mapping technology.
This article appears in Jan 25-31, 2017.