Wyandotte, Michigan

Near here, Chief Pontiac plotted his attack against the British fort in 1763 but failed.

After the War of 1812 and the Wyandot cession, Major Biddle purchased 2,200 acres (9 km2) of land from the federal government in 1818.

=== 19th century === In 1818, after the United States had gained independence and then control over this area from the British, the Wyandot signed a treaty with the U.S.

The buildings were completed around 1835, and he named his estate "Wyandotte" after the Indians who were still living in the area.

Founded as a village of Ecorse Township in 1854, Wyandotte was incorporated as a city, and granted a charter by the State of Michigan, on December 12, 1866.

It held its first city election in April 1867, making it the oldest incorporated city in Wayne County after Detroit.

In 1873, Ward's Wyandotte Iron Ship Building Works built the nation's earliest steel-hulled vessel, a tugboat called the Sport.

In 1893, he created Michigan Alkali Company, which created baking soda, soda ash and lye.

It was incorporated as a village with the name of Glenwood in 1900.

In 1901 a post office was established here with the name of Bacon since there was already a Glenwood post office in Wayne Township, Cass County, Michigan.

The community of Ford City was founded as a village in 1902.

Wyandotte annexed the community in 1905.

In 1912 and 1913, the Wyandotte Alkalis, named for the Michigan Alkali Company, played as members of the Class D level Border League, winning the 1912 league championship.

Beginning in the 1920s Wyandotte was a major source of toy production, with the All Metal Products Company founded in 1920 and located in Wyandotte on Sycamore Street between 14...

This street was eventually extended and renamed Van Alstyne Boulevard in 1921.

In 1922 it merged with Wyandotte.

On April 14, 1924, Wyandotte annexed a large section of Ecorse Township.

The Park is named in honor of Count Casimir Pulaski, a statue of whom was dedicated in the park in 1938.

This shipbuilding industry was immortalized in 1942 in the painting of several murals which still exist today in the auditorium of Theodore Roosevelt High School.

Wyandotte Consolidated formed in 1970 from the merger of St.

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=== 2000 census === As of the census of 2000, there were 28,006 people, 11,816 households, and 7,420 families residing in the city.

In July 2001, three workers at an Atofina plant in neighboring Riverview were killed when a rail car leaked a colorless gas called methyl mercaptan.

The site was successfully remediated by 2003 before the park was built on the site.

It was first opened on August 12, 2009, by the Lions Club.

== Demographics == === 2010 census === As of the census of 2010, there were 25,883 people, 10,991 households, and 6,727 families residing in the city.

It closed in 2011 after a downturn in the economy.

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