Detroit has such a rich history. We love Detroit.

I love this. I grew up in Detroit. Later moved 240 miles to the north to Cadillac MI. Thanks for sharing

Other than the pronunciation of "Pottawattomee" (POTT-ah-WOTT-ah-mee) this was a good introduction to Detroit. Being born and living my entire life in Detroit, I'm pleased to see this interest in my city.

Thanks for sharing your map and history of Detroit! Interesting!

I love how you said Gratiot I never thought of it being French😂

Gratiot = "Graa-Shut"

Thank you... I love maps of Detroit

We have a lot of French named roads that we have Americanized. One of those is Gratiot (gra-shot).

What about the Detroit treaty of 1807? It was this treaty while so many Indians joined the British fight for the war of 1812.

Troit in French means narrow. Detroit literally mean The Narrow. It was the named either because the Detroit River was narrow or late Erie narrowed into a river there.

Hi, Gratiot is pronounced "GRA-shit-- (like 'yeah' but with a 'gr' instead of 'y' in front). also, you may want to know these pronunciations: Livernois = LIV-er-noise, Cadiux = CAD-joo, Dequindre = de-KWIN-der, -- love your video!!!

Really nice content!

8:29 makes true Detroiters go 🤨

Thanks for sharing. I live in Pontiac. The history and lore intrigues me.

I skimmed through. Did you mention the Fire of 1803?? The motto: "Up from the ashes" refers to this city fire.

The railway you mention @ 12:50 is known as the Dequindre cut and ran directly from the water front through eastern market and in to the industrial heart of the cities east side. Remnants of it remain today as a greenway bike/pedestrian path.... Imagine the high line in NY, only recessed below street level instead of being elevated.

I grew up on the Detroit River near wyandotte and trenton. I've always wanted to see how it looked back in the 16 and 17's

Thank you i have some 1879 plat maps and some of the farmers are letting me hunt the fields and I am finding musket balls I think I found one 3 Ringer that has been fired I don't know if you're from Michigan but if you wanna go out and hunt get ahold of me will definitely do that they are about ready to start cutting the fields down so it's a good time to go I also have found a button from a Civil War uniform

A lot of these buildings are still standing. In Detroit !

Nice pics

I had a feeling the French took over, so that’s why my family’s last name is in French but I’m pretty sure we’re mostly native and black

Cool!!!🎬🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Very interesting site you have do you have anything on Swan Creek area French town village

you're not from around there are ya? come visit soon!

How could I get a copy of that map

Awesome work for an outsider.

It sounded like you said (at about 11:28) "distance across river, 2 mile, 3 mile." This is not distance across the river, however it is distance from Detroit City Hall building. The Detroit River at, down town area is a little less than 1 mile wide. I love this video, and I love maps too.

I was born and raised in Detroit. West Grand Blvd 😊

The city limits in 1895 included Downtown, and, perhaps, Midtown. But...the city limit itself began to dramatically expand, as Detroit swallowed up other municipalities, farmland, etc. My question is: if you look at the present city limits; from eight mile to the river, from Telegraph to Chalmers...how much of that had any settlement at the turn of the Century??

the distance on the ferry routes is the distance to city hall

That’s for this video

I went to Wikipedia, and read along with you word for word. What the hell, bro? I knew this sounded familiar!

No police precincts listed or shown? That's the info I need.

DÉTROIT! SO INTERESTIN’

Can you do a video on Flint Michigan?

Interesting video, my last name goes way back in Michigan

A short story by: Antony H. Davidson-Black The Sociopaths Of Maple GroveOn the edge of town where city limits meet, as close to desolate as metropolitan areas get. sit ordinary somewhat quaint appearing row dormitories, though appearences aren't always as they seem. This portion of land started as acreage for a school house, years later the older half of.. a cematary. If being built on hollowed ground wasn't enough to create havoc and restlessness among forces beyond living comprehension, down the road was a Native battlefield. What needs to be understood and taken heed by the Benevolent is that blood that deep leaves a stain so egregious that if not stymied, can play host to the wicked and bizarre. This instance unfortunately attracted the most unclean sorts. The type of THINGS that are spawned from other things when those entities crawl back up from untimely horrid deaths bared as crosses on the wicked. which slowly is becoming The residences of Maple Grove Townhouses's undoing. Faces that appear compassionate and sympathizing but with just a slight shadow of a hint that is shiveringly unsettling!. But take slight comfort in knowing, these well hid beasts are mere shells of people having turned away from the light they are timid and reluctant to face the outside therefor they often recoil back into their dwellings startled by the outside world. To see the blood chilling method of a blinding & callous system of death so wickedly ingenious carried out hand in hand by the residents, leads one to conclude it must have been touched by the hand of Lucifer himself, though incorrect, Maple Grove Townhouses will introduce a level of depravity that will surely burn until it consumes itself. A dizzying game of fetch and hide and go seek that pinpoints murders several miles from it's location on the map effectively insulating itself. A dark Anti-fairy tale???? what if I were to tell you astonishingly that it's origins had validity! That guests of such a inhumane place are spun 'til logic is hard to envision, and randomly fed to depraved lunatics at a wim on this blood soaked consecrated ground. This is where average citizens who slip thru the cracks, are sent to DIE!! Where Livonia artists families are slaughtered, the youngest being toddlers! On grounds of what started in the early 1800's in Nankin Michigan as Perrinsville school house. An institution among meny established to better society, Now sadly turned into Godlessness and blight, a murder machine!

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construction on the Caddillac building started in 1919 ......Seems to be on that 1895 map and across from book tower owned now by dan gilberts company but says its construction started in 1916............

Very good however only tell the early part of the story. The author apparently has not spent much time in the city from the way he searches around the map. Still a great job on the early history.

The way you said gratiot killed me I was raised in Michigan 😂

fun fact: détroit meaning “strait” in French

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It’s called Grattiott

hog island-snake island & water works park

Not a very interesting presentation. Timeline info is off. Those 'measurements of distance' are NOT the amount of miles from shore to shore across the Detroit River. They represent the distance from City Hall. And mispronunciation of very well-known major Detroit street names (such as 'Gratiot') gives away the fact that this guy doesn't know what he's talking about, and isn't from the Detroit area. And probably has never even been here. LOL.. He pronounced 'Atwater' as "Water Street". 😕

the 2 churches by the semicircle park are one of the few buildings on that map still standing now between the churches in Comerica park go tigers!

Gratiot is pronounced “grass shit” No one in Detroit is French or has any French influence on speech, even tho Detroit was a French city . Detroit is much more southern than people realize

You have the map but you still don't see the owl.......😎

Gratiot is pronounced gra- (like the gra- in grab) shit (like, well, shit). gra-shit. Seriously. And also, Harper hospital is where my dad was born...it has been there for quite a long time.

the half moon green area is Grand Circus park. Detroit was designed by the same guy that designed Washington D.C., Pierre Charles L'Enfant, he was also a Freemason. Gratiot is pronounced Gra-shit.

Motor City

There are no marks because it’s a painting

Brutal.... learn about Detroit dude. Have you ever been?

Lmfao it's pronounced Grah shut not Gra Twat (GRATIOT)

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Gratiot is pronounced grash-et

Those Indians looked brown skinned with white features.! Who painted these pictures? Seems like someone was trying to hide something!

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8:30 “Gray twat” haha! Pronounced (gra-shit).

Gratiot is pronounced (gra-SHIT) I do not know what accent letters to put but yeah.

Churches were important places in 1895, seems like God was more important then too.

Lol Gratiot lmao

The way he said Gratiot.. definitely not from Detroit

You pan around way too fast for anyone to have a clear look at. Literally had to go by what you said because I couldn't fix my eye on anything for more than a thousandth of a second.

So keep them buffs off your face if you dont understand the city

Nice job, but Gratiot is pronounced grass-shit

lol hes not from michigan...its gra-shit

He's a cartographer not a linguist haha

interesting subject matter, but I had to stop watching/listening to you slaughter the pronunciation of so many things. Do some research and rehearse before making a video.

All those churches on the map. Why? Isn’t that a pain in the ass? 😂 Bless Up and thanks for the video. ❤️ Planning to move to Michigan. ✌🏻