Michigan

What Was Michigan’S Slogan Before Pure Michigan?

Great Lakes, Great Times. Before Pure Michigan, the state’s tourism campaign centered on the slogan “Great Lakes, Great Times,” adopted in the late 1990s under then-Gov. John Engler. What is Michigan’s catchphrase? State Motto: Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice, which translates, “If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you.” Who came up with the …

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Did They Ever Find The Confederate Gold In Lake Michigan?

Treasure hunters say they have found $2million gold looted from Confederate treasury in Lake Michigan shipwreck. Was the Confederate gold found in Lake Michigan? The story goes that Union soldiers tracked down Confederate president Jefferson Davis in 1865 and confiscated his gold. The stolen loot was smuggled north some years later but ended up in …

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