Detroit Michigan History and Cartography (1895) 

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

Gratiot = "Graa-Shut"

Thank you... I love maps of Detroit

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 drive for Lyft and Uber snd travel just about everywhere over Detroit almost daily. Definitely an interesting city AND coming back up!

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

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

8:29 makes true Detroiters go 🤨

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

DÉTROIT! SO INTERESTIN’

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

Really nice content!

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.

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

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!!!

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

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

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.

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

Nice pics

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

I would like to see earlier maps of Detroit.

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!

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

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.

Credit and More Information: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit

How could I get a copy of that map

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

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

Awesome work for an outsider.

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

That’s for this video

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Interesting video, my last name goes way back in Michigan

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

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??

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

Can you do a video on Flint Michigan?

hog island-snake island & water works park

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 😂

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". 😕

Was baptized at St. Paul's Catholic church

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

fun fact: détroit meaning “strait” in French

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 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!

Motor City

It’s called Grattiott

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.

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.

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

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There are no marks because it’s a painting

Это ноги Миши. Мичиган по русски - Ноги Миши.

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

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!

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

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

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

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

You’re really good at reading… pronunciation need a work 🤔. I could only watch about half. I hope you site your resources.

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

The way he said Gratiot.. definitely not from Detroit

Lol Gratiot lmao

Nice job, but Gratiot is pronounced grass-shit

He's a cartographer not a linguist haha

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

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. ✌🏻