michigan

Six-term Governor of Michigan, Gerhard Mennen 'Soapy' Williams considered running in 1960. He was considered for the Democratic VP slot in 1956. What would national success look like for him? Could he attain the Presidency?

What if the University of Michigan were established on the site of what would later become Detroit when it was established? I ask this because colleges attract not just students to them but also academia and professionals and they create a permanent presence of a certain amount people and a...

What pod(s) are needed to make Hovercraft Passenger Ferries a common form of public and private transportation on the North American Great Lakes and Mississippi River System Is this even possible? What kind of design and function would specifically be needed for American waterways? How does...

Today marks the anniversary of the unofficial end of the Toledo War, a mostly bloodless conflict between Michigan Territory and the state of Ohio over a disputed territory known as the Toledo Strip. Congress proposed a compromise where Michigan would get statehood and the entirety of the Upper...

The Ford administration offered $600 million to the metro Detroit region to build a subway system, but due to internal city vs suburbs politics, an overambitious subway system plan, and the eventual emergence of the Reagan administration in 1980, the subway system was never built. What would...

In case you don't know, the Toledo War was a boundary dispute between Michigan and Ohio upon Michigan's impending statehood. Due to some weird surveying, a strip of land including Toledo was claimed by both Ohio and Michigan. A team of self-proclaimed diplomats was sent (I forgot which state...

This is for a TL I'm working on. I know there are plenty of threads on this forum about British gains in the War of 1812, but I haven't noticed a lot of threads about this specific topic. What could have led to the cession of Michigan's Upper Peninsula back to British control in the terms of the...

Introduction: Misfire On an island in the middle of Lake Michigan, a man was walking through the crowd. He had a look that set him apart from those around him- he had a bushy beard, a receding hairline, and a pair of the most piercing eyes. He was wearing simple clothes, though...

I don't like the current flag of Michigan at all. Does anyone have a proposal for a new one?