Michigan trivia and interesting Michigan facts series part 10This is the last in my series of Michigan trivia and interesting Michigan facts Michigan is the 11th largest state in the USA with 96,810 square miles Origin of the Name Michigan - Michigan is from an Algonquian Chippewa Indian word "meicigama" that means "big sea wate" (referring to the Great Lakes). Here is a history of the Detroit Pistons names State Motto - "Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam, circum spice" [If you are seeking a amenable (pleasant) peninsula, look around you The Detroit Pistons won championships in 1989, 1990, 2004 Michigan's State Song is Michigan, My Michigan The first dominant mafia leader to be recognized in the Detroit area was the eldest of two brothers originally from the Alcamo, Sicily area. Born in 1881, Vito Adamo and his brother Salvatore, two years his junior led a gang of Black Hand extortionists, thieves and beer runners and were the first Italian criminals in their area to control the smuggling of immigrants into the Michigan area. Vito Adamo resided in the Wyandotte area while the brothers ran a profitable criminal enterprise based in the Little Italy section of Detroit that extorted grocers and other merchants, but their biggest money maker was their control of illicit liquor, mainly beer within the Italian community. The Adamo brothers operated quietly as old world Sicilian mafiosi usually did and were not recognized by law enforcement outside of the Little Italy area until roughly 1912 when a rival group of Sicilian criminals who had also settled in the Wynadotte area just before the turn of the century began their rise within Detroit's Italian underworld Pistons players are believed to have conspired with gamblers to shave points and throw various games during the 1953-54 and 1954-55 seasons Michigan's official flag was adopted in 1911. The flag has a deep blue background and pictures an elk and moose around a blue shield labeled "TUEBOR," meaning "I will defend." The shield pictures a man with a raised hand and a gun, a rising sun, a peninsula and lakes (representing Michigan's geography). Over the shield is a bald eagle (holding an olive branch and a sheaf of three arrows) and a red ribbon reading "E PLURIBUS UNUM" (which is the motto of the U.S.A. and means "Out of Many, One" - this refers to the states of the United States being united into one country). Under everything lie two white ribbons that read "SI QUAERIS PENINSULAM AMOENAM" and "CIRCUM SPICE," which means, "If you are seeking an amenable (pleasant) peninsula, look around you." I hope you enjoyed my series on Michigan trivia, Michigan firsts, and interesting Michigan facts Russ Ravary your Metro Detroit real estate agent ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Michigan trivia and interesting Michigan facts series part 1 Michigan trivia and interesting Michigan fun facts series part 2 Michigan trivia and interesting Michigan facts series part 3 Michigan trivia and interesting Michigan fun facts series part 4 Michigan trivia and interesting Michigan facts series part 5 Michigan trivia and interesting Michigan facts series part 6 Michigan trivia and interesting Michigan facts series part 7 Michigan trivia and interesting Michigan facts series part 8 Michigan trivia and interesting Michigan facts series part 9 http://www.detroitmichiganrealestatehomes.com/00516B Posted on Jul 03, 2010 @ 8:07 pm by russ.ravary - View Profile
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