| About Detroit:Located off the Detroit River in Michigan, Detroit is a major port city. It is the oldest city in the Midwest, and the only one from which one can look south to Canada. It was founded in 1701 by the French explorer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac and was incorporated as a city in 1815. Detroit spent the decades leading up to the Civil War as the final U.S. stop on the Underground Railroad. The area also was earning a reputation for, among other things, the manufacturing of cigars and kitchen ranges.
Long known as the automobile capital of the world, Detroit is home of the Big Three automobile companies: General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler. Detroit is also famous for its distinctive Motown music sound from the 1960s.
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