Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan, the fourth-largest city in the Midwest and the largest city on the United States–Canada border. It is the seat of Wayne County, the most populous county in the state.
Detroit is a major port on the Detroit River, a strait that connects the Great Lakes system to the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The Detroit Metropolitan Airport is among the most important hubs in the United States. The City of Detroit anchors the second-largest economic region in the Midwest, behind Chicago, and the thirteenth-largest in the United States. Detroit and its neighboring Canadian city Windsor are connected through a tunnel and various bridges, with the Ambassador Bridge being the busiest international crossing in North America.
Founded on July 24, 1701 by the French explorer and adventurer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac and a party of settlers, during the 19th century, Detroit became an important industrial hub at the center of the Great Lakes region. Take a look these photos amazing to see street scenes of this city in the 19th century.
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| Firemen of the Phoenix Steam Fire Engine Company No. 3, Detroit, circa 1965 |
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| Cadillac Square, facing eastward, shows the collection of market stalls lined up behind the new Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, 1872 |
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| Larned Street in 1879 |
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| Jefferson Avenue in the 1880s |
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| Michigan Ave. in Corktown, Detroit in the 1880s |
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| The old Detroit Public Library about 1881 |
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| Horses pull a streetcar down Woodward at Campus Martius, 1885 |
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| Woodward Avenue and Campus Martius, 1885 |
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| Campus Martius in 1888 |
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| Detroit's Post Office, 1889 |
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| A moonlight tower in Detroit in the 1890s |
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| Cycling in Detroit at approach to Belle Isle Bridge, c. 1890 |
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| Detroit Opera House, ca. 1890s |
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| Intersection of Woodward Avenue and State Street, circa 1890 |
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| The base of Woodward Avenue at the Detroit River, circa 1890 |
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| Detroit street scene in 1894 |
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| The corner of Michigan and Trumbull, 1894 |
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| Wm. A. Butler home at 185 W. Lafayette Avenue, Detroit, ca. 1800s |
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