Time Line - 1835

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• First electric motor powers a locomotive. [DWS]

• The "Toledo War" of 1835-1836 results in Michigan's relinquishing to Ohio the "Toledo Strip", a 468 square mile area stretching from Lake Erie to western Hillsdale County, including Toledo. In exchange, Michigan received the western Upper Peninsula. [BOM]

• The Rogers Locomotive works is created. [SAM]

• SNAPSHOT: There were six wagon roads radiating out from Detroit, to: Fort Gratiot (Port Huron); Flint; Muskegon; St. Joseph; Chicago; and Toledo. [HGD-1918-pg. 286]

Time line Key:

• Railroad event in Michigan
• Event relating to mining
• Event related to car ferries
• Event outside of Michigan
• Improvement in Technology
• Railroad built or extended
• Railroad abandoned and/or removed
• Economic panic or depression