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- Grosse Pointe was originally incorporated as a village in 1880 and then as a city in 1934.
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Members of the British empire began arriving around the time of the Revolutionary War. In the 19th century, Grosse Pointe continued to be the site of lakefront ribbon farms: long narrow farms that each adjoin the lake, useful for irrigation and early transportation needs.
Grosse Pointe is an eastern suburb of Metro Detroit along Lake St. Clair. It is located along East Jefferson Avenue and shares a small northwestern border with the city of Detroit. It is one of five cities within the Grosse Pointe area. Grosse Pointe was originally incorporated as a village in 1880 and then as a city in 1934.
History of The Pointes. The Origin and Early Development of The City of Grosse Pointe. Grosse Pointe Township was established as the first governmental entity for the area from Lake St. Clair inland beyond Gratiot and Waterworks Park to Baseline Road (Eight Mile Road) in 1846.
It was founded in 1701 by a French trader, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, who built a fort on the river and named it Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit in honour of his patron (the French word détroit meaning “strait”); later the British called it simply Detroit. In the 20th century the city’s name became synonymous with the American automotive industry.
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Jul 5, 2016 · Having been occupied primarily by the French, Detroit surrendered to the English in 1760. Under this new flag many of the French settlers left the city and moved to Grosse Pointe to join the large French contingent that had made the area their home, having arrived in the region around 1701.
For economic reasons, the Village of Grosse Pointe became the region's first city in 1936. Its full-fledged commercial center, known as The Village, grew increasingly popular. The community's first movie theater, the Punch and Judy, opened to much fanfare on The Hill in 1931.
really accessible; then came automobiles and a good road and one decade saw Grosse Pointe become the year- round suburb of a rapidly growing city. Subdivisions broke out like a rash, villages were organized, the Great War caused a lull, but the "Mad Twenties"
