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Encyclopedia Britannica



PONTIAC

This article appears in Volume V22, Page 66 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: POL-PRE
PONTIAC , a city and the county-seat of Oakland county, Michigan, U.S.A., on the Clinton river, about 26 m. N.W. of
Detroit
 . Pop. (189o), 6200; (1900) 9769, of whom 2020 were foreign-born; (1910 U.S.
census
 ) 14,532. It is served by the Grand Trunk and the Pontiac,
Oxford
  & Northern railways (being the southern terminus of the latter), and by the
Detroit
  & Pontiac and the North-Western electric inter-urban lines. In the surrounding country there are many small, picturesque lakes (the largest being Orchard, about 6 m.
south
 -
east
  of Pontiac, Cass and Elizabeth lakes), and there is good
hunting
  and fishing in the vicinity. In Pontiac is the Eastern Michigan Asylum for the insane (1878),.with grounds covering more than Soo acres. The city has various manufactures, and the value of the factory products increased from $2,470,887 in 1900 to $3,047,422 in 1904, or 23'3%. Agricultural products, fruit and
wool
  from the surrounding country are shipped in considerable quantities. The municipality owns and operates its waterworks. Pontiac, named in honour of the famous Indian
chief
  of that name, was laid out as a town in 1818, became the county-seat in 182o, was incorporated as a
village
  in 1837, and was chartered in 1861.


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