The Streets of Detroit

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G.A.R. Street
Gable Avenue
Gage Street
Gainsborough/Gainsboro Road
Gale Street
Gallagher AvenueNamed for Civil War General Gary W. Gallagher.

Special thanks to John Bezik for this information.

Galster Street
Garden Avenue
Gardendale Avenue
Garfield AvenueProbably name for President Garfield.
Garfield PlaceProbably name for President Garfield.
Garland AvenueCould have been named for the Garland Range, produced by the Michigan Stove Company, which was located, not on, but near Garland Avenue.
Garnet Avenue
Gartner Avenue
Garvin Avenue
Gary Avenue
Gates Street N-S
Gateshead Street
Gavel Street
Gaylord Avenue
Gaynor Court
Geimer Avenue (Ham)Named for Hamtramck city councilman, Charles Geimer(1911).

Special thanks to John Bezik for this information.

Genesee Street
Geneva Avenue (HP)
Genoa Avenue
George Avenue
George Avenue (HP)

Highland Park

George Street
Georgeland Avenue
Georgia Avenue
Gerald Avenue (HP)

Highland Park

Gerisch Street
Gibson StreetGibson Avenue was named after home builder William H. Gibson.

Special thanks to Thomas E. Gibson for this information.

Giese Street
Gietzen/Geitzen Street
Gilbert Avenue
Gilbo Avenue
Gilchrist StreetNamed for former Detroit Red Wing Brent Gilchrist (just kidding!). I don't know this one.
Gillett Street
Gilroy Avenue
Girardin Avenue
Gitre Avenue
Gladstone Avenue
Gladwin Avenue
Gladys Avenue
Glastonbury Road
Gleason Avenue
Glenco Avenue
Glendale Avenue (HP)
Glendale Court
Glenfield Avenue
Glenhurst Avenue
Glenwood Avenue
Glinnan Avenue
Globe Avenue
Gloucester Drive
Glover Avenue
Glynn Court
Goddard Avenue
Goethe Avenue
Golden Gate Avenue E-W
Goldner Street
Goldsmith Street
Goodson Avenue (Ham)

Hamtramck

Goodwin Avenue
Gordon Street
Gore AvenueNamed for Should-Be-President Al Gore (just kidding!). I don't know this one.
Goulburn Street
Gould Street
Govin Street
Grace Avenue
Graham Road
Graham Street
Grand Avenue E-W (HP)
Grand Boulevard E-W
Grand Haven Avenue (Ham)

Hamtramck

Grand River E-WBegan as a Native American hunting/travelling path. Mary Bailey of the Detroit News, writes, "Grand River was part of the original road that led west from Detroit to the Grand River at Grand Rapids."
Grandmont Road
Grandview Avenue
Grandville Avenue
Grandy Avenue
Grandy Avenue (Ham)
Granger Street
Grant Avenue
Grant Court
Granville Place
Gratiot AvenueBegan as a Native American hunting/travelling path (some say at was a military road). It's named after Gen. Charles Gratiot, the engineer in charge of the project. Construction on Gratiot was completed in 1831.

(Some information courtesy of Frank DeFrank with the Macomb Daily and Robert Szudarek)

Gratiot Court
Graves Street
Gravier Avenue
Gray Avenue
Graydon Avenue
Grayfield Avenue
Grayling Avenue (Ham)

Hamtramck

Grayton Street
Greeley Avenue
Green Avenue N-S
Green Place
Greendale Avenue E-W
Greenfield Avenue
Greenlawn Avenue
Greensboro Avenue
Greenview Avenue
Greenview Road
Greenway Avenue
Greenwood Avenue (HP)

Highland Park

Gregorie Avenue
Greiner Avenue
Greusel Street
Greydale Avenue
Greyfriars Avenue
Griffin Avenue
Griggs Avenue
Grinnell Avenue
Griswold StreetMary Bailey of the Detroit News, writes, "Griswold was named by Michigan Territorial governor William Woodbridge in honor of Governor Roger Griswold of Connecticut. "

http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=199#ixzz0qOP2Vxki

Grixdale Avenue E-W
Groesbeck HighwayNamed for former Michigan Governor Alex J. Groesbeck. Groesbeck launched the highway project during his term.

(Information courtesy of Frank DeFrank with the Macomb Daily and Robert Szudarek)

Grotto Avenue/Court
Grove Avenue (HP)
Grover Avenue
Gruebner/Greubner Street
Grummond Avenue
Guilford Street
Guilloz Street
Gunston Avenue
Guoin Street
Guthrie Street
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Algonquin

General term used to describe Native Americans of the following tribes (and others): Delaware, Fox, Huron, Miami, Ojibwa (Chippewa), Ottawa, Potawatomi, Sac, Shawnee and Winnebago.
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arquebus

A 39 pound (approximate) musket that two men would prop on a tri-pod and fire with a small torch. The arquebus was used by Champlain's men against the Iroquois to defend the Hurons. This may be the cause of decades of Iroquois abuse of the Hurons.
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clay and wattle

Building technique used in the construction of chimneys in the early days of Fort Ponchartrain. The technique involved piling sticks and packing them - inside and out - with clay and mud.
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Colbertism

Name for early French mercantilism in America, which Jean-Baptiste Colbert was influential in developing.
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conges

Trade permits issued by the Canadian government/court of France in the late 1600s to early 1700s.
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coureurs de bois

Very early French inhabitants of the current US and Canada who gave up their farmsteads for lives in the fur trade. They often lived with Native Americans.
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District of Hesse

Land district provisioned by the Canadian Council on July 24, 1788. The area was on the east side of the Detroit River.
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Fox

"Properly ""Mesh-kwa-ki-hug"". Native American tribe living in the area between Saginaw Bay and Thunder Bay at the time Detroit was founded. The French called the tribe Renyard. An allied tribe of the Sacs and Mascoutin."
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Huron

A Native American tribe that built a village near Fort Ponchartrain.
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Iroquoian

General term sometimes used to describe Native Americans of the following tribes: Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Seneca.
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Iroquois

"A Native American tribe known for antagonizing and brutalizing the Hurons (see also arquebus)"
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Mascouten

Native American tribe living in the Grand Traverse Bay area at the time Detroit was founded. An allied tribe of the Foxes and Sacs. Also spelled Mascoutin.
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Miami

A Native American tribe that built a village near Fort Ponchartrain.
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Muskhogean

General term used to describe Native Americans of the following tribes: Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Creek.
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New York Currency

First standard currency used in Detroit (first used in 1765).
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Ottawa

A Native American tribe that built a village near Fort Ponchartrain.
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Outagamies

Native American tribe living in the Grand Traverse Bay area at the time Detroit was founded. An allied tribe of the Foxes (and Sacs?).
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Plains Indians

General term used to describe Native Americans of the following tribes: Apache, Arapaho, Cheyenne, Comanche, Kiowa, and Pawnee (Pani).
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Potawatomi

A Native American tribe that built a village near Fort Ponchartrain.
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Quebec Act

Act of June 22, 1774, in which British Parliament decides to exercise English law in criminal cases and old French provincial law in civil cases in western settlements. The idea was to discourage people from settling in the west.
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Renyard

See Fox
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ribbon farms

Original land grants given by Cadillac. The lots were typically around 200 feet wide at the river front, with lengths up to 3 miles.
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Sac

See Sauk
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Sakis

See Sauk
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Sauk

Native American tribe living in the area between Saginaw Bay and Thunder Bay at the time Detroit was founded. The French called the tribe Sakis; English and Americans generally call them Sacs. An allied tribe of the Foxes/Renyards and Mascouten.
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Shoshonean

General term used to describe Native Americans of the following tribes: Bannock and Shoshone.
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Treaty of Montreal

Treaty ending the war between the Iroquois and France and England. Negotiations began in July of 1698 and the treaty was signed in August of 1701.
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Treaty of Ryswick

September 20, 1697 treaty ending war between France and England.
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voyageurs

Early French explorers who traveled mainly by water.