The Streets of Detroit

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Tacoma Avenue
Taft AvenueProbably named for Preisdent Taft.
Taft PlaceProbably named for Preisdent Taft.
Talbot Avenue
Tappan AvenueProbably named for University of Michigan President Henry P. Tappan.
Tarnow Avenue
Taylor AvenueMaybe named for President Taylor; or Israel Taylor, who was one of thirty leading Detroit citizens deported by General Proctor for criticizing the General's actions during the War of 1812.
Telegraph Road
Temple AvenueNamed for the Masonic Temple, which is located on it.
Tennessee AvenueProbably named for the state of Tennessee.
Tennyson Avenue (HP)
Teppert Avenue
Terminal Avenue
Ternes Avenue
Terrell Avenue
Terry Avenue
Thaddeus S
Thatcher Avenue
Theodore Street
There is also a Morang st. in Sterling Heights just south of M-59 and east 0
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Thole Court
Thomas Avenue
Thomas Street
Thompson Avenue (HP)
Thompson Court
Thornton Avenue
Tillman Avenue
Times Square
Tireman AvenueJoseph Tireman came from England to farm land located at the 'Tireman curve', on Tireman east of Livernois. Tireman Map

Special thanks to Jack, for this and all of the other great info you've shared.

Toledo Avenue
Tonti StreetNamed for Alphonse de Tonti (Tonty), Cadillac's first in command.
Toronto Avenue
Torrey Court
Torrey Street
Tournier Street
Townline Road
Townsend Avenue
Tracey Street
Tractor Avenue
Traver Street
Traverse Street
Treadway Place
Trenton Avenue
Trinity Avenue
Troester Avenue
Trojan Avenue
Trombley Avenue
Trowbridge Avenue
Trowbridge Avenue (Ham)
Troy Place
Trumbull AvenueNamed for the son-in-law of William Woodbridge. (this information was given as part of a neighborhood home tour; a new source tells me that it isn't accurate): William Woodbridge's wife, Julia, was the daughter of John Trumbull, so the street was named after the famous FATHER-in law, John Trumbull.

Thanks to Geoff Brieger for the correction!

Trumbull Avenue (HP)
Tucker Street
Tuller Avenue
Tuller Avenue (HP)
Tumey Avenue
Turner Avenue
Turner Place
Tuscola Street
Tuxedo Avenue (HP)
Tyler Avenue (HP)
Tyrone Avenue
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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.