In 1879 Detroit, Michigan telephone customers were first in the nation to be assigned phone numbers to facilitate handling calls.
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The nation's first regularly scheduled air passage service began operation between Grand Rapids and Detroit, Michigan in 1926.
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Michigan is the only place in the world with a floating post office. The J.W. Westcott II is the only boat in the world that delivers mail to ships while they are still underway. They have been operating for 125 years.
