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French traders named this bay for “the long crossing” — la grande traverse — across its mouth. Chippewa and Ottawa tribes lived in this region. Peter Dougherty’s Indian Mission, established in 1839 at Old Mission, paved the way for white settlers. Founded in 1847, Traverse City was for years an important center of lumbering and later became famous as the nation’s cherry capital.
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Traverse City, Michigan · United States
