Cadillac, Michigan

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Cadillac, Michigan, a city and the county seat of Wexford Co., 98 m. n.e. of Grand Rapids and about 85 m. n.w. of Bay City, on the Grand Rapids & Indiana, the Ann Arbor and other railroads. Cadillac is picturesquely situated on Little Clam Lake in which there is good fishing, as well as in the trout streams near by. Surrounding the town are vast tracts of hardwood timber, and the lumber interests are extensive. There are machine shops, chemical works, a charcoal iron furnace and wood-alcohol distilleries, also manufactories of hard wood, woodenware, veneer, flooring, crates, tables and flour. First settled in 1871, the town was incorporated in 1875 under the name of Clam Lake: two years later it was chartered as a city and its name changed to Cadillac in honor of the French army officer of that name. Population in 1920, U. S. Census, 9,750.