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Where did the hamburger get it's name? The term Hamburger is derived from Hamburg,Germany. In Germany it was known as Hamburg Steak. As German immigrants brought their food traditions to the United States the Hamburg steak became popular as a sandwich. This sandwich became popular and became known as the Hamburger. This week I was in Birmingham,Michigan. On the corner of Maple and Woodward there has been a very small and popular place since 1952 called Hunter House Hamburgers

While we were recently having dinner with a friend and a regular reader of my blog the question came up when was the John Lodge Freeway built? I said to myself this could be an essay. The John Lodge was named after a person who was the Mayor of Detroit in the 1920's. The Lodge was not the first freeway in Detroit. The first freeway was actually The Davidson freeway. The first freeway was the Davidson Freeway opened on November 25,1942. It was an east west freeway designed

The Pontiac automobile was first introduced in 1926 and became part of the General Motors line up of cars. General Motors then had five divisions. Cadillac, Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac and Chevrolet. Pontiac quickley became popular and by 1933 was one of G.M's dominant divisions. The car was a nice fit in the G.M. line up a couple of steps above the Chevy and a notch below the Oldsmobile. The years went on and Pontiac was a good selling car. The top of the line was the Star C