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flint before vehicles
before automobiles were made flint started to make carriages to connect to horses and get places easier. -
lumber
flint became a lumber city. -
population
u.s census indicated genesee had a population of 22,495. michigan had a population of 750,000 -
william durani
william took over buick. -
buick becomes better
buick becomes largest manufactureer of automobiles -
arches taken down.
original arches taken down, replaced by boulevard lighting -
gm
gm moved headquarters to detroit. -
stock market disaster
the stock market crashed -
sit down flint
flint had a huge sit down strike. -
tornadoes
8 deadly tornadoes rip threw beecher. -
peak
citys population peaked -
flint river
the flint river was still clean -
oil
flint had an oil crisis -
plurality club
african americans formed a plurality of the population -
city
5th largest city in michigan