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Historic Arches
They built historic arches in flint, and added two new arches in 1905, because the original arches didn't have any lettering. -
William Durant was brought to manage Buick
When William started managing buick everything was getting better. -
Buick became largest manufacturer of automobiles
Durant was making Buick a better car place. -
Buick became largest manufacturers of automobiles
After Durant started managing buick everything was geting better. -
Flood on Saginaw St.
A flood on Saginaw Street made it very hard to get around. The horses were even struggling. -
Gm was moved to flint
GM was doing so well, they moved one to flint. -
Flint sit-down strike
Through 1936- 1937 Workers at GM worn't getting payed enough so they went on a sit-down strike, where they just sat there and didnt do anything for 2 years. -
Record high of 108 degrees
Flint's weather was very hot and reached a record of 108 degrees. -
Another flood on Saginaw Street
This flood also blocked people from getting people to where they needed to go. -
President Truman visits Flint
President Truman visited Flint, and they had a parade kinda thing for him. It was Flint's first time having a President visit. -
50-millionth GM Car Parade
Flint had a HUGE parade for GM. -
Cities tallest building was built
FLint built there tallest building which was 19 stories high. -
Welcomes Crim to Flint
Since Flint welcomed the Crim it turned into a festival of races instead of a 10 mile race. -
GMs started closing
A lot of the GM's started crashing after awhile. -
Reputation for crime
Between the 1980s and 1990s Flint became known as a bad reputation for crime.
