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Mitten: Columbian Exposition
In 1893, Chicago hosted the Columbian Exposition, a huge fair attracting a world wide audience. Michigan contributed elaborate exhibits to the fair, including a massive wooden house, a ladies parlor, agricultural samples, and examples from the mining and lumbering industries. Future auto manufacturers were inspired by what they saw at the fair, and which gave rise to the auto industry in Michigan.
