City history · 1720–1769PontiacOdawa war chiefOdawa leader from the Detroit River who besieged British-held Fort Detroit in 1763, the opening act of the uprising known as Pontiac's War.DETROIT / A living lexicon / ¼
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Clear filtersCity history · 1720–1769PontiacOdawa war chiefOdawa leader from the Detroit River who besieged British-held Fort Detroit in 1763, the opening act of the uprising known as Pontiac's War.
Politics · born 1958
Gary Peterspolitician, former naval officerPontiac-born Democrat who represented eastern Detroit in the U.S. House and has been Michigan's U.S. senator since 2015.The lexicon keeps growing. Every entry lists its sources at the bottom. Dates were checked against Wikidata and Wikipedia. The texts are our own. Famous people's places among the sights ↗
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