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Pontiac: Oakland County Pioneer and Historical Society
Pontiac: Oakland County Pioneer and Historical Society Governor Moses Wisner House, headquarters of the Oakland County Pioneer and Historical Society, Pontiac, Michigan.

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Pontiac, city, seat (1820) of Oakland county, southeastern Michigan, U.S., lying on the Clinton River 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Detroit. Named for Chief Pontiac of the Ottawa tribe, it was located on the Saginaw Trail and became an important wagon and carriage production centre in the 1880s. It later turned to the manufacture of automobiles, auto parts, buses, and trucks. The Oakland County Pioneer and Historical Society is headquartered in the Governor Moses Wisner Mansion (1845). Oakland University (1957) in nearby Rochester is the site of the summer Meadow Brook Music Festival. Pontiac was the site of the ...(100 of 150 words)

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