Congratulations to Wyandotte,
You’re the WCSX City of the Week from June 4th to June 10th!
Below are some important facts about Wyandotte that you can use to pass our Wyandotte City of the Week Quiz!
Wyandotte City of the Week Factoids
Morgan Holsworth
June 3rd
Below are some important facts about Wyandotte that you can use to pass our Wyandotte City of the Week Quiz!
Wyandotte was named after the tribe of Native Americans who originally lived there.
The riverfront location made it a bustling river port with Eureka Iron Company, shipbuilding, chemicals, and metal makers.
Wyandotte became a city in 1867.
The street plan for Wyandotte was copied from Philadelphia.
Both Lucille Ball “Lucy”, and Lee Majors “The Six Million Dollar Man” were born in Wyandotte.
The city is home to the Wyandotte Boat Club, a rowing facility.
Bishop Park, located on the riverfront north of downtown, once had a dock to board the Boblo Boat to Boblo Island.
From the 1920s until the 1950s the company, under the name “Wyandotte Toys”, was the largest manufacturer of toy guns and pistols in the US, producing a wide variety of pop guns, clicker pistols, dart guns, cap guns, and a variety of plastic pistols.
Now it’s time to test your knowledge… take the Wyandotte City of the Week quiz HERE!