FLINT, MICHIGAN
Flint, which had remained a village through most of this time, took on new importance, as it was located along the fording of an important river and midway between the cities of Detroit and Saginaw.
Although Flint's lumber boom had subsided a few decades, the city had acquired the sufficient capital in infrastructure to become center of the nation's carriage-making industry.
The promise of profits lured eastern investors, most notably Charles Stuart Mott and Billy Durant.
