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Show i BUICK CARS HAVE I MADE FLINT, MICH. In 1 905 When First Buick Factory ' Was Built Population Was 1500; Now 100,000. J , ' Back in the earlier days when Flint was n village of 1,500 with an area of sixty acres, it was merely an Indian Trading point, and the innnbi- - iants those dnys "trapped" swapped horses, and bargained with the big t chiefs and their squaws. ' In 1905 when the Buick factory built its first buildings here, Flint grew rapidly to whnt was considered i n wonderful population of some ' 12,000. During the next five years j Buick business expanded to such a degree, that when the census of 1910 ' Iran recorded it showed a population of 38,550. Under the new census returns Flint Advances from the sixth city in Mich-, Mich-, igan with a population of (8,550 in i 1910 to third place with a population I, of 91,599. Added to these figures during the i past few days are the recent nnnex- ' ations to this city which will givu Flint n present population exceeding X 100,000 or nearly 145 percent incrense. !Such a rcmnrknblo growth so far, is one of the highest records of the 1920 U. S. Census returns. It has been largely brought about through i4 the location and expansion of the ! mammoth Buick Motor Car plant, in which institution nearly 20,000 pcr-,' pcr-,' sons are daily employed, thereby giy- t ing n livlihood to more than 70,000 of Flint's population. Thcro nre few cities in America that cnjpys the distinction of hnving i such n world wide reputation, for up- on both hemispheres it has become I; known as the home of the famous j Valve-in-Hcad Buick Car. j From n sixty-acre garden spot to J tho vast area of over 19,000 acres, i illustrates Flint's wonderful growth ' and size. I Detroit is the first city of tho state, ; Grand Rapids second, with Flint a j close competitor. Just how long this one timo little Indian village will re- mam in third position, has the popula j tion of its state guessing, for the " ' millions of dollars now being spent by the Buick factory in new additional 4.- buildings and factory plants, mentis still further additions to Flint in increased in-creased population. Future months y might possibly find Flint again changing its standing in advancing to the position of the big sister of Miss Dynamic Detroit. |