Traverse City is a city in the U S state of Michigan.
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25 Facts About Traverse City
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Traverse City area is the largest producer of tart cherries in the United States, as of 2010.
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The Traverse City area was known to Natives as Kitchiwikwedongsing, which was often shortened to Wequetong, meaning "at the head of the bay", in reference to Grand Traverse Bay.
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The railroad tracked along the Boardman River and along Boardman Lake into Traverse City, and ended at a station along the Grand Traverse Bay, at the corner of present-day Grandview Parkway and Park Street.
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In 2015 and 2016, Traverse City was called the best small town in America by Livability.
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Traverse City has one superfund site, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Traverse City has a warm-summer continental climate close to being a hot-summer continental climate .
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Traverse City proper has generally supported the Democratic Party, despite Grand Traverse County favoring the Republican Party.
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Traverse City is located within Michigan's 1st congressional district, represented by Jack Bergman .
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Traverse City offers a handful of charter schools, including the Woodland School, the Old Mission Peninsula School, and Grand Traverse Academy.
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Just outside Traverse City sits the Children's House, an independent montessori school.
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Traverse City is home to Northwestern Michigan College, a two-year community college.
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Traverse City is served by the Traverse Area District Library, which has six branch libraries in Grand Traverse County.
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Traverse City Record-Eagle is one of northwest lower Michigan's daily newspapers.
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Village Press is based in Traverse City; it publishes the Home Shop Machinist, Live Steam and Outdoor Railroading, Machinists' Workshop, Just Labs, Pointing Dog Journal, Retriever Journal and Twin and Turbine magazines.
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Traverse City is the home of Arbutus Press, one of the leading Michigan publishers for regional non-fiction.
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Traverse City has published many books including four books selected by the Library of Michigan as Michigan Notable Books: Historic Cottages of Mackinac Island, Asylum for the Insane: History of Kalamazoo State Hospital, Vintage Views Along the West Michigan Pike, and Fishtown .
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Traverse City has two television stations licensed directly to the city:.
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Traverse City has a low power rebroadcast transmitter of Mount Pleasant's PBS member station, WCMU-TV, operating on virtual channel 27 .
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The Red Wings' influence in Traverse City goes beyond training camp, however; multiple former Red Wings have lived in Traverse City, including Dallas Drake and the legendary Gordie Howe.
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Traverse City is home to a number of local businesses including Hagerty Insurance Agency and Munson Medical Center.
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Traverse City has a public transportation system, the Bay Area Transportation Authority which serves most of the Grand Traverse and Leelanau region.
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