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Cadillac was originally named Clam Lake and was incorporated as a village in 1874. George Mitchell was elected the first mayor.[5] The village was incorporated as a city in 1877 and renamed Cadillac, after Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, a Frenchman who made the first permanent settlement at Detroit in 1701.[6]
Cadillac maintains a number of state historic landmarks. Most are marked with a green \"Michigan Historical Marker\" sign that includes a description of the landmark. There are six markers within the city limits: \'Cadillac Carnegie Library,\' \'Charles T. Mitchell House,\' \'Clam Lake Canal,\' \'Cobbs & Mitchell Building,\' \'Cobbs & Mitchell No. 1\' and the \'Shay Locomotive,\' which is pictured at the right. Two more are in the near Cadillac area (\'Caberfae Ski Resort\' and \'Greenwood Disciples of Christ Church\') and another two are dispersed in surrounding Wexford County (\'Battle of Manton\' and \'1st Wexford County Court House\').[19]