William Durant dominated the industry building 50,000 annually. Ultimately the automobile replaced the carriage as transportation and Durant invested in building cars. What he began as the Buick Motor Car Company in Genesee County Michigan in 1909 Durant attempted to merge all of the nations automobile manufacturers into General Motors. The rapid growth of GM turned Flint into a boom town. This web site is designed and maintained by Tom Dean Associates webmasters.
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