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This date in Michigan History:   March 15, 1972
Fred Bear is the first person inducted into the Archery Hall of Fame.

Born in Pennsylvania in 1902, Fred Bear arrived in Detroit at the age of twenty-one to work for the Packard Motor Car Company. In 1929, Bear went bow hunting. Four years later, he founded Bear Products Company, which produced, among other things, archery equipment. Over the next several decades, Bear promoted his business and the sport of archery around the world. Bear passed away in April 1988.

 
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