Michigan State Capitol Lansing following a decision made March 17, 1847, to move the capital from Detroit to Lansing. The Detroit building then became a public school (the Union School, at one time the city's only high school) and library until it burned in 1893. The 1835 Michigan Constitution provided that: Prior to 1847, Detroit fought to maintain the Capitol within its jurisdiction, but communities in the growing western part of the state had many reasons for wanting a move inland, including the need to increase defensibility by moving the state government away from the Canada–US border. Detroit had been occupied during the
Lansing High School York State High School Golf Championship. In 2012 Connor Lapresi won the New York State High School Wrestling Championship (132 lb. DII). In 2012 the Boy's Varsity Baseball Team won the New York State High School Baseball Championship. The Bobcats went undefeated with a 26-0 record. In 2017 and 2018 the Boy's Varsity Soccer Team won the New York State High School Soccer Championship. Lansing High School Lansing High School is the only public high school in Lansing, New York, United States. The school is located on the eastern shore of Cayuga Lake in the Finger Lakes region of Upstate