Saginaw became the destination for a great number of workers migrating from areas of the United States that were greatly devastated by the Great Depression, especially from the south.
The Saginaw Public Schools District (SPSD) is the school district that controls 26 public elementary, middle and high schools in Saginaw and 1 elementary school in the nearby City of Zilwaukee.
Saginaw is home to a number of private elementary and secondary school programs, some of which are located within the City itself, and others which include the City of Saginaw within their areas of service.
Before the Saginaw Spirit came to town, the hockey-mad city of Saginaw had been through three differently named teams in ten years (due to a variety of bad owners and mismanagment), and the Wendler Arena was so run-down that the city was prepared to raze it.
Saginaw was known as an Indian trading post as early as in 1815 and has a rich history in fur trading and logging.
Saginaw began to grow during the lumber era of the late 1800's, and continued to prosper when the auto industry took hold in the early 1900's.