The market where the Legend of the Octopus practice started, is located in the Catholic and Great Lakes regions of the United States.
Eastern Market is a historic commercial district in Detroit, Michigan. 
Michigan ( ) is a state in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States. 
 The practice started April 15, 1952, when Pete and Jerry Cusimano, brothers and storeowners in Detroit's Eastern Market, hurled an octopus into the rink of The Old Red Barn. 
