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The town became home first to large numbers of German immigrants from the state of Württemberg and escapees from the Great Irish Famine (1845-1849), though Canadians accounted for the largest percentage of Ann Arbor's immigrants during most of the 19th century.
History. Before founding as Ann Arbor. The lands of present-day Ann Arbor were part of Massachusetts 's western claim after the French and Indian War (1754–1763), bounded by the latitudes of Massachusetts Bay Colony 's original charter, to which it was entitled by its interpretation of its original sea-to-sea grant from The British Crown.
May 21, 2024 · Ann Arbor, city, seat (1826) of Washtenaw county, southeastern Michigan, U.S. It is located on the Huron River, about 35 miles (55 km) west of Detroit. John Allen and Elisha W. Rumsey founded the community in 1824, which they named for their wives (both called Ann) and the local natural groves, or
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Historic Ann Arbor: An Architectural Guide is a guidebook to Ann Arbor, Michigan's most significant historic buildings and neighborhoods. From the earliest farmhouses, through the Victorian era, art-deco treasures and mid-century modern, Historic Ann Arbor offers black-and-white photos and well-researched background information on 375 of Ann ...
Apr 19, 2018 · One of Michigan’s most popular cities is nearly 200 years old, but how much do you know about the history of Ann Arbor? Find out how it got its unique name, how it became home to one of the country’s top universities, and how it has grown in the two centuries since its founding.
Jan 14, 2018 · Roughly 100 historical photos of Ann Arbor from 1915 to 1922 have been digitized and made available courtesy of the National Park Service’s Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site.
The Pictorial History of Ann Arbor collection includes over 400 historical images of Ann Arbor from 1824 to 1974, plus searching and browsing access to the text of The Pictorial History of Ann Arbor, 1824-1974, edited by J. Fraser Cocks, III, c.1974, Michigan Historical Collections, The University of Michigan.
