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See also:ANN ARBOR , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of Washtenaw county, See also:Michigan, U.S.A., on the See also:Huron See also:river, about 38 M. W. of See also:Detroit. Pop. (189o) 9431; (1900) 14,509, of whom 2329 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910) 14,817. It is served by the Michigan Central and the Ann Arbor See also:railways, and by an electric See also:line See also:running from Detroit to See also:Jackson and connecting with various other lines. Ann Arbor is best known as the seat of the university of Michigan, opened in 1837. The city has many attractive residences, and the residential districts, especially in the See also:east and See also:south-east parts of the city, command picturesque views of the Huron valley. Ann Arbor is situated in a productive agricultural and See also:fruit-growing region. The river provides See also:good See also:water-See also:power, and among the manufactures are agricultural implements, carriages, See also:furniture (including sectional See also:book-cases), pianos and See also:organs, pottery and See also:flour. In 1824 Ann Arbor was settled, laid out as a See also:town, chosen for the county-seat, and named in See also:honour of Mrs Ann See also:Allen and Mrs Ann Rumsey, the wives of two of the founders. It was incorporated as a See also:village in 1833, and was first chartered as a city in 1851. End of Article: ANN ARBORAdditional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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