City of Ann Arbor

Excerpt from City of Ann Arbor: Its Resources and Advantages Oral tradition is said to be full of uncertainties but there is authority for the story that Ann Arbor derives its name from an incident which occurred when the country about Ann Arbor was first settled. The story runs, that two families when they came to Michigan located in Washtenaw County on the east and west side of what is now the City of Ann Arbor. As the distance was too great for frequent visits, the wives of the two families used to meet in a beautiful grove half way distant from each home. Their husbands called this meeting place Ann's Arbor as each wife had the name of Ann. In time the meeting place became a village known as Ann Arbor. To-day the city has fairly earned the name of Arbor City. Long lines of beautiful hard maple and graceful elm trees adorn its streets, giving a delightful shade in summer and adding much to the general appearance of the city. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.