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Introduction
Hello! My name is Bill and I am going to take you on an historical tour of Ann Arbor! My great, great, great, great, great, great, grandpa moved to this city from Illinois in 1824 so my family has watched Ann Arbor get settled and grow to what it is today. I love history and I know that we are going to have fun and learn a lot on our tour!
But first I have a question for you: Have you every played cards? If you have, then you know what the four most important cards in the deck are the four aces. The reason that Ann Arbor has prospered so well is that it has four aces! There are four things that Ann Arbor has or had when it began that made it so attractive for people to come here and so successful once they settled. Can you guess what they are? By the end of this tour you will know!
Before you start the tour, I thought it might be helpful to have a crash history course. Click here to find out how Ann Arbor was founded.
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| Julie Ponitz is a second-year student at the University of Michigan and a native of the state. She likes Mac 'n Cheese and hanging out with her friends when she isn't writing for websites. She's getting her BA in Psychology. In addition to writing the introduction, Native Americans, the Railroad, and Street Names, she is the proud artistic creator of "Bill the Squirrel," your tourguide on this adventure. | Traci Luckhardt is also a second-year student at the University of Michigan and hails from Ypsilanti, Michigan. She is a history major and is interested in music—and sleeping, after spending hours and hours in front of the computer researching Ann Arbor history. She contributed the Huron River, the University of Michigan, and Ann Arbor Today and drew the front map of the Main Tour which will guide you through your tour today. |
