When did the University of Michigan move?
1837
Where?
Ann Arbor
When was it founded?
1824
By who?
John Allen and Elisha Walker Rumsey.
What did they do for a living?
land speculators
Did the college gain a political reputation?
Yes
For what "wing" of politics?
left-wing
What did they protest?
Vietnam War
Anything else they were involved in?
Yes
What?
civil-rights movements and student movements.
When was the town named?
25 May 1824
Did they ever change the spelling?
Yes
What was it named after?
Their wives
What were their names?
both named Ann
How much did the town cost?
$800
What price per acre?
$1.25
Did the Ojibwa call it something different?
Yes
What?
kaw-goosh-kaw-nick
What did they name it after?
sound of Allen's sawmill.