Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, a flourishing city of Michigan, capital of the county Washtenaw, on the Huron River, 38 miles W. of Detroit by rail. It was settled in 1824, and incorporated as a city in 1851. The state university, founded 1837, possesses a good library, a notable observatory, and a laboratory. There are about 90 professors and lecturers and 1500 students, and the income from grants and fees is about £46,000. There are several faculties, and, as in Europe, examinations for degrees are conducted on work done out of class. The city has an active trade, and contains manufactories of carriages, furniture, paper, woollen goods, blinds, and ploughs. There are mineral springs and a hydropathic establishment. Pop. (1870) 7363; (1880) 7849; (1890) 9431, a fourth of whom are of German descent.