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Ann Arbor

Place Type
inhabited place
Description
Located on Huron river; settled by John Allen & Elisha Rumsey in 1824; soon became seat of university & is still major research & educational center.
Authority
Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Source
Canby, Historic Places (1984); Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);

Active

Paul Stewart (American, born 1928)

Died

Frede Vidar (American, born Denmark, 1911-1967)

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