Ypsilanti, Michigan City Directory, 1910

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Ypsilanti is a small town in southeastern Michigan. Situated near Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti is home to Eastern Michigan University. EMU, the oldest teacher's college west of the Allegheny mountains, was founded in 1849. Prior to 1900 Ypsilanti was the site of many industrial and commercial concerns. The Hay and Todd Mfg. Co. made one piece union suits. Coffee roasters, buggy whip sockets and dress stays were all made in Ypsilanti. Mineral wells were sunk in the 1880s and allowed for several spas and sanitariums to be built. During World War II the B24 "Liberator" was manufactured at Willow Run and workers flowed into Ypsilanti overtaxing housing and city services but contributing to the nation's war effort. Today Ypsilanti has a population of around 24,000 and has an active preservation movement and a large historic district.

Sources LaRue, Barry, comp. Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan 1910 directory. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000-. Original data: 1910 R.L. Polk City directory of Ypslanti, Michigan. IL: R.L. Polk Publishing, Detroit Michigan, 1910.

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