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What inspired the name Ann Arbor?

Answer A

Your answer: The founders each had a wife with the name "Ann"

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Answer B

Your answer: The founders were struck by the beauty of the trees

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Answer C

Your answer: Both a and b  are correct

Correct! Way to go. John Allen and Elisha Rumsey established Ann Arbor. The town was named to honor the wives of the founders, Mary Ann Rumsey and Ann Allen, and the natural arbor created by the massive oaks in the area.

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Release Date: 01/11/2019
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