Ypsi - It's Past, Present and Future, Naming the Streets, and Letters from George P. Becker

The History of Ypsilanti, written by the editor of Ypsilanti Commerical, Charles Pattison in 1874, and covering the early settlement, the churches and schools. The history of the street names provides interesting details, such as "...Race Street was derived from an early constructed race or ditch that brought the Huron River more directly to the mill. Also gives background on provious owner of the land and the platting of the farms.