The city of Ann Arbor is situated in the state of Michigan in USA. It is the administrative center of the Washtenaw county and has population of 113,000 citizens. The city has more than hundred years history, but the development happened after the transfer of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, it became a regional transport center. Also the city is quite well developed and has good trading and entertainment abilities. In 1839, with creation of the railways, the city began undergoing rapid development. This supports the city through the years and makes the growing very fast. Nowadays the city is really beautiful and well organized. The size of Ann Arbor is not so big, but definitely the organization is on high level. The city has large green plants and parks all around, which are making it beautiful and the air is quite fresh everywhere. The beautiful parks are one of the attractions of the city and Nichols Arboretum is definitely the largest and has hundreds of different plants and trees. However the city is quite modern and has a lot of entertainments. The large shopping centers and malls are part of the modernism in the city architecture and style. In the center of Ann Arbor there are beautiful mix of buildings from the nineteenth and early twentieth century, contrasting with modern buildings. Definitely this beautiful city will give you great places for tourism and traveling and will show you some of the most beautiful part of USA.
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The city of Des Moines is located within the U.S. state of Iowa. It is the most populated city in the state, as well as his capital. Des Moines is the center of Polk County, but a small part of the city went into another county – Warren County. The territory of Des Moines live over two hundred and three thousand people. Des Moines owes its name to Fort Des Moines, which was built in 1843. Fort in turn was named after the Des Moines River. French name of the city means “monks”. This is due to the fact that Frenchmen called the river to the fort – the river of the monks. Around Des Moines River was prehistoric settlements before three thousand years. On the territory of the modern city Des Moines were several prehistoric settlements. They were built around thirteen hundred years BC. Archaeologists have discovered over fifteen prehistoric ritual burials. In 1843 Captain James Allen was appointed commander of the building near Fort Des Moines River. Fort was named Fort Des Moines. Fort was built to be controlled Indians who were brought to this area from their hometowns, which are located in the eastern part of the state.
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