As you wander through the City of Ypsilanti, Michigan, you will walk the same paths traveled by Sauk Indians, trappers, and traders nearly 200 years ago. These early travelers camped along the banks of the Huron River and walked the Sauk Indian Trail - now Ypsilanti's Michigan Avenue - on their way to Fort Detroit. In 1824, the Trail was selected by the U.S. Government as a route for the first road between Detroit and Chicago.

Henry Ford and the automotive industry came to Ypsilanti in the 1930s and beautiful Ford Lake was created to generate hydroelectric power for the manufacturing plants. During World War II, Ypsilanti became home to the Willow Run Bomber Plant, a factory which would employ 100,000 workers. The city boomed as job-seekers poured in from all over the country.

Ypsilanti borders on the City of Ann Arbor, MI., home of the University of Michigan and the Ann Arbor Summer Arts Festival, also known as the Ann Arbor Art Fair, considered to be one of the nation's largest and best Art Fairs.

The Ypsilanti Area Convention & Visitors Bureau can help with all of your convention and vistior needs in or around Ypsilanti or Ann Arbor, MI.