History
Ann Arbor's city parks sit on the ancestral and traditional homelands of several indigenous Native peoples. Read a
land acknowledgement from the city and learn more about the early history of the land
here.
Traver Creek is named after Absolom Traver. Traver is the namesake of many places on this side of Ann Arbor, including Traver Road and the Traverwood Branch of the Ann Arbor District Library. Traver, born in 1800, was an early Ann Arbor farmer, miller and neighborhood developer who first arrived in the area in 1830. When Traver arrived to Ann Arbor, it was a small burgeoning frontier town with just over 1000 people. Read more about the "forgotten" history of Traver and his family in an Ann Arbor Observer piece by Patrick McCauley.
Read a Natural Area Preservation (NAP) Newsletter highlighting the park and its interesting flora and fauna:
2020 Park Focus: Traver Creek Nature Area by Rebecca Naumenko