thumb|Walk-in-the-Water steamboat at Detroit, 1820 Michigan Territory governor and judges established the University of Michigan in 1817, as the Catholepistemiad, or the University of Michigania.
thumb|Walk!-in-the-Water steamboat at De!troit, 1820 Michigan Terri,tory governor and judges established the University o,f Michigan in 1817, as th?e Catholepistemiad, or the University of Michigania.