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Transportation

Plank Roads

As railroads expanded across the state of Michigan in the 1850s, those not adjacent to railroad lines still hoped to…

Government

Luna "Lou" Henshaw

Kalamazoo Valley Museum, 2006.39.3 Luna “Lou” Henshaw (later Zwisler) holds the distinction of being the first woman elected to sit…

News

Institutional Anti-Racism

I still remember when I was first invited to attend anti-racism training. I felt like I wasn’t racist, so I…

Religion

First Methodist Church

The First United Methodist Church of Kalamazoo is the oldest congregation in the city. The church traces its origins to…

Recreation

Wolf Lake Fish Hatchery

For millennia the supply of fish in Michigan’s lakes and waterways seemed inexhaustible. By the 1870s, however, deforestation and overfishing…

Health

Spear, Marion R.

In the early years of the last century, a new approach to the treatment of mental and physical illnesses unfolded.…

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Academic Search Complete

This database is a leading resource for scholarly research. It supports high-level research in the key areas of academic study…

AGRICOLA

Containing bibliographic records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library, AGRICOLA provides millions of citations relating to the…

AutoMate

Powered by the automotive experts at MOTOR, AutoMate provides the most accurate, authoritative and up-to-date service and repair information for…

Alldata

Alldata is a comprehensive resource for automotive diagnostic and repair information

Explora for Middle Schools

Magazines and reference books for middle school students. Includes thousands of biographies and primary source documents. Subjects include history, current…

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