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Essays: All About Kalamazoo History

Kalamazoo's unusual name, its central location between Detroit and Chicago, its thriving and balanced economy, its rich educational tradition, and its long-time interest in the arts have given the city a unique and colorful history.

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New

  • Cheff Therapeutic Riding Center 
  • Isaac Brown House: 427 S. Burdick Street 
  • Lucinda Hinsdale Stone: Educator, Feminist, "Mother of Clubs" 
  • The Ganzel Brothers: Baseball Legends
  • Hutson B. Colman House: 813 W. South Street
  • Albert White: African American Builder Broke Racial Barriers
  • Bookmobile Service
  • Hillcrest Elementary School
  • The Dilemma of Downtown Parking

Popular

  1. Gibson Inc., Music Makers
  2. Kalamazoo Stove Company
  3. Vine Neighborhood
  4. Kalamazoo Gazette
  5. Kalamazoo Psychiatric Hospital

Highlights

Central High School »

The third high school building

The third Kalamazoo High School building.


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Essay Topics

  • General Topics
  • Arts & Entertainment
  • Biographies
  • Business
  • Cemeteries
  • Education
  • Fires & Firemen
  • Government
  • Health
  • Houses & Buildings
  • Kalamazoo Public Library
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  • Parks
  • Recreation
  • Religion
  • Towns

Local History

  • Genealogy

All About Kalamazoo:

  • Essays: All About Kalamazoo
    • General Topics
    • Arts & Entertainment
    • Biographies
    • Business
    • Cemeteries
    • Education
    • Fires & Firemen
    • Government
    • Health
    • Houses & Buildings
    • Kalamazoo Public Library
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    • Parks
    • Recreation
    • Religion
    • Towns
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See Also

  • Architecture & Historic Preservation Topic Guide
  • Genealogy Topic Guide
  • Government Documents
  • Local Information Database

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