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Seat : Kalamazoo
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Topics: If you are visiting or want to know more aspects of the county these links may be helpful.
Kalamazoo Regional Education Service Agency Coming soon: History Queries Neighbors: Allegan, Barry, Branch, Calhoun, St. Joseph and Van Buren Visit the ALHN
The Michigan ALHN is providing these links to you only as a convenience and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement of the site by the Michigan ALHN. You are the 8722nd visitor to this page. ©Copyright 2006 By Lesley Moss This page was updated Saturday July 21, 2007
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The Michigan American Local History Network is a central web page from which independent web sites containing historical or genealogical content about Michigan or it's counties, are linked.
The new URL is http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikalam2/ If you are interested in hosting a Michigan county, please contact Bonnie McVicar-Briggs, Lesley Moss or Sondra Higbee, the State Coordinators for Michigan. We will be happy to help you. We would be happy to have volunteers who prefer to host a township, city or cover a topic in a township too, such as religion, history, cemeteries, occupations, etc. We can easily link your page to the County it falls under.If you want to contribute, please check out the Volunteer FAQ Page. The name of this county is derived from a Native American expression, "Kikalamazoo," meaning "the rapids at the river crossing," or "boiling water." In 1826 Bazal Harrison, (nephew to Benjamin Harrison, signer of the Declaration of Independence), formed an agricultural settlement. When the town of Kalamazoo was platted in 1831, it was called "Bronson" after its leader Titus Bronson. By the time Michigan was admitted to the Union on January 26, 1837, Bronson had been renamed Kalamazoo. The Upjohn Pill and Granule Company was organized around the turn of the century by William Erastus Upjohn, now called The Upjohn Company, which is headquartered in Kalamazoo and Portage.Kalamazoo has many areas designated as historic districts. Frank Lloyd Wright also found Kalamazoo quite right for his "Usonian" style of homes, built here during the late 1940s. County links:
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