Entrance to the Lawrence Memorial Library and Prairie Historical Society in Climax. Livemic photo. The next stop on the Discover Kalamazoo County Tour takes us south and east of Kalamazoo, to the Village of Climax. As we learn from Climax podcaster Kevin Harvey (whose...
Historic Drake Farmstead in 2021. Courtesy Oshtemo Historical Society. Part of the greater Kalamazoo area, the Discover Kalamazoo County Tour takes us next to Oshtemo Township. On Kalamazoo's western border, Oshtemo (pronounced OSH-teh-mo) and its stakeholders are...
World War II-era Schoolcraft. Corner of Grand and Eliza. Courtesy Schoolcraft Historical Society and Museum. This episode of the Discover Kalamazoo County Tour takes us to the Village of Schoolcraft, Michigan. About 13 miles south from downtown Kalamazoo, Schoolcraft...
Richland Presbyterian Church. Photo by Lance Ferraro. This time, our Discover Kalamazoo County Tour takes us to the Village of Richland, about 9 miles north and east of downtown Kalamazoo. Thought to be named for the rich soil settlers discovered back in 1830 on the...
Courtesy Village of Vicksburg, Michigan Known as the "village with a vision", Vicksburg is about a 30-minute drive south from downtown Kalamazoo. With a historic but modern and vibrant downtown, Vicksburg is also home to a historic village and Depot Museum, as well as...
The fifth and final Discover Kalamazoo Historic Walking Tour downtown episodes focuses on some of the historic homes on Kalamazoo's South Street. Some of the homes seen on these blocks are its most beautiful, intricate and connected to families with prominent...
In the fourth episode of the Discover Kalamazoo Historic Walking Tour series, front-and-center is the city's first business district. Historian, author and curator of the Western Michigan University Legacy Collections, Lynn Houghton starts at the corner of Portage...
Talk about history! In the third episode of the Discover Kalamazoo Historic Walking Tour series, the focus is on the first pedestrian mall in the whole country: The downtown mall in Kalamazoo. Historian, author and curator of the Western Michigan University...
Many settlements situated next to water for good reasons: drinking water and power, to name just a couple. Sometimes, the reasons were not so good, like the dumping of waste. In any case, the second episode of the Discover Kalamazoo Historic Walking...
Welcome to the Discover Kalamazoo Historic Walking Tour series! In this the first of five episodes focused around the Kalamazoo, Michigan central business district, we begin in the center of it all - Bronson Park. Historian, author and curator of the Western...
