(Discover Kalamazoo 6) Discover Kalamazoo County Tour: The Village of Vicksburg

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 a former paper mill – known today as The Mill at Vicksburg – it is now on the National Registry of Historic Places.

In this visit, Leah Richard with the Vicksburg Historical Society talks about some village history, along with some of the attractions that residents and visitors enjoy.

Episode Resoures
Village of Vicksburg website
Vicksburg Historical Society website
Discover Kalamazoo website
Downtown Kalamazoo Walking Tour episodes

This Kalamazoo County Tour episode is sponsored by Discover Kalamazoo and produced by Livemic Communications.

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