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Ladies Library Association boasts oldest women's club in Michigan

The Ladies Library Association in Kalamazoo has recently broken ground on a $2.1 million project to make their historic 130-year-old building more» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

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Liberty Hyde Bailey: The famous Michigander you might not know about

Horticulture is defined as the science or art of growing fruit, vegetables, and other plants. Even though horticulture is smaller scale farming than» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

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Haunted tales of Kalamazoo: A brief collection of ghost stories from local...

Friday night at 6 p.m., the Kalamazoo Jaycees will take residents on a ghost tour through downtown Kalamazoo. Although the tour is mostly historical, it reminds us of just how many haunted tales the...

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One-room schoolhouse restorers reminisce about class in rural Michigan

Rural life in a one-room school district was simpler than today. Doors were seldom locked. There is a one-room school in St. Joseph County which has been preserved for students and others to experience...

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"Amazing Tales from Southwest Michigan" shares news of the weird

Steve Ellis, the publisher and a contributor to Southwest Michigan’s Spark magazine, will read from his collection of about 600 odd and amazing tales from Southwest Michigan Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the...

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Art and Memories of World War II exhibit in Battle Creek

One of the first things you’ll see as you enter the exhibit is a fallen soldier’s battle cross. It includes a helmet and boots, but no rifle. Exhibit curator and Art Center of Battle Creek executive...

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'Neither snow nor rain': Museum shows what it took to get your mail

Wanted: Young skinny wiry fellows. Not over eighteen. Must be expert riders. Willing to risk death daily. Orphans preferred. Wages were $25 per week. This» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

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Barber chairs and falcons: Hidden Kalamazoo tours the bank building

In downtown Kalamazoo, you can walk into one of the tallest skyscrapers in the city—the American National Bank Building. Anyone can view the first few» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

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Barbershop chorus seeks young talent

The Mall City Harmonizers, Kalamazoo’s barbershop chorus, recently celebrated the 75th birthday of the international Barbershop Harmony society. » E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

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See what the holidays were like in the Victorian age

The Kimball House Museum in Battle Creek is a Queen Ann style house built in 1886 on what was once called Maple Street. It’s now Capitol Avenue, NE. At...» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

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Trading cards to help save Portage historic sites

When we think of trading cards, our minds might automatically go to things like Pokemon or Yu-Gi-Oh. But for the City of Portage’s 50th anniversary, the...» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

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Small town newspaper is historic, but still relevant

In small communities, people depend on the weekly newspaper for local news. The Paw Paw Courier-Leader carries on a long tradition that dates back to...» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

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See what's hiding in storage at the Grand Rapids Public Museum

At the Grand Rapids Public Museum, only ten percent of the nearly quarter of a million objects are on exhibit at any one time. The rest of the...» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

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Take your own tour of Kalamazoo architecture!

Retired Western Michigan University professor of art Charles Stroh spent five years putting together six walking tours of Kalamazoo’s architecture. He...» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

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Bissell Sweepers company claims first female CEO in America

Years ago, the only way to clean carpets was to sweep them off with a broom and to hang them on a line and use a wire carpet beater, to beat the dust...» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

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Federal Center Housed Famous Americans as Army Hospital, Sanitarium

The Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center building in Battle Creek is mainly serves as offices for the Defense Logistics Agency which provides supplies and...» E-Mail This

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19th Century Female Seminary Once Educated Michigan's Girls

The Michigan Female Seminary has been closed for more than a century, but at one time, it was one of the few places to send your daughter to continue...» E-Mail This

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"Life Went On" in Civil War-Era Kalamazoo

The Civil War changed Kalamazoo. But for many people, daily routines – and favorite entertainments – went on. » E-Mail This

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Black Travel During Jim Crow Illustrated In Green Book

Imagine you’re on a long family trip. Only you can’t stop for the bathroom. You can’t stop to eat or stay at a hotel. There are only a handful of places...» E-Mail This

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The Gibson Smoke Stack: A Landmark Or A Hazard?

On Monday, it was almost the end for the old Gibson Guitar Factory smoke stack. Workers arrived to demolish it, but they were met by protestors and...» E-Mail This

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