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 connected to central city Kalamazoo. Still, the township boasts a...
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 parents oversee the Prairie Historical Society in town), Climax has a proud history. That includes...
This episode of the Discover Kalamazoo County Tour takes us to the Village of Schoolcraft, Michigan. About 13 miles south from downtown Kalamazoo, Schoolcraft features a mix of historical buildings and a vibrant downtown with shops and restaurants. Nancy Rafferty and...
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 edge of what is known as Gull Prairie, this episode...
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...
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...
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 Legacy...
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 Tour series...
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 Michigan...