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Hollowed Ground: Copper Mining and Community Building on Lake Superior, 1840s-1990s  by Larry  LanktonOld Forts of the Great Lakes: Sentinels in the Wilderness  by James  BarryA legacy for the Future: Reminiscences of Scouting in West Michigan  by Timothy   TodishFor Those in Peril: Shipwrecks of Ottawa County, Michigan  by Craig  Rich
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Fort St. Joseph, 1691-1781 : the story of Berrien County's colonial past Fort St. Joseph: Train Ride to the 18th Century

On Saturday, August 14, a group of a dozen or so gathered at Amtrak’s Kalamazoo station for a “train ride to the 18th century” to visit the 2010 Fort St. Joseph Archaeology Open House in Niles. The trip, organized by retired Western Michigan University librarian Kay Chase, gave Kalamazoo residents a chance to visit the site of historic Fort St. Joseph, only recently discovered and being gradually unearthed as part of a WMU field school project....

 

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Ladies Library building, 1879 and 2008

Kalamazoo’s Ladies Library, WMU student photo project

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