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Humphrey Block

Don’t believe everything you read. There’s a historical marker at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Portage Street that commemorates…

KPL TV: Music & Concerts

Madcat, Kane & Maxwell Street @ KPL

Madcat, Kane & Maxwell Street (Shari Kane, guitar and vocals; Peter Madcat Ruth, harmonica and vocals; Mark Schrock, bass and…

Business

Checker Motors

27 July 1999 was a bittersweet day in the history of New York City. It was the last day of…

KPL TV: Music & Concerts

Orpheum Bell @ KPL

Equipped with an orchestral ensemble of banjo, accordion, trumpet, xylophone, shepherd harp, musical saw, pedal steel, a suitcase pump organ,…

Texas Township

Kinney School

Location: Fractional District #1 – Section 25, north side of S Avenue, between 10th and 12th Streets. Kalamazoo County 1890,…

Women’s History

Minott, Margaret

Margaret Minott was the first African American elected to the Kalamazoo Board of Education. She was instrumental in the effort…

Houses

Prairie Style Homes

“The style is usually marked by horizontal lines, flat or hipped roofs with broad overhanging eaves, windows grouped in horizontal…

Black History

Civic Black Theatre

Founded in 1978, the Civic Black Theatre (CBT) “recognized a need” for “black theater” in Kalamazoo. According to WMU faculty…

Recreation

Little League

Little League Baseball was founded by Carl Stotz in Williamsport, Pennsylvania in 1939.  He wanted to create an opportunity for…

Databases

History Reference Center

Covering both U.S. and world history topics, History Reference Center is a full-text database featuring historical reference books, magazines, journals…

Britannica School

Suite of Britannica School resources at four levels - Learning Zone, Elementary, Middle, and High. School code is MeL5. Each…

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