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Local History

Native Americans

Bronson Park Mound

The following text and notes by David S. Brose are from the 2021 study, “Archaeological Interpretations of the Ground-Penetrating Radar Study and Cultural Program for the Aboriginal Mound in Kalamazoo’s…

Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish

The following text was compiled by John Shagonaby, Elspeth Inglis, Pam O’Connor, Joseph Helzer, and David Brose; and was edited by Barbara Brose and Jenifer Blouin Policelli  The original project…

War of 1812 Forge

Scholars of history would probably prefer for there to never be a question or a hint of wrongness regarding the facts of history that cannot be resolved with unassailable research,…