CLOSURE: Central Library will be closed Tuesday, July 21, through Saturday, July 25, while emergency repairs are made to the building’s cooling system. We expect to reopen Monday, July 27. Click for more details on holds, program schedules, and returns during the closure. 

Notice of Public Meeting: Kalamazoo Public Library Board of Trustees | July 27 | 5:30 pm | Central Library/Van Deusen Room. The packet of information for the meeting can be found on the library’s website. 

NOTICE: Due to a power outage, Oshtemo Branch Library is closed Tuesday, July 21 until further notice.  

Local History

Indian Fields Cemetery

Location: North side of East Milham Road, 4/10 mile east of  Lovers Lane.
Status: Inactive
indian-fields-sign-240  indian-fields-stone-240

Photos: Beth Timmerman, 2010

Sources

Original Records

Portage City Hall

7900 South Westnedge Avenue
Portage, MI 49002
269-329-4400

Books

Tombstone Inscriptions in Kalamazoo County, Michigan: A Bicentennial Project

Kalamazoo Valley Genealogical Society
1980 (Indian Fields Cemetery, 1972)
H 977.417 K145

Websites

City of Portage

Current and historical burial information

Kalamazoo County, Michigan Cemeteries on the Web

Transcription and photos – complete through July 2007

The Tombstone Transcription Project, Kalamazoo County- Michigan USGenWeb

Partial list with photos

Find A Grave

More than 300 records, a few with photos and additional information.
Last updated 5 February 2015.