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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AXO_for-a-pal_Portage-MI.html
This sculpture is dedicated to all my Navy shipmates, Marine, Army and Coast Guard buddies, and allies of all faiths who served in the Guadalcanal Campaign from August 7, 1942 to February 17, 1943. These brave men and women were part of the first …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AXN_first-religious-service-in-kalamazoo-county_Richland-MI.html
This tablet commemorates the first religious service held in Kalamazoo County. It was conducted by John Barnes and Seldon Norton in May 1830, under an oak one and one half miles southeast of Richland Village.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AXM_gregory-b-jarvis-and-roger-b-chaffee-memorial_Portage-MI.html
Gregory B. JarvisAugust 24, 1944January 28, 1986 Born in Detroit Michigan, Payload Specialist, Gregory Jarvis and his crew members, Ellison Onizuka, Michael Smith, Christa McAuliffe, Francis Scobee, Ronald McNair and Judith Resnick lost their l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AXI_the-first-presbyterian-church_Richland-MI.html
(Side One)Settlers from Hudson, Ohio, came to the Richland area (then known as Gull Prairie) in 1830. A year later, a Presbyterian congregation was organized. Established under the 1801 Plan of Union adopted by the Presbyterians and Congregational…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AXH_community-library_Richland-MI.html
The Ladies Library Association raised the funds to build this Classical Revival style building, which was completed in 1910. After serving as a private library for thirty-eight years, it was sold first to the Richland Rural Agricultural School (19…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AXG_delano-homestead_Cooper-Charter-Township-MI.html
William Smith DeLano (1819-1901) was a southwestern Michigan pioneer settler. He built this modest Greek Revival style house in 1858. A native of western New York State, DeLano came to the area with an uncle in 1837. He first worked clearing farms…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AXE_w-k-kellogg-house_Hickory-Corners-MI.html
W.K. Kellogg (1860-1951) founded the Toasted Corn Flake Company of Battle Creek in 1906. In 1925, Kellogg and his second wife, Dr. Carrie Staines, a physician at the Battle Creek Sanitarium, commissioned Benjamin and Benjamin of Grand Rapids to de…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AXD_cooper-congregational-church_Cooper-Charter-Township-MI.html
(Side One)In 1843 the Reverends Mason Knappen and Ova Hoyt organized the Cooper Congregational Church with families from New York and Vermont. Church founders included Laura Blanchard, John and Betsy Borden, Mace, Nancy and John Borden, Matilda De…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AXC_park-theatre_Augusta-MI.html
Built in 1949 by D. Eli and Dorothy Frank, this was one of the last single-screen theaters built in Kalamazoo County. The Art Moderne-inspired structure is a Quonset hut attached to a masonry lobby. Eli and Dorothy also operated a theater in Gales…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AX9_congregational-united-church-of-christ_Galesburg-MI.html
This congregation has held services continually since 1832. In 1852 it was formally organized as an offshoot of the First Presbyterian Church of nearby Comstock. Later that year the church's name was changed to the First Congregational Church. It …
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