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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AW6_underground-railroad-house_Schoolcraft-MI.html
This historic house was built in 1835 by Dr. Nathan Thomas, the first physician in Kalamazoo County. When asked in 1843 to assist escaping slaves from the south to reach Canada, he quickly agreed. Mrs. Thomas would provide food and arrange for the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17JX_stuart-neighborhood_Kalamazoo-MI.html
Wealthy merchants and businessmen, seeking an escape from the hurried life of downtown living, built this prosperous neighborhood in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Movement to the suburbs gained in popularity after the 1850s, but lack …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU7N_barn-theatre_Galesburg-MI.html
The Barn Theatre, originally constructed in 1943 by Robert M. Cook as a dairy barn, is the home of Michigan's oldest resident summer stock theatre. Such theatres use a group of actors who perform consecutive productions of different shows. Founded…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTBQ_kalamazoo-school-case_Kalamazoo-MI.html
Near here, in 1858, Kalamazoo's first high school was opened. Fifteen years later the right of the school board to levy taxes to support a high school was challenged. A unanimous decision of the Michigan Supreme Court, rendered by Justice Thomas M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKAV_lincolns-august-1856-speech-in-kalamazoo_Kalamazoo-MI.html
1861 - 1865
This tablet is placed here bySarah E. Fuller - Tent No. 8Daughters of Union Veteransof the Civil WarDept. of Michigan
in memory ofOrcutt Post No. 79Kalamazoo, Dept. Of Mich.Grand Army of the Republicthe veterans of the Civil WarT…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKAN_in-memoriam-u-s-s-maine_Kalamazoo-MI.html
Upper Plaque:In MemoriamU.S.S. MaineDestroyed in Havana HarborFebruary 15th, 1898This tablet is cast from metal recovered from the U.S.S. Maine
Lower Plaque:Tablet secured for Richard Westnedge Camp No-16, United Spanish War Veterans by past Co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKAM_spanish-war-veterans-monument_Kalamazoo-MI.html
Erected by the citizens of Kalamazoo city and county to commemorate the valor and patriotism of those who served in the war with Spain, the Philippine insurrection, and the China relief expedition.Dedicated May 30th, A.D. 1924 under the auspices o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHRN_lincoln-at-kalamazoo_Kalamazoo-MI.html
On August 27, 1856, here in this park, Abraham Lincoln, then an obscure lawyer, spoke to a rally for John Fr?mont, the Republican presidential nominee. This was the only time that Lincoln addressed an audience in Michigan. The event was al…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF93_harris-family_Oshtemo-MI.html
Among the earliest pioneers of Oshtemo Township was a Black family, that of Enoch and Deborah Harris. Born in the East in the late 1700's, they settled in the Ohio wilderness about 1810. Moving westward with the advancing frontier, they claimed la…