Calhoun

Battle Creek, MI

In 1855 Elder James Brown and his wife, Radley, established an African Methodist Episcopal Church in Battle Creek.

Albion, MI

Methodists obtained a charter for Spring Arbor Seminary from the Territorial Council of Michigan in March 1835.

Battle Creek, MI

Ernest W. Arnold designed this Beaux-Arts classical city hall “to harmonize with the post office” located directly across Division Street.

Battle Creek, MI

In September 1956 Battle Creek Community College opened near this site.

Battle Creek, MI

The Battle Creek House, a stagecoach stop and the social and political hub of the settlement from 1836 to 1866, stood here.

Battle Creek, MI

This firehouse, which opened on July 2, 1904, was the last one in the city to use horse-drawn equipment.

Battle Creek, MI

The second Battle Creek Post Office, one of Albert Kahn’s earliest commissions, opened in 1907.

Battle Creek, MI

The Battle Creek Sanitarium opened in 1866 as the Western Health Reform Institute.

Battle Creek, MI

In 1833 Joseph W. Stewart, a native of New York, settled in the Oak Openings area of western Calhoun County.

Battle Creek, MI

This country schoolhouse, one of a vanishing type, was built in 1859 and named after Ira Beckley, an early settler.

Convis Township, MI

This farm has remained in the Bryant family since 1844 and retains much of its original Civil War era appearance.

Marshall, MI

This handsome Italian Villa, with paired arched windows, is adorned with combined cupola and railing.

Battle Creek, MI

A native of Springfield, Illinois, Charles William Post came to this city in 1891 as a patient at the Battle Creek Sanitarium.

Marshall, MI

First held in 1839, the Calhoun County Fair has continued to this day as one of Michigan’s foremost agricultural attractions.

Marshall, MI

This 1860 building is the last of three Gothic Revival schools in Marshall.

Battle Creek, MI

This is Battle Creek, where the leading producers of ready-to-eat cereals are located.

Battle Creek, MI

In late 1960 the Hi-Lo Club, located on this site, “rocked” when the Charlie Johnson Band played “Runaway” for the first time.

Battle Creek, MI

Erastus Hussey came to Michigan from New York State in 1824 and purchased land in Wayne County.

Marshall, MI

The Reverend Thomas Z.R. Jones, a traveling missionary, began visiting the Marshall area in 1838.

Battle Creek, MI

The First Baptist Church, oldest church in Battle Creek, was organized in April 1835, with nineteen charter members.

Homer, MI

The First Presbyterian Church of Homer was organized with thirty-four members under the direction of the Reverend Elijah Buck in 1838.

Marshall, MI

State Senator James Wright Gordon built this Greek Revival house in 1839, the year he introduced a bill to make his town state capital.

Marshall, MI

In 1866 northern Civil War veterans organized the Grand Army of the Republic to fight for veterans’ pensions and other benefits.

Tekonsha, MI

This Queen Anne house was built in 1898 for Tekonsha businessman Harvey N. Randall (1859-1917) and his wife, dressmaker Adell Warboys...

Marshall, MI

Erected in 1843, this house is among the oldest in Marshall.

Homer, MI

This brick structure with arched windows and a decorative cornice was built in 1876, five years after Homer incorporated as a village.

Marshall, MI

Abner Pratt settled in Marshall in 1839 and in the 1850s became chief justice of the state supreme court.

Marshall, MI

Horace J. Perrin (1819-1880) was a prominent businessman and industrialist.

Battle Creek, MI

Congregationalists joined Presbyterians in organizing a church in 1836.

Marshall, MI

Michigan’s first congressman lived here from the early 1840s until his death in 1854.

Marshall, MI

James A. Miner, born in Marshall in 1842, began studying law in Clinton, Iowa, in 1860.

Battle Creek, MI

James S. and Ellen G. White were among the founders of the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, which was organized in...

Marshall, MI

This picturesque residence was erected in 1872 for Marshall merchant Jeremiah Cronin Jr. and his wife, Susan.

Marshall, MI

On this foundation stood the log house of the Reverend John D. Pierce.

Battle Creek, MI

Kellogg Community College began in 1956 as Battle Creek Community College.

Marshall, MI

In 1831 Sidney and George Ketchum located here on Rice Creek.

Battle Creek, MI

Three generations of doctors made this structure their home.

Marshall, MI

Lieutenant George A. Woodruff (1840-1863) graduated early from West Point because of the start of the Civil War.

Marshall Township, MI

New York State native Isaac Lockwood (1800-1873) came to Marshall in 1831.

Marengo, MI

This site on Territorial Road was a gift of Seeley Neal (1778-1862) from 640 acres acquired from the government in 1831.

Marshall, MI

Founded in 1831 by Sidney Ketchum and settlers from New York and New England, the town was named in honor of Chief Justice John Marshall.

Battle Creek, MI

The first Methodist class in this area met in the home of Daniel Thomas in 1833.

Battle Creek, MI

The Michigan Central Railroad Depot opened on July 27, 1888.

Augusta, MI

Michigan furnished more than 168,000 men and women to the armed services of the United States during the “Great War,” from 1917 to 1919.

Marshall, MI

Erected by Andrew Mann in 1835, this structure is reported to be the first brick building in Calhoun County.

Marshall, MI

Oliver C. Comstock Jr. (1806-1895) built this Gothic Revival house between 1849 and 1856.

Marshall, MI

The city of Marshall was platted in 1830 by Sidney Ketchum, a land speculator from Clinton County, New York.

Marshall, MI

Until the Civil Service reforms of 1883, one became a postmaster through a federal political appointment.

Battle Creek, MI

Charles William “C. W.” Post (1854-1914) began his breakfast empire in 1892 when he opened La Vita Inn sanitarium on this site.

Marshall, MI

In April 1863 a meeting held here at the home of Jared C. Thompson led directly to the organization of the Brotherhood of the Footboard.

Marshall, MI

Samuel W. Hill, legendary figure of the northland, surveyed the Great Lakes’ harbors in 1840-44 and worked with Dr. Douglass Houghton on...

Marshall, MI

In 1928 the Samuel Coleman family settled in Marshall and became one of only two African American families living in Marshall.

Battle Creek, MI

Frederick M. Sanderson (1812-1876) settled in Battle Creek in 1838 and entered business as a wagonmaker.

Marshall, MI

German immigrant Jacob Schellenberger built this structure as both a home and tavern.

Marshall, MI

A hotel or inn has occupied this site since 1870.

Battle Creek, MI

Calling themselves the Second Baptist Society, a small group of Battle Creek African Americans worshipped in their homes prior to 1849.

Battle Creek, MI

This flamboyant Arts and Crafts-style house was constructed in 1912.

Battle Creek, MI

Battle Creek is closely identified with Adventist history.

Marshall, MI

Sidney Ketchum, a land surveyor, was born in Clinton County, New York.

Battle Creek, MI

The Quaker meetinghouse on this site was purchased at auction by local Catholics in 1863.

Battle Creek, MI

In 1839 Battle Creek’s first Episcopal service was conducted.

Convis Township, MI

Granville and Catherine Stow, natives of New York State, built this house between 1836 and 1844.

Convis Township, MI

In 1836 the Hawkins family was among the first to settle Convis Township.

Battle Creek, MI

Near this spot, facing the Indian Trail, the village’s first public school was erected in 1834.

Marshall, MI

Built by William Prindle in 1857, this landmark served as a livery stable for over sixty years.

Marshall, MI

Trinity parish was organized in 1836.

Marshall, MI

Frank A. Stuart and Harold C. Brooks ran successful medical businesses.

Battle Creek, MI

World War I created the need for increased medical care for returning soldiers.

Battle Creek, MI

At the age of fourteen, Will Keith Kellogg (1860-1951) began working as a salesman for his father’s broom business.

Battle Creek, MI

In 1845 Joseph M. Ward (1822-1902) joined William Fargo in a livery and freight business, located on the corner of State and Jefferson...