History of Kalamazoo County Michigan United States of America

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History of Kalamazoo County Michigan

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- Comstock -- Galesburg -- Kalamazoo -- Oshtemo -

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Biographies:

Biographical Sketch of Arthur Brown

Arthur Brown, senator, was born in Prairie Ronde, Mich., March 8, 1843. He was brought up on a farm, attended the district school, fitted himself for college, and was graduated at Antioch college in 1862. He then took a post graduate literary course at the University of Michigan, received the A.M. degree in 1863, and was graduated at the law school in 1864. He practised law at Kalamazoo until 1879, when he removed to Salt Lake City, Utah. Upon the admission of the state into the Union he was elected as a Republican to the United States senate, Jan. 22, 1896 and drew the short term expiring March 3, 1897.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

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Michigan Facts:
Tree: white pine
Bird: American robin
Flower: apple blossom
Nickname: Wolverine State, Great Lake State
Motto: Si Quaeris Peninsulam Amoenam Circumspice (If You Seek a Pleasant Peninsula, Look About You)
Area (sq. mi.): 58,216
Capitol: Lansing
Admitted: 26 Jan 1837

Kalamazoo County Facts:

Seat: Kalamazoo
Established: 29 Oct 1829
Formed from: St. Joseph

Additional Local History Notes:

The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows:

KALAMAZOO, a county in the S. W. part of Michigan, contains 576 square miles. It is intersected by the Kalamazoo, and drained by the Portage river of the Kalamazoo, and the Portage river of the St. Joseph, and by Bear and Gull creeks. The surface is nearly level, and is diversified by prairies, tracts of heavy timber, and plains, which are covered with scattered oak-trees. The soil is uniformly and extremely fertile. The chief productions are wheat, corn, oats, potatoes, hay, and wool. In 1850 the county produced 225,855 bushels of wheat; 366,578 of corn; 97,325 of oats; 106,913 of potatoes, and 11,736 tons of hay. It contained 15 churches, and 2 newspaper offices. The streams furnish extensive water-power. The county is intersected by the Central railroad. Organized in 1830. Capital, Kalamazoo. Pop., 13,179.