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Etymology
In his 1986 Indian Names in Michigan,Virgil Vogel explained when
KalamazooCounty was formed on July 30, 1830, itwas allegedly named
from the Indianname of the river, Ke-kanaamazoo,the boiling pot. In
the 1821 Treatyof Chicago, the village of Match-e-benarh-she-wish,
was described as at thehead of the Kekalamazoo river.
Vogel suggests that the word may befrom the Miami, because of
the Vogelcites Father Chrysostam Verwyst stat-ing the name
Kalamazoo comes fromOjibwe as a corruption of Kikanam-soso meaning
it smokes, or he istroubled with smoke and
pronouncedkee-kah-nah-mo-zo or kee-kau-nau-mo-zo. Vogel also cites
William R.
Gerard as concurring in this opinion,that Kalamazoo is a slight
alterationof older Ojibwe kikalmoza, meaninghe is inconvenienced by
smoke.
Titus, Michigan?
In his 1986 Indian Names in MichigaVirgil Vogel explained when
Kalama-zoo County was formed on July 30,1830, it was allegedly
named from thIndian name of the river, Ke-kanaamazoo, the boiling
pot. There had beevarious transliterations of the term. Ithe 1821
Treaty of Chicago, the vil-lage of Match-e-be narh-she-wish,
wadescribed as at the head of the Kekalamazoo river.
Ren-Robert Cavelier, passed justsoutheast of the present city in
lateMarch 1680. The rst Europeans toreside in the area were
itinerant furtraders in the late 18th and early 19tcentury. There
are records of severaltraders wintering in the area, and by
the 1820s at least one trading post habeen established
Kalamazoo Visitors Bureau
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Kalamazoo, MI 49007
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WMU & K-College
Western Michigan University (WMU)
is a public university located in Ka-lamazoo, Michigan, United
States.The university was established in1903 by Dwight B. Waldo,
and as ofthe Fall 2010 semester, its enrollmentis 25,045. WMU has
one of the larg-est aviation programs in the UnitedStates, and it
is the site of the annualInternational Congress on MedievalStudies.
The universitys athleticteams compete in Division I of theNCAA and
are collectively known asthe Western Michigan Broncos. Theycompete
in the Mid-American Confer-ence for most sports.
Kalamazoo College, also known as KCollege or simply K, is a
private lib-eral arts college in Kalamazoo, Michi-gan. Founded in
1833, the college isamong the 100 oldest in the country.Today, it
produces more Peace Corpsvolunteers per capita than any otherU.S.
academic institution.
Lots to do!
Kalamazoo has four local breweries and brewpubs that produce a
variety of beer styles.Perhaps the best-known is Bells Brewery,
established as the Kalamazoo Brewing Companyin 1985 by Larry Bell.
The brewery has expanded from its original Kalamazoo location,which
houses the Eccentric Cafe, to another brewery in nearby Comstock.
Bells beer is sold
by retailers in many parts of the country.
A project of Kalamazoo Valley Community College, The Kalamazoo
Animation Festival Inter-national (KAFI) encourages and educates
animation artists, promotes Kalamazoos anima-tion industry, and
provides community entertainment. In addition to a biannual
festival,KAFI sponsors events such as lm screenings and workshops
throughout the year.
KAFIs rst festival drew 235 submissions and nearly 1,000
attendees in 2002. A second
festival was held in 2003. Since then,an every-other-year
schedule has beenadopted. The 2007 festival attractedmore than 500
entries from 37 coun-tries. In addition to an animated lm
competition with $15,000 in prizesawarded, the festival features
eventsfor students, artists, educators, lm-makers and the general
public. PastKAFI award winners include BillPlympton, and Chris
Landreth.
Car
Kalamazoo is served by highways I-9US 131, M-43 and M-96. It was
on thoriginal Territorial Road in Michiganof the 19th century,
which started inDetroit and ran to Lake Michigan.Much of that, but
not all, later be-came Old US 12the old designa-tion came about
when I-94 was builtparallel to itand also was called Re
Arrow Highway after a World War Iarmy division.
Train
Kalamazoo has rail service provided
by Amtrak, with the station locateddowntown and combined with a
newlrenovated bus terminal.
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