• Amtrak Station
• Amtrak Station Inside
• BO Tower
• Gibson Street
• Grand Rapids & Indiana facilities in Kalamazoo
• Grand Trunk Western facilities in Kalamazoo
• Interurban Station
• Kalamazoo Panoramic Map - 1874
• Michigan Central Railroad facilities in Kalamazoo
• Michigan Central Botsford Yard
• MC Roundhouse
• North Yard
• The "Kalamazoo Seven"
• Tower 1

     Kalamazoo was founded by Titus Bronson, who built a log cabin here in 1829 and platted the village of Bronson in 1831.  Bronson was renamed Kalamazoo officially in 1836.  The town was incorporated as a village in 1838 and as a city in 1883.

     The first railroad to arrive at Kalamazoo was the Michigan Central in 1846.  In 1867, the Lake Shore built a line connecting the town with White Pigeon and beyond, followed in 1870 by the Grand Rapids & Indiana.  1870 was a year of railroad construction in Kalamazoo, with the MC's South Haven line being built, the GR&I extended north towards Grand Rapids, and the Lake Shore extension to the same city.  In 1886 the Chicago, Kalamazoo and Saginaw was built north towards Hastings and in 1901 the CK&S line was built south to Pavillion to interchange with the Grand Trunk (the GTW later bought this line from the CK&S).  Interurban lines were also constructed to Kalamazoo in the 1890's.  The last line to reach Kalamazoo, was the Kalamazoo, Lake Shore & Chicago, which took over the old MCRR grade, when the MCRR line to Chicago was rebuilt around 1906.