Excerpt from Kalamazoo County Directory: With a History of the County From Its Earliest Settlement, Containing Descriptions of Each Town and Village Within the County, Also, the Names of All Persons Residing in the Several Villages in the CountyWe return thanks to the enterprising business men of Kala mazoo for the liberal aid they have given in contributing to the success and interest of this undertaking. Not the least valuable of the many classes of information herein given, will be found the facts set forth in their cards and advertisements, to which the reader may turn and read with profit to himself.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.