From the time that the earliest English-speaking settlers arrived, the area has also been known as The Forks, because it is situated at the confluence of the north and south branches of the Kalamazoo River.

This signature model is a recreation of Lee's favourite bass, a 1972 Fender Jazz that he bought in a pawn shop in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

The park has a gazebo, picnic tables, and a small man-made waterfall that connects to a pond called Mill Pond which is part of the Northern Branch of the Kalamazoo River.

The campground is on the South Branch Kalamazoo River.

There is the Kalamazoo River, wetlands, and forest.

* Kalamazoo River-the Kalamazoo is made up of the North Branch and South Branch.

In total the Kalamazoo River is long, and its watershed drains a total of and drains into 8 counties.

The Kalamazoo St. bridge lodges against the Michigan Avenue bridge ; it is later salvaged and re-erected at Kalamazoo Street.

This new style is credited to mandolins designed and built by Orville Gibson, a Kalamazoo, Michigan luthier who founded the " Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Manufacturing Co., Limited " in 1902.

Kalamazoo () is a city in the southwest region of the U. S. state of Michigan.

It is the county seat of Kalamazoo County.

Kalamazoo is located geographically in Western and Southern Michigan.

Kalamazoo is home to Western Michigan University ( often abbreviated as " WMU "), a large public university, and Kalamazoo College ( often referred to as " K College "), a liberal arts school whose campus abuts WMU's.

Today, t-shirts are sold in Kalamazoo with the phrase " Yes, there really is a Kalamazoo ".

There is no longer a zoo in Kalamazoo.

Completed in 1936, the 18-hole, par-72 course is entirely within the city limits of Kalamazoo.

The city's most prominent art museum is the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, whose collection has more than 3, 600 works and a focus on 20th-century American art.

Downtown is the Kalamazoo Valley Museum, a " hands-on " museum aimed largely at children ; it has a planetarium and a Challenger Learning Center.

The Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1921, is directed by Raymond Harvey.

Kalamazoo is the hometown of New York Yankees all-star shortstop Derek Jeter, Green Bay Packers wide receiver Greg Jennings, and free agent running back T. J. Duckett.

Kalamazoo is served by one daily newspaper, the Kalamazoo Gazette.

Plays and musicals are also performed at Kalamazoo College and Western Michigan University.

The Kalamazoo College Hornets and Kalamazoo Valley Community College Cougars also have several collegiate athletic teams.

Kalamazoo was also the hometown of longtime Detroit Tigers owner John Fetzer, who owned the American League team from 1961 through 1984, when he sold the franchise to Domino's Pizza founder Tom Monaghan.

Kalamazoo is part of the West Michigan television market, which also includes Grand Rapids and Battle Creek.

Radio Stations from Battle Creek, Grand Rapids, and Lansing are also heard in Kalamazoo.

* Kalamazoo also has a freight service provided by Grand Elk Railroad running north to Grand Rapids, Michigan and south to Elkhart, Indiana.

Kalamazoo College, also known as K College or simply K, is a private liberal arts college in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Kalamazoo College also served as a pioneer in coed education, granting its first degree to a woman, Miss Catherine V. Eldred, in 1870.

Grover also built a saw mill on the north bank of the Kalamazoo River in Section 11.

It also includes a small sliver of land in northeast Kalamazoo Charter Township between the city of Kalamazoo and Comstock Charter Township.

Portage is also home to the Kalamazoo Air Zoo.

Due to cooperation with other schools in Kalamazoo County, students also have the opportunity to attend classes at off-campus locations through programs such as the Kalamazoo Area Mathematics and Science Center, Education for Employment and Education for the Arts.

Gibson's EB-3, EB-0, EDS-1275, and later model of Melody Maker and Kalamazoo also shared or once shared SG-shaped bodies, but these are not the members of the SG family.

He is followed by John Patnott of Hope College, Tish Loveless ( Kalamazoo College ), Chester Barnard ( Kalamazoo College ), and Bob Kent also from Kalamazoo College ( www. miaa. org accessed 10 / 15 / 08 ).

Since then, US Airways has also left Flint, Lansing, Kalamazoo, and Grand Rapids, leaving Detroit as the only Michigan destination served by US Airways.

The Civic Youth Theatre is also an important group in Kalamazoo County.

Though populations have increased in recent years due to the cleanup of the river, it is still advised for people to not eat large amounts of fish from the Kalamazoo River, and pregnant women are also advised not to eat any fish from the river due to lingering effects of the pollution in the diets of many fish ( particularly bottom feeding fish like catfish which can accumulate high levels of mercury ).

His home in Kalamazoo at 427 Stuart Ave. is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

A centre of the Midlands nail making industry during the 19th century and home to both the Kalamazoo paper factory and the Austin motor company ’ s Longbridge factory in the 20th century, today Northfield is predominantly a residential and dormitory suburb for metropolitan Birmingham.

The win earned Florida the Kelly Cup victory, and secured a perfect home record of 11-0 in the postseason ( 2 victories over Greenville, 3 each over Elmira, Kalamazoo, and Las Vegas ).

Albert Todd died at his home in Kalamazoo, leaving his wife, Augusta Allman Todd, and five children.

When the railroads connected Northern Michigan to the large cities through Kalamazoo, some wealthy urbanites established summer home associations in Charlevoix, Harbor Point, and Bay View.

The Beach Bums played their first home game at Wuerfel Park on May 24, 2006, against the Kalamazoo Kings, with a sell-out crowd of 5, 825.

" I was called shortly after 8 p. m. June 21, for deadhead equipment west, engine 8485, for 10. 15 p. m., and left Kalamazoo, Michigan at 10. 35 p. m. Had been up since 5 a. m., June 21, dead heading from my home in Jackson on Train No. 41, and had had little or no sleep during the day.

Kalamazoo is home to the " Green Ice Game ".

The arena opened in 1974 and is home to the Kalamazoo Wings, an ice hockey team in the ECHL.

The Ice Hogs won their first ( and last ) Colonial Cup in a hard fought game 7 at home on Thursday, May 24, 2007, by a score of 3 to 1 against the Kalamazoo Wings.

Sadly, this was about as good as it got for Fever ; they leaked goals everywhere else they went, losing 5-0 to Michigan Bucks, 4-1 to Toronto Lynx, and losing 2-1 in three consecutive games at home to Chicago, new boys Kalamazoo Outrage, and the resurgent Cleveland Internationals, who scored an 87th minute winner to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

Various college and high school organizations, such as RamRide at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado, CARPOOL at Texas A & M University in College Station, Texas, or Drive Safe Kalamazoo, at Western Michigan University and BUSY at Gulfport High School in Gulfport, Mississippi offer to give free rides home on weekend nights to fellow students.

Chicago actually lost their second game of the season, 2-0 at home to Kalamazoo Kingdom but recovered quickly to rattle off eleven consecutive victories over the next two months.

Chicago's biggest rival throughout the season was Kalamazoo Outrage, who handed Chicago their only defeat of the regular season, a 2-1 loss at home in early June.

They overcame new boys Kalamazoo Outrage 4-1 the first week in June ( with all four goals being scored by Steve Zakuani ), battered West Virginia Chaos 5-0, and took down Cincinnati again 5-1 at home, leaving the club on the verge of the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.

They played their home games at Mayor's Riverfront Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan.