Historical Markers page 6 (Markers in Vicksburg & Prairie Ronde Township)

KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI

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KALAMAZOO COUNTY HISTORICAL MARKERS PAGE 6
HISTORICAL MARKERS IN VICKSBURG & PRAIRIE RONDE

MARKERS ON THIS PAGE
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Christian Memorial Bench	Webster Memorial Bench
Vicker's Mill	Charles & Joyce Swartz Marker

**Memorial Benchs**
**at the** **Vicksburg Historic Village**
Albert & Martha Christian	Stewart J. Webster

**Vicker's Mill**
**at the** **Vicksburg Depot Museum** **before it was erected at its permanent** **site at the south end of Sunset Lake.**
In 1831, John Vickers built a brush dam over the eight-foot waterfall on Portage Creek and erected a log grist mill. The mill is believed to have been the first in Kalamazoo County. The dam created a pond that supplied water power to the mill, and formed the sizeable Sunset Lake, around which pioneers built homes and set up businesses. Vickers died in 1842. On October 18, 1871 the village was incorporated as Brady, but one day later a petition passed to rename it Vicksburg.	Model of Vicker's Mill at the Vicksburg Depot Museum	Portage Creek in Vicksburg circa 1905

PRAIRIE RONDE

**Charles & Joyce Swartz**
**Memorial Marker at the Prairie Ronde Township Hall**

Historical Marker Pages
Historical Marker In Bronson Park	HIstorical Marker Near Bronson Park	Historical Markers In The Kalamazoo Mall
Historical Marker In The City Of Kalamazoo	Historical Markers In Portage	Historical Markers In Vicksburg & Prarie Ronde

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