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A Brief History of East Lansing

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Essays on the people, buildings, and events in the conjoined histories of East Lansing and Michigan State University, with a particular interest in the Michigan Agricultural College era (1855–1925), and a timeline of significant events.

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Veterinary Clinic (1915)

When M.A.C. finally established its veterinary surgery program in 1910, a purpose-built clinic followed. Decades of additions and alterations buried it almost beyond recognition — but the Veterinary Clinic of 1915 still stands, hidden within the walls of Giltner Hall. Read More. →

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  • The H. T. Graham Apartment Blocks (1948–1951)


  • The “Home-Building Campaign” of 1929–1931


  • Baker’s Switch — a vanished neighborhood


  • The Michigan State Bank at East Lansing


  • Charles H. Chase versus the Michigan United Railway Company


  • The other Mrs. Kedzie


  • Sarcastic Lad’s progeny today — a reconsideration


  • The Memorial Grove and Cenotaph


  • The Twenty-One

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A Brief History of East Lansing

A history of Michigan State University and the college town it engendered.

A Brief History of East Lansing by Kevin S. Forsyth is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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