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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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Ernest Everett Bogue (1864–1907)

On September 1, 1902 — 124 years ago this week — Ernest Everett Bogue became Michigan Agricultural College’s first full-time Professor of Forestry. In a few short years, he built the program into a national force in forestry education. Today, his legacy lives on, as does a street bearing his name, though Bogue himself was felled far too young. Read More. →

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  • The Seeds of Knowledge, Sown Far and Wide


  • A forgotten East Lansing tragedy


  • Cedar Banks — the women’s prison that never was


  • The Reorganization of 1861


  • John C. Holmes and the Founding of M.A.C.


  • The Baker Family


  • The Wildwood Inn (1913–c.1925)


  • The Michigan Avenue “Battle of the Boulevard” (1925–1928)


  • The Streetcar and the Interurban Railway

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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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