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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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Arthur A. Crozier — M.A.C.’s forgotten forester

Arthur A. Crozier was with the M.A.C. Experiment Station for only four years, but his contributions to scientific agriculture — and to the campus landscape itself — outlasted him by more than a century. That his name is nowhere to be found on campus is perhaps the most interesting part. Read More. →

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  • Chemical Laboratory (1871–1955)


  • Professor Robert C. Kedzie


  • Faculty Row № 7 (1857) — Cowles House (1950)


  • Bacteriology Laboratory — Marshall–Adams Hall (1902)


  • The Semicentennial Celebration of 1907


  • The Women’s Cooperative Houses (1936–1956)


  • Horticultural Building — “Old Horticulture” (1925)


  • Horticultural Laboratory Building — Eustace–Cole Hall (1888)


  • The Trolley Station (1902–1924)

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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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