Western Michigan University ScholarWorks at WMU Master's Theses Graduate College 12-1982 A History of Bronson Park, Kalamazoo, Michigan from 1829 to 1940 Carol Knauss Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses Part of the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Knauss, Carol, "A History of Bronson Park, Kalamazoo, Michigan from 1829 to 1940" (1982). Master's Theses. 1681. https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/1681 This Masters Thesis-Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate College at ScholarWorks at WMU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Master's Theses by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at WMU. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. A HISTORY OF BRONSON PARK, KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN FROM 1 8 2 9 TO 1 9 4 0 by Carol Knauss • A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate College : in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts Department of History Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, Michigan December, 1982 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. A HISTORY OF BRONSON PARK, KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN FROM 1 8 2 9 TO 1940 Carol Knauss, M.A. Western Michigan University, 1982 Bronson Park is a 3.6-acre tract of land in the center of downtown Kalamazoo. For over 130 years the city has used this land for a public park. The land originally was donated to the county for a school and a jail by the men who owned and platted the area. Interested citizens converted the two squares into a park which, in the following years, was improved with trees, walks, and a fountain.