Introduction

The Albion Interactive History was created to help people better understand Albion, Michigan, a prototypical American small town located in south-central Michigan. This town was settled for farming, transformed by industry, and transformed again by the large-scale departure of industry and the jobs that came along with it. The Wesleyan Seminary was founded there in 1835 and went on to become Albion College, a well-regarded liberal arts college with a national reputation. Albion has a rich history of several successive waves of immigrants and migrants who came to seek out their American dream. Continue to the Albion Story...

The Albion Story

Crowell & the Albion Company
Methodism in Early Albion
Education in Early Albion
Making a Factory Town
Great Flood of 1908
Bank Crisis of 1912
Starr Commonwealth
Great Depression
Urban Renewal
All-America City
Deindustrialization

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This Day in History
1830-1859
1860-1899
1900-1949
1950-1999
2000-present

Buildings Index

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Historic Preservation
Lost Albion
Style Guide

People Index

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Albion College Presidents
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Organizations Index
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Social Groups in Albion