After 20 years of tours, Kalamazoo historian hangs up sneakers, microphone

Gazelle Sports' historic tour of Parkwyn Village

Visitors weave around the historic Parkwyn neighborhood in Kalamazoo, Michigan admiring the architecture while listening to Western Michigan University’s regional history curator Lynn Houghton on Thursday, July 14, 2022. After 20 years of tours around Kalamazoo, Houghton is hanging up her microphone. (MLive file photo)Gabi Broekema | MLive.com

KALAMAZOO, MI — After 20 years of leading walks through Kalamazoo cemeteries, the central business district and numerous historic neighborhoods, Lynn Houghton is ready to “hang up her microphone.”

Houghton, who has partnered with Gazelle Sports since 2002 to lead historic walking tours around Kalamazoo, decided this week that last year was her last.

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