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8 unusual facts about Calhoun County


Brucene Smith

After her win, Calhoun County honored Galvan with a public reception and proclaimed October 24 as Brucene Day.

Calhoun County, Michigan

Greyhound Lines provides intercity bus service to the county in both Battle Creek and Albion.

Edward C. Bosbyshell

Bosbyshell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1822 and spent some of his early adult life in Calhoun County, Illinois, "where, in an overflow of the rivers, he lost his entire property."

Ezra Convis

Ezra Convis ( –1838) was the first speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives and the founder of Verona, Michigan.

Joseph L. Hooper

He was circuit court commissioner of Calhoun County, 1901–1903; prosecuting attorney of Calhoun County, 1903–1907; and city attorney of Battle Creek, 1916–1918.

Republic of Texas

Under command of Potsanaquahip (Buffalo Hump), 500 to 700 Comanche cavalry warriors swept down the Guadalupe River valley, killing and plundering all the way to the shore of the Gulf of Mexico, where they sacked the towns of Victoria and Linnville.

Teresa Cheatham

Teresa Ann Cheatham-Stricklin (née Cheatham) is a vocal instructor from Wellington, Alabama who was named Miss Alabama 1978 and finished first runner-up at Miss America 1979.

Verona, Michigan

Verona, Calhoun County, Michigan, a former unincorporated community now incorporated in the City of Battle Creek, Michigan


James Charles Wilson

He lived in Brazoria, Texas where he became district clerk before representing Calhoun, Jackson, Matagorda, and Wharton counties in the House of Representatives of the Third and Fourth Legislatures from 1848 to 1853.

Leptoxis ampla

The round rocksnail was historically found in the Cahaba River and the Little Cahaba River, Bibb County, Alabama; and the Coosa River, Elmore County, Alabama, and tributaries—Big Canoe and Kelly's creeks, St. Clair County, Alabama; Ohatchee Creek, Calhoun County, Alabama; Yellowleaf Creek, Shelby County, Alabama; and Waxahatchee Creek, Shelby/Chilton counties, Alabama.


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