Scotts Mill

The Kalamazoo Bicycle Club takes an excursion to Scotts Mill County Park, sometime in 1976. As I recall, the park hadn't yet officially opened, but we found the park system's naturalist wandering the place and she gave us a tour. An interesting day. The building in the background is the miller's home; the mill itself is to the left of and behind the photographer. The fence in this photo is also prominent in the photo I posted a few months back.... This photo may be mine--in which case it's an unusually clear shot from my Minolta Zoom 110--or (more likely) it was taken by my brother (Kalamazoo Richard) with his Olympus OM-1.

A Kalamazoo Bicycle Club rider at Scotts Mill County Park; 1976. Camera: Minolta Zoom 100. (Possibly Richard's, with his OM-1--but I don't think so.)

Santa delivered Minolta's then brand-new 110 Zoom SLR in 1976, so a few days later (quite likely New Years' Day) I borrowed Mom's Beetle and shot some pix. Among the places I visited was the newly-minted Scotts Mill Park, where I took a couple dozen pictures of the old mill which is the park's soul. Camera: Minolta Zoom 110 SLR

Storytelling Festival, Scotts Mill County Park, Scotts, Michigan; July 1992.

Storytelling Festival, Scotts Mill County Park, Scotts, Michigan; July 1992. This is one of my most popular pix, doubtless because of the suggestive title. Sorry (not really) to disappoint those of you looking for something else.

July 1992: Mom called. Said that there was going to be a story telling festival at Scotts Mill, and that I should invite her to go with me. I did, and we did.

One of my very favorite photographs. Storytelling Festival, Scotts Mill County Park, Scotts, Michigan; July 1992.

Mom called one evening in 1992 and invited me to take her to a festival at Scotts Mill County Park in Scotts, Michigan. She'd joined a storytelling group at the Kalamazoo Library and wanted to see some of the group in action. So we went, and enjoyed. There were young folks and old folks and in-between folks. Some were quite good; others needed to work on technique. This guy was being Davy Crockett, declaiming his exploits on the wild frontier. Best in show.

Scotts Mill County Park, Scotts, Michigan. Photo by Richard Dinda , 9/26/2006.