For the first time the Holt-Delhi Historical Society will hold a Spring cemetery tour. This time we make the return to North Cemetery on Miller Road for a tour of some of the pioneer and earliest residents of Delhi Township. North began as a private family grave yard for the North family and later became a municipal cemetery for Delhi Township. It was annexed with the North District and Miller Road Community in 1960 and has since operated as a Lansing cemetery.

The tour will be held on Saturday, May 18, 2024, at 11 am. Parking is available throughout the cemetery on the drives.

The Holt-Delhi Historical Society board meets bi-monthly, the May 2024 meeting will be held Thursday, May 9, 2024, at 7 pm, at the Holt Community Center, 4410 W. Holt Rd. The public is welcome to attend.

This meeting will be the annual meeting of the HDHS, at which the officers will be elected for the next year.

Join us as we welcome Audrey Z. Martini from the Ingham County Historical Commission to discuss the history of Ingham County rural one room schools, including those in Delhi Township, and the new ICHC book on Ingham County Rural One Room Schools.

More information will be shared closer to the event.

Join Holt-Delhi Historical Society president Jacob McCormick as we discuss the history of the Holt and Delhi Township community “doing history.” We think about the topic of “doing history” as the various efforts over time in the community to document, preserve, share, and celebrate its history. The program will cover the Delhi Centennial celebration in 1942, Delhi’s 125th Anniversary in 1967, the American Bicentennial in 1976, the Michigan Sesquicentennial celebration in 1987, Delhi Township’s Sesquicentennial in 1992, the creation of the Holt-Delhi Historical Society 10 years ago in 2014, and the Delhi Township 175th Anniversary celebration in 2017, as well as looking on the horizon to the U.S. Semiquincentennial (or 250th anniversary) in 2026.

The program will be held on Thursday, March 28, 2024, at the Holt Community Center and will double as a 10th birthday party for the HDHS.

The Holt-Delhi Historical Society board meets bi-monthly, the March 2024 meeting will be held Thursday, March 14, 2024, at 7 pm, at the Holt Community Center, 4410 W. Holt Rd. The public is welcome to attend.

Join the Holt-Delhi Historical Society and board member Inge Kyler as we commemorate the centennial of the Holt Fire Department. The program will be held on February 29, 2024, at 6:30 p.m., at the Sam Corey Senior Center, 2108 North Cedar Street, Holt.

Founded on February 14, 1924, the originally all-volunteer department has gone through many changes through the years. From the first chief George Shaw, to the longest-serving chief Clayton Quenby, to the first fulltime chief Stanley Morrison, to current chief Brian Ball, just eight chiefs have led the department in the last 100 years. The first source of transportation for equipment was a REO Speedwagon equipped with a tank and hose apparatus. Next time you visit the Holt Farmers’ Market think about the years of department history happened in its walls as the main department house, built in 1959.

We extend our well wishes to the Holt Fire Department for another successful 100 years on this centennial anniversary of their founding!

The Holt-Delhi Historical Society board meets bi-monthly, the January 2024 meeting will be held Thursday, January 11, 2024, at 7 pm, at the Holt Community Center, 4410 W. Holt Rd. The public is welcome to attend.

The Holt-Delhi Historical Society will host its Fall Cemetery Tour on Sunday, October 29, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. at Pioneer Cemetery in Holt. Pioneer Cemetery is Holt's oldest cemetery and is located on Aurelius Road north of Cedar Street across from the Holt United Methodist Church. Please park in the UMC lot and safely cross the street.
The tour will go about one hour and will feature a selection of individuals and families from the history of Holt and Delhi Township.

Join the Holt-Delhi Historical Society as we welcome local historian and HDHS board member Inge Kyler to reflect on her time as a stenographer at the Michigan Constitutional Convention of 1961-1962. The event will be held at the Sam Corey Senior Center at 7 pm on Thursday, September 21st.

Sixty-two years ago, Michigan began writing its current constitution. The state elected delegates who spent two years drafting the constitution at the Civic Center in Lansing. Kyler was among a pool of stenographers at the convention, which has come to be called Con Con. George Romney, who later became Governor Michigan was a vice president of the convention, and former President Dwight D. Eisenhower addressed the convention in December 1961.

The HDHS will open the Gunn School on Sunday, August 27, from 2 pm to 5 pm.

The HDHS will open the Gunn School on Sunday, July 23, from 2 pm to 5 pm.

The HDHS will open the Gunn School on Sunday, June 25, from 2 pm to 5 pm.