A Historical Brief: Allegan, Michigan 1838-1963: 125th Anniversary compiled by James J. Green

If you seek a pleasant peninsula.... Allegan is really many pleasant peninsulas formed by the Kalamazoo River curling in then around town as tho' reluctant to continue its course to Lake Michigan.  The city's residential areas are "landscaped" by nature with towering old trees, green hillsides and valleys.