Holt-Delhi Historical Society

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Holt-Delhi Historical Society The official page for the Holt-Delhi Historical Society. We are dedicated to preserving and sharing local history with the community!

Holt-Delhi Historical Society board members:

Jacob McCormick, president
Steven Brower Jr., vice president
Jennifer Ottney, secretary
Jane Olney, trustee
Inge Kyler, trustee


PLEASE send any photos, stories and/or information to [email protected]. Holt and Delhi Township has a recently formed volunteer-based historical society. This page will have updates on the society as they become available. Including future endeavors such as cemetery tours, exhibits and various local history programs. Let us all learn about the history of our little town. Some of us have been here our whole lives, we should all learn just a little bit about Holt's past! Learn from each other! Nobody knows everything, but everybody knows something. Share your knowledge! Information shared by the administration of this page is accurate. Some is accredited to the research done by the authors of the following sources. "Looking Back" by Alida Chapman, 1976
"A Michigan Sesquicentennial History of Delhi Township," 1987
"Images of America: Holt and Delhi Township" by Inge Logenburg Kyler, 2013
"History of Holt Schools" by David Kitzman, 1976
"History of Delhi Township" by Samuel Durant
"Holt Recorder" Newspaper; 1936-1937, 1944


Other Local History Organizations:

Ingham County Historical Commission
Historical Society of Greater Lansing
Mason Area Historical Society
Delta Township Historical Society
Friends of Historic Meridian
Eaton Rapids Area Historical Society
Courthouse Square (Charlotte)
Mid-Michigan Genealogical Society
Historical Society of Michigan

Yesterday marked the 160th anniversary of the lynching of John Taylor, the 17-year-old formerly enslaved Civil War veter...
28/08/2026

Yesterday marked the 160th anniversary of the lynching of John Taylor, the 17-year-old formerly enslaved Civil War veteran and Delhi Township farmhand. He was killed by a mob on August 27, 1866, after being falsely accused of a triple ax-murder.
In light of recent reporting on this story, we are sharing this award-winning and most accurate telling of the story.
[Please take any articles which offer extreme detail very lightly as they are likely consulting limited sources. They're designed to be a good read, not for accuracy.]

Check out this photo of Holt from the 1930 taken in front of the Holt Pharmacy! This was before Orville Hitchens bought ...
08/06/2026

Check out this photo of Holt from the 1930 taken in front of the Holt Pharmacy! This was before Orville Hitchens bought the building in 1939. Holt Pharmacy was owned by Myron Hancock from 1929 to 1939.
Photo shared by Dylann Tatee.

Our friends at WKAR would like to hear your memories of WKAR Dream Homes of the 1980s and 1990s. There were a few built ...
13/05/2026

Our friends at WKAR would like to hear your memories of WKAR Dream Homes of the 1980s and 1990s. There were a few built in Holt! Share your memories in the comments.

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