Did you know there was an old War Horse buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in Coldwater, Michigan?  He served four years in the Civil War with the Loomis Battery, and was the only one of 200 horses sent from Coldwater to survive the war.  When he died in 1876, his regiment wanted him buried alongside his human comrades.  The story of Old Sam is worth hearing.

Coldwater has a rich pioneer history that dates back to the first trading post founded in 1822 by Joseph Godfrey, and prior to that it was the land of the Potawatomi tribe of Indians.  The village was once on reservation land, and later became incorporated as a city and approved by the state legislature in in 1861, and designated as the seat of Branch County in 1842.  

The city is the home to the second oldest theater in Michigan, the Tibbits Opera House which was built in 1882.  It has some other amazing historical landmarks such as the Wing House which was built in 1875, now a museum, and the Coldwater Library which is one of the oldest functioning libraries still in its original building.  

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