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Cassopolis, Michigan: Memorial to "The First Spaceman"

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Address:
MI-60, Cassopolis, MI
Directions:
Two miles east of downtown Cassopolis, on the south side of MI-60. Look for the brown Kicheloe Memorial Park sign.
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Memorial to "The First Spaceman"

Iven Carl Kincheloe Jr. died before he could become an astronaut, but in 1956 he became the first human to reach the edge of space.

Roadsideamerica.com Report... [02/05/2014]

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Capt. Iven C. Kincheloe monument.

Memorial to "The First Spaceman"

Memorial To The First Spaceman -- Capt. Iven C. Kincheloe.

[Bryan Grondfeldt, 11/04/2023]
Memorial to "The First Spaceman"

Iven Carl Kincheloe Jr. monument. Small park and old cemetery with the memorial.

[ps kaminsky, 02/05/2014]

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