- Native American History of Lyons and Muir Area
- Lyons/Muir Area Schools – It’s Graduation Time!
- The Old Palo (MI) High School Stage Backdrop
- The Old Country Store
- Gee Brothers Ice Harvester
Native American History of Lyons and Muir Area
Prior to white settlers arriving in the 1830s, the Grand River Valley in Lyons and Muir provided fertile land and ample hunting, fishing, and gathering opportunities for its native settlers. In that time, the land was heavily wooded and game, including white tail deer and wild turkeys, were plentiful. The recorded history of this time…
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Lyons/Muir Area Schools – It’s Graduation Time!
Prior to the 1840s, there were no public schools in Michigan. The first school to operate in the area was housed in a small log shanty constructed by H.V. Libhart, was located on Libhart Street on the west side of Lyons. Like many rural areas, Lyons and Muir public schools began as a collection of…
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The Old Palo (MI) High School Stage Backdrop
Several years ago we received a call from the Palo Schools that the old Palo High School stage backdrop (photo above and below) was available and in jeopardy of being thrown out, since Palo had no museum or other adequate location to display it. The information provided was that it had been made and the…
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Lyons-Muir Historical Museum 