- Fire Safety & Volunteer Fire Departments
- Lyons Masonic Lodge No. 37 & Lyons Order of the Eastern Star No. 334
- Native American History of Lyons and Muir Area
- Lyons/Muir Area Schools – It’s Graduation Time!
- The Old Palo (MI) High School Stage Backdrop
Fire Safety & Volunteer Fire Departments
As always for most communities, fire safety has always been a major concern for the villages of Lyons and Muir, especially in the 1800’s and early 1900’s prior to the availability of improved fire fighting equipment and the establishment of organized volunteer fire departments. The downtown areas of both villages suffered numerous devastating fires. By…
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Lyons Masonic Lodge No. 37 & Lyons Order of the Eastern Star No. 334
The Lyons-Muir area has had a long history of fraternal and sororal organizations, established to bring men and women into closer “fellowship” with one another – what is sometimes called “social networking” and more often done electronically than in-person nowadays! Among the area’s earliest such area organizations were the Freemasons (adult men-only) and the Order…
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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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