- 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
- The Old Country Store
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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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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Lyons-Muir Historical Museum 