Tag: Lyons-Muir Michigan

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…

Country stores, or general stores, started out of necessity for the many pioneers who lived in rural areas of America from the late colonial period through the early 20th century.  Many owners of these mercantile stores began as roving peddlers.  Once they had accumulated enough capital and inventory, they often established permanent locations at advantageous…

In the early 1900’s (over 100 years ago), because of the newly developed availability of electrical power generated from the Grand River dam and power plant, numerous manufacturing businesses sprang up and thrived in the Lyons area. Among the more unique of these businesses was an ice harvester machine manufacturing operation, which originated from a…