If you have ever been to the Traverse City area you have probably driven through the M-37 and US-31 intersection. It is a busy intersection with a lot of traffic and businesses. Fast food restaurants, a Rite Aid, and Walgreens ( where there is one you will find the other) and Menards along with a gas station. I never stopped to take any pics since most places are rather common and ordinary.
The thing that is not ordinary is the name. On Google maps, it is called Chum’s Corner. The question of who is Chum and why was the corner named after him or her stuck in my brain. I came across this old photo showing Chum’s Service station. The writing on the photo reads “Ask Chum- He might know” I wish I could because I am sure he could tell some stories of travelers back in the day. The station is gone but the corner is still named after him. So I guess if you are wondering about Chum and his corner like I was. As Paul Harvey would say ” now you know the rest of the story” or at least some of it.
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