The small town of Horton Bay is located on the north side of Lake Charlevoix and it’s where a young Ernest Hemingway liked to hang out. I can see why with its beautiful northern Michigan scenery and the old general store in town.  Unlike the big box stores or the convenience stores with beer posters plastered on the exterior, the old general stores have a small town community feeling to them. If you are near Lake Charlevoix I highly recommend taking a trip around the lake there are some interesting places to see and things to do. But I am saving that for a later post.  By the way, I wanted to stop and do some shopping and check out the inside but it was closed. I guess that just means I need to take a trip back up there which is fine since I love the Charlevoix area.

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This cute little general store is on M-119 along the famous “tunnel of trees” route. It is between Harbor Springs and Cross Village and it’s a nice place to stop and get a snack while you are out enjoying a nice drive in northern Michigan.

The Native American chief in the area was Black Hawk and his brother was named Great Heart or Good Heart. The Indian agent marked it down as Good Hart and that is where the name of the town came from.

P.S. One of my favorite books is When Evil Came To Good Hart. If you love true crime stories you can see more about it on Amazon HERE

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I saw this old store somewhere between Howard City and Grant. It seemed like it was out in the middle of nowhere since there was not a name of a town listed on the map. Surrounded by farmland it looks as if it has been a long time since this old store was open to customers.

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When I was a kid growing up in the 70s and 80s we would hang out at the mall in the winter since there was not a lot to do on a cold Michigan day in the suburbs.  You could put some quarters in Galaga and check out the CDs at the music store and get a snack. I saw this old General Store at the Sanford Centennial Museum and it got me thinking about what It must have been like back then. That must have been a big deal to go to the store with the horse and wagon. Inside the clerk with his white shirt and apron was stocking the shelves. A couple of old farmers in overalls sitting around a barrel next to the pot belly stove playing checkers talking about what crops they are going to plant in the spring. If we’re lucky maybe mom will get us some penny candy.

This was L.P. Larson’s General Store in Olsen. It was moved by the Sanford Historical Society to its current location at the Museum. To check out the old photos of the store and the history of the building at the society’s website click on the link HERE  

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Northeast of Ann Arbor on Plymouth Road is the small town of Dixboro. In 1824, retired sea Captain John Dix purchased about 500 acres of land. He built a house and a sawmill and then plotted a section of land that became the town of Dixboro. The little village was growing quickly until the railroad decided to lay tracks through Ypsilanti instead of Dixboro.

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