Township, St. Clair, Michigan to Asa Hamilton Hulbert (1804-1888) and Mariett Standish Hulbert (1810-1881). It is unlikely that the “Hamilton” middle name for Asa indicates...
Carol Gertrude Park Brooks (1918-2017) was known simply as “Gertie” to everyone. Only one name was necessary to identify her. For decades she wrote a...
Starting in 1940 or possibly the year before, Charles Popp opened the “Modern Shoe Repairing” shop on North Main Street (122 North Main where H...
On December 22, 1846, the Scotch Settlement Cemetery was organized as part of the United Presbyterian Church. David Taylor, James Thomson, William Robertson, and John...
Native Americans (among many other cultures) believed they were connected with nature and the world around them. They often viewed these connections to be to...
On Thursday November 19, 1953, the Almont Post Office was robbed! Robber made off with $1.50. Just before noon, Lloyd McCarthy of Detroit walked into...
Almont’s downtown has experienced many fires since the village was first platted by Daniel Black in 1836.
The first major fire occurred in 1842. The buildings were a mix of log cabins and framed wood structures – no brick buildings. Indications are that the entire business district was destroyed. However, the only written reference to this fire only indicates that the township’s earliest official records were lost in the fire.
On October 9, 1953, the new football field was dedicated at 7:30 p.m. before the game against eventual league champion Capac. In 1952, a group...
On September 10th, a young couple came into the museum seeking information about the home that they are renovating. It is the house directly north of the Bowman/Bacholzky house on South Main Street. They had found that the house was once owned by M. E. Martin. That name seemed familiar, so I looked in the 1884 Lapeer County history book at the Almont short biographies. I found a biography for Maitland E. Martin.
On September 17, 1791, Elijah M. Sanborn Jr. was born in Vermont to Elijah M. Sanborn Sr. and Elizabeth Tilton. Elijah M. Sanborn Jr. was...
