Twin Pines Farm Diary was an employee owned company which began operation before World War II. Without transportation to get to grocery stores, the primary...
Many of you may have seen newspaper reports of the Almont Village Council’s attempt to dissolve the Downtown Development Authority (DDA). Since the DDA owns...
Sheldon Bristol Yoder was born May 8, 1906 in Almont, Michigan to Commodore Vanderbilt Yoder (1879-1957) and Mabel Emily Bristol Yoder (1880-1962). He grew up...
On September 23, 1831, Walter King Hough and Ebenezer Hough bought properties in Section 28 of what is now Almont Township (see Addendum I –...
The first settlers, in the area now known as the “Scotch Settlement”, came to Almont in 1833. James Thomson, David Taylor, John Hopkin and William...
For twenty years, the old “Memorial Park” remained empty. In the winter of 1987-1988, discussions between the village and the Department of Transportation were held...
Settlers moving into Michigan had to construct their own roadways. Initially they felled trees and removed the roots forming a crude path or roadway. As...
The Methodist Church Society was formed in 1834. Five members formed the church with L. D. Whitney as their preacher. Reverend Whitney was the pastor...
William Allen, George Washington Allen, James Thorington, and Levi Washburn cut the road from Washington (about 30-Mile road) to downtown Almont in 1827. As they...
Dr. Aileen Betteys Corbit was the driving force behind the organization of the John Crawford Chapter. Aileen was born in October 1877 in Oxford, Michigan. ...
