Twenty Old Michigan General Stores: 1865-1960

Everyone seems to love visiting an old general store...the older, the better.

General stores began popping up in pre-statehood Michigan during the 1700s and 1800s, mainly in remote areas where there was a lack of merchandise, but enough people to warrant a shop.

These shops handled food and many types of merchandise, like tools, farm implements, clothes, soap, cleaning products, grain, seed, fertilizer, reading material, knick-knacks, novelties, souvenirs, and other items. Fortunately, there are still many of these original old stores still standing, as well as many still in use.

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Scroll down a way and take a look at twenty old Michigan general stores, from Banfield to Wheeler.....more to come!