Tuesday, February 7, 2012

The Fairman Block

June 23, 2009 by Dave  
Filed under Mecosta County, Postcards From the Past

Hello Sister,
I got the letter, it is a dandy day here and I have made thirty cents this for noon and will make sixty more this afternoon. Got a letter from bro Fred this morning and one from mother the other day. I will answer your letter tomorrow, so good by till I write.
Bro [...]

Paris Park

October 28, 2008 by Dave  
Filed under Mecosta County

If you have traveled on old US 131 between Big Rapids and Reed City, you may have noticed this building with the interesting architecture. This is the old Paris Fish Hatchery, now a Michigan historic site.
A sign explains a bit of the history: Opening in 1881, the Paris Fish Hatchery was the state’s second fish [...]