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Since the City’s centennial in 1989, we’ve preserved and celebrated the history of the City of Davison, Davison and Richfield Townships, and the area’s early settlements.

10/15/2026

TV5 produced an "Our Town Special" story in 1989 on Davison's Centennial Celebration.
Part 4 of 4 - Sue Csutoras

Postcards of Jonesey's Inn, 1220 South State Road, phone number OL 3-2323.
10/15/2026

Postcards of Jonesey's Inn, 1220 South State Road, phone number OL 3-2323.

The Grand Opening of the Davison A & W Root B**r was on July 27 and 28, 1956 at the corner of Fourth Street and M-15. Mr...
10/15/2026

The Grand Opening of the Davison A & W Root B**r was on July 27 and 28, 1956 at the corner of Fourth Street and M-15. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Morningstar were the owners. Advertisement was from the July 26, 1956 issue of The Davison Index.

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The Cartwright family sold their c***r mill to the Kellogg family in September 1934. The Davison C***r Mill was first es...
10/15/2026

The Cartwright family sold their c***r mill to the Kellogg family in September 1934. The Davison C***r Mill was first established in 1917 by J. F. Cartwright and his son Charles I. Cartwright. It had been at its present location for five years (just west of M-15 and Flint Street) went it was sold. Kellogg's Market then sold it to Master's Orchard which was mentioned in an earlier post.
The actual c***r mill press is now at Crossroads Village in the Master's Orchard barn. I was told that the press was made by Hydraulic Press Manufacturing Company in Mount Gilead, Ohio, which was owned by Augutus Q. Tucker. They started making apple c***r presses in 1877.
This article is from the October 5, 1934 issue of The Davison Index.

The building we know as the BP Gas Station on the Northwest corner of M-15 and Lapeer Road was built in August 1956. Dav...
10/15/2026

The building we know as the BP Gas Station on the Northwest corner of M-15 and Lapeer Road was built in August 1956. Davison Oil and Gas (sold Shell gasoline) built the new building next to the old gas station which was torn down along with a house to make room. Chuck Rawson then leased the gas station from them. This article is from the August 2, 1956 issue of The Davison Index.

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10/14/2026

TV5 produced an "Our Town Special" story in 1989 on Davison's Centennial Celebration.
Part 3 of 4 - Jack Abernathy

How many of you ate at Dodd's Restaurant? It was located at 302 Main Street, phone number 70. It eventually became Robin...
10/14/2026

How many of you ate at Dodd's Restaurant? It was located at 302 Main Street, phone number 70. It eventually became Robin's and then Archie's before the building was destroyed by fire. The Secretary of State Building now sits at that location. Here is an advertisement celebrating their one year anniversary! From the August 9, 1956 issue of The Davison Index.

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How many remember the outdoor skating arena at Big Wheel Roller Rink? The advertisement is from the August 16, 1956 issu...
10/14/2026

How many remember the outdoor skating arena at Big Wheel Roller Rink? The advertisement is from the August 16, 1956 issue of The Davison Index.

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10/14/2026

Okay, we have a mystery that we need help to solve. We are looking for an individual that was on Lapeer Street in Davison before 1990 and born between 1885 and 1920. Their initials were PLH (but they could have reversed first/middle names to LPH). They could have been visiting or lived in the area. Any ideas?

Also, we are still looking for copies of The Davison Index from 2011 to 2016 that we could borrow. Do we have anyone with copies?

I had always wondered what C & C was for in C & C Super Market!Culley Berry and Carl Stephen combined forces to open a n...
10/14/2026

I had always wondered what C & C was for in C & C Super Market!
Culley Berry and Carl Stephen combined forces to open a new store with its' Grand Opening on the 27th, 28th and 29th of September 1956. It was in the same location as the Kroger store, 320 North Main street. Mr. Berry had been the Kroger manager for three years and Mr. Stephen had run his Carl's Meat market before he sold it for the new partnership. From the September 27, 1956 issue of The Davison Index.

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