This street scene shows downtown Mio — with the Log Cabin Inn sign out front, Ron’s Restaurant, and Kinney’s Five & Dime (a “5-10¢ and up” variety store) drawing foot traffic on a bright day. Parked along the curb are rounded, postwar-era cars that fit the early 1950s look.
Mio is the county seat of Oscoda County, and Morenci Avenue (M-33) meets M-72 right in town — a crossroads that’s long served travelers headed for the Au Sable River country.
The Log Cabin Inn name also turns up in reports of a major Mio fire in 1975.
Do you remember shopping at Kinney’s or eating at Ron’s — or know where these buildings stood?
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