Early Days at Grindstone City

by Paul Austin

Captain Aaron Peer founded Grindstone City as a company with quarry operations in 1834.

Peer, is one of the earliest settlers of Huron County and holds title to many of the “firsts” in the Upper Thumb.

The Hard Core Stone Workers at Grindstone City Michigan 1920s

by Michaela Nolte

From the 1830s until the 1910s, Grindstone City Michigan produced the premier grinding wheels in the United States. In 1888, the Cleveland Stone Co. Purchased the property owned by Worthington and Sons and became the sole owner of all quarry properties.