This vintage photo shows Warnes’ General Store — “General Merchandise” painted on the side — with an old-style gas pump out front and early automobiles pulled up to the porch.
The caption says Glen Arbor, but the Warnes family name is strongly tied to Glen Haven, the historic lakeshore village a few miles west of Glen Arbor in what’s now Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. In its heyday, the general store was the community’s hub — selling everything from groceries and work supplies to postcards — and it also served roles like a post office, telegraph station and ticket office. At the pump, gas was measured in a glass cylinder before it flowed into the tank.
Do you remember stopping at the store in Glen Haven — or hearing stories about it?
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