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The first store opened in 1834 in a rented portion of Samuel Dexter's barn. By 1845, the downtown included a hotel, tavern, wagon repair shop, drug store, and the Ionia Land Office, where land purchases were made for all areas of Michigan to the north. A varicolored boulder was donated by Howard Harder from his farm in Sebewa Township.
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Ionia, Michigan · United States
