The Eagle Harbor General Store

The Eagle Harbor General Store was established in 1861 by John, Michael and Martin Foley and Michael Smith, the year Lincoln became President. Martin Foley later became shopkeeper in another Foley general store in Red Jacket (Calumet), and Michael Foley died in 1876. Among the many items sold there was beer, imported in barrels and bottled in the basement under the "Foley & Smith" brand. John Foley and his wife Mary Ann Rice had 12 children, and Michael Smith and his wife Mary Ann Foley, a relative of John, had 7 children. Foley and Smith sold the store to their sons in 1885, and it operated as the Foley & Smith General Store until 1945. Many current residents of Eagle Harbor are descendants of these two families. Over the years the store had many proprietors: Mary and Rudy Francisco, Clarence and Anne Bach, Warren and Carol Polsgrove, Karen and Grove Holman, Patti and Bob Crampton, and Richard and Colleen Grove. It continued to operate until 2004, making it one of the longest running businesses in the Keweenaw.

Eagle Harbor, Michigan · United States