Horton Bay in Charlevoix County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Horton Bay General Store

Hemingway's Michigan

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 26, 2016

1. Horton Bay General Store Marker

Inscription.
Established in 1876, this building has served as a store and post office and as the village's center of business and social life. Hemingway frequented it both as a boy and as a young man. He described its "high false front" in his story "Up in Michigan," and it seems to be the model for Mr. Packard's store in his "The Last Good Country."

Erected 2012 by Michigan Hemingway Society. (Marker Number 10.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Communications • Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the Michigan - Hemingway's Michigan, and the Postal Mail and Philately series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1876.

Location. 45° 17.108′ N, 85° 4.781′ W. Marker is in Horton Bay, Michigan, in Charlevoix County. It is on Boyne City-Charlevoix Road south of High Street, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5115 Boyne City Road, Boyne City MI 49712, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northern Michigan Lower Peninsula,

in the Grand Traverse Bay Region,

and in one of the Lake Michigan Shore counties. It is also in the American Midwest

and on the Great Lakes.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named The Horton Bay General Store (here, next to this marker); Pinehurst and Shangri-La (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Horton Bay (about

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400 feet away); The Commercial House (approx. 5.8 miles away); John & Harriet Miller (approx. 5.8 miles away); Boyne City Cigar Company (approx. 5.8 miles away); Beardsley's Dry Goods Store (approx. 5.8 miles away); The Railroad Round House (approx. 5.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Horton Bay.

Also see . . . Michigan Hemingway Society. Society website homepage (Submitted on September 21, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Horton Bay General Store and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 26, 2016

2. Horton Bay General Store and Marker

Photographed by Joel Seewald, April 19, 2026

3. Horton Bay General Store and Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 2, 2026. It was originally submitted on September 21, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 554 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 21, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3. submitted on April 25, 2026, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan.