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Alma was founded in 1853 by Ralph Ely. Perhaps first known for the Alma Springs Sanitarium, built and promoted in the 1880s by millionaire lumberman and capitalist Ammi W. Wright, it achieved its greatest prominence nationally in the 1910s and 1920s as home of the Republic Motor Truck Company, briefly the largest exclusive truck manufacturer in the world. [5]
1885 map with Alma Downtown Historic District at center Ammi Williard Wright In 1853/54, General Ralph Ely purchased land along the Pine River and settled there with his wife and children. [ 3 ] He erected a mill and a settlement, "Elyton," sprang up in the area.
The business loop through Alma was once numbered US 27A. In the late 1920s, US 27 was shifted to run through St. Louis instead of Alma, and the former route was renumbered US 27A. US 127 was realigned near Mason in the mid-1940s, and a business loop was created out of the former routing there.
M-46 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan between Muskegon and Port Sanilac, terminating near Lake Michigan and Lake Huron on each end. Except for the north–south segment that corresponds with the US Highway 131 (US 131) freeway between Cedar Springs and Howard City, M-46 is practically a due east–west surface highway.
Alma: The Brown Site is an archaeological site, located along the Pine River, that was the location of a late Woodland period village dating to about AD 1000. 3: Conservation Park Site (20GR33) September 30, 1985 : Pine River Park, Alma, Michigan [7
He also constructed the Alma Roller Mills in 1881, the Wright House hotel in 1883, the First State Bank of Alma in 1883, and the Alma Springs Sanitarium in 1885. Later establishments included the Alma Sugar Company plant in 1899, the Alma Manufacturing Company gasoline engine plant in 1903, and the Central Michigan Produce Company in 1905.
Alma Downtown Historic District may refer to: Alma Downtown Historic District (Alma, Kansas) , listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Waubaunsee County Alma Downtown Historic District (Alma, Michigan) , NRHP-listed in Gratiot County
Gratiot Community Airport covers an area of 631 acres (255 ha) at an elevation of 754 feet (230 m) above mean sea level.It has two asphalt paved runways: 9/27 is 5,004 by 75 feet (1,525 x 23 m) and 18/36 is 3,197 by 75 feet (974 x 23 m).